Podcasts Science Big Ideas for a Changing World Simulating virus spread and campus reopening using network science

Simulating virus spread and campus reopening using network science

Published: Sept. 23, 2020, 8:29 p.m.

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What if we could create digital twins of cities and test how different re-opening scenarios will affect the city\'s population and infrastructure systems? Using network science, machine learning, systems analysis and optimization, McMaster researchers have created CityDNA, a technology that can do just that. They recently received funding from McMaster\'s COVID-19 Fund to use this technology to inform McMaster\'s re-opening plans.

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Wael El-Dakhakhni, professor in civil engineering and the McMaster School of Computational Science and Engineering.

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Zoe Li, assistant professor in civil engineering.

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Interviewed by: John Preston

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Produced by: Jessie Park

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Edited by: Dan Kim

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