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SUMMARY:Human Contact Networks - Dr Jon Crowcroft\, Marconi Professor of C
 ommunications\, Computer Laboratory\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20101129T193000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Nigel Bennee
DESCRIPTION:“We have been studying epidemics for a very long time.  Ther
 e are some simple\, elegant mathematical abstractions like the Susceptibil
 ity/Infectiousness/Recovery (SIR) model.  There is also a large body of em
 pirical work.  This includes the studies on geo-information systems\, whic
 h date back to the “Ghost Maps” of the Reverend Henry Whitehead and Dr
 . John Snow of the famed London Cholera Epidemic.\n\nIn this talk\, I will
  describe current work which makes use of smart mobile devices to map huma
 n contact networks.  Explicit and implicit self-reporting of symptoms can 
 be used to provide a more detailed understanding.  Potentially\, this can 
 influence the behaviour of a population and help control the rate of sprea
 d of an epidemic.”\n
LOCATION:Wolfson Lecture Theatre\, Churchill College\, Storey's Way\, Camb
 ridge
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