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Dr. Hsiao-Han Chang _ Collaborating with Facebook and Harvard to infer the spread of coronavirus

Yushan Young FellowIssued by：National Tsing Hua UniversityNumber of click-through：1804

Year of approval：2018/Year of research results：2019 /Academic field：Agriculture and Life Sciences/Scholar name：Chang, Hsiao-Han

Introduction to the event

Dr. Hsiao-Han Chang collaborated with Facebook and Harvard University to study the spread of coronavirus using human movement data. Facebook aggregated anonymized mobility data to estimate human movements between regions and shared high resolution population density maps as part of Facebook's Data for Good program. The team led by Dr. Chang developed a disease dynamic model parameterized by the mobility and population density data. This model can be used to infer the impact of between-region travel on disease spread and quantify the potential effect of different levels of travel restrictions on disease control.

BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51851292

CNA News: https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/3053250

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