Category Archives: metapopulation

Implementing the stochastic simulation algorithm in R

Dear blog, no I have not forgot you or the rest of the world. Sequestered in my humble cubicle I have been hammering away day and night for the last several weeks – hammering out a manuscript. Finally after what … Continue reading

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Epigrass: a tool to study disease spread in complex networks

Recently a preprint manuscript was posted on the Nature Precedings site entitled Epigrass: a tool to study disease spread in complex networks by Flávio Codeço Coelho et al. (Flávio also happens to have the blog Python in Science). Epigrass is … Continue reading

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What am I up to at CADMS?

These days my research is largely focused on theoretical epidemiology. At CADMS I am working on several projects, most of which are centered around various theoretical aspects of epidemiological dynamics. My main research interest addresses the epidemiological dynamics of finite … Continue reading

Posted in academia, CADMS, epidemiology, FMD, Heinrich zu Dohna, metapopulation, postdocing, science, Tim Carpenter | 1 Comment