DIMACS Working Group on Mathematical Sciences Methods for the Study of Deliberate Releases of Biological Agents and their Consequences

First meeting, March 22 - 23, 2002
DIMACS Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

Organizers:

Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Cornell University, cc32@cornell.edu

Fred Roberts, Rutgers University, froberts@dimacs.rutgers.edu

Working Group Presentations:

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Talk Session I (Modeling):

Ellis McKenzie, NIH
Making Models Make Sense to Policy-makers


Peter Merkle, Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Biological Modeling and Support to Operations


John Glasser, CDC
(Joint presentation with M. Reynolds, M.I. Meltzer, 
  B. Schwartz, J.M. Lane, S.O. Foster, 
  J.D. Millar and W.A. Orenstein)
Optimal Response to Deliberate Reintroduction of
  Smallpox: Design via Mathematical Modeling


Lone Simonsen, National Institute of Allergy and 
  Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH
The Need for Mathematical Models to Make Better
  Public Health Decisions: A Few Examples from
  the World of Influenza Pandemic Planning



Talk Session II (Biosurveillance):

Richard Heffernan, NYC Department of Health
Syndromic Surveillance of Emergency Department
  Visits, New York City


Teresa Hamby, NJ Department of Health & Senior Services
Challenges in NJ's Ongoing Surveillance:
  A Discussion of Current Activities


Marcello Pagano, Harvard University
(Joint presentation with Marco Bonetti, 
  Karen Olson and Kenneth D. Mandl)
Analyzing Bio-surveillance Data to Increase
  Vigilance to Bio-terrorism


Henry Rolka, CDC
Data Mining in Public Health: Issues and
  Challenges


David Madigan, Rutgers University
Some Aspects of Adverse Events Detection



Talk Session III (Biosurveillance, continued):


Jim Koopman, University of Michigan
Basing Surveillance On Infection Transmission
  System Theory Rather Than Sampling Theory


Ira B. Schwartz, Naval Research Laboratory
Mathematical Problems in Biological and
  Chemical Sensors
Accompanying video clip



Talk Session IV (Mathematical Sciences Tools and Approaches):

Gary Strong, NSF
The Role of Computer Science in the Defense
  Against Bioterrorism


Edward Kaplan, Yale University
(Joint presentation with David Craft and 
  Larry Wein)
Modeling Bioterror Response Logistics: The Case
  of Smallpox


Karl Hadeler, University of Tuebingen
The Role of Migration and Contact Distributions
  in the Spread of Deliberately Released
  Infectious Agents


Simon Levin, Princeton University
Mathematical Challenges Posed by Bioterrorism


Mac Hyman, Los Alamos National Lab
Comparing and Combining Agent Based and
  Differential Equation Models for the Spread
  of Epidemics



Talk Session V (Networks, Ideologies, Game Theory, 
   Discrete Math):


David Banks, FDA
Risk Analysis and Game Theory


Alun L. Lloyd, Institute for Advanced Study
(Joint presentation with Ira Schwartz, Naval 
  Research Lab and Lora Billings, Montclair 
  State University and NRL)
Disease Spread on Networks: Analogies Between
  Biological and Computer Viruses


Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Cornell University
Core Groups, Cooperative Behavior and Peer
  Pressure: The Dynamics of Fanaticism by
  Ultra-ideologically Driven Individuals


Fred S. Roberts, DIMACS, Rutgers University
Challenges for Discrete Mathematics and
  Theoretical Computer Science

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