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More than 40 researchers from all six Waterloo faculties gathered to discuss the theme of “Data + Computation for the 5 Global Futures.”

A team of researchers at the University of Waterloo and Dalhousie University have developed a method for forecasting the short-term progression of an epidemic using extremely limited amounts of data.

Rural and remote communities in Canada often rely on satellites to access the internet, but those connections are fraught – with many glitches and service interruptions because the technology can be unreliable.