On September 6th, the Kong Research Lab organized its first Undergraduate Research Seminar in conjunction with the Laboratory for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (LIAM). The event brought together undergraduate students from various academic backgrounds to present their research projects and served as a space for insightful discussions and knowledge sharing among the attendees that fostered […]
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York University receives $7.25M to build network and use AI and big data in fight against infectious diseases
An international team led by @YorkUScience Prof Jude Kong @dzevela receives $7.25M from @IDRC_CRDI to help tackle emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases using AI and big data in collaboration with low- and middle-income countries in the Global South. Kindly click on this link https://bit.ly/3TP0ER6 for more details.
New lab member spotlight 4!
Kong research group member spotlight 2!
Kong Research Group spotlight 2! We are pleased to announce that the Faculty of Science, York University through the York Science Scholars Award (YSSA) is supporting Cameron Arboine-Williams this summer to assist us with the work we are doing at the Jane and Finch community in partnership with Black Creek Community Health Centre.
Federal budget earmarks $1.5M for Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora
Released April 7, Budget 2022 “proposes to provide $1.5 million in 2022-23 to the Department of Canadian Heritage for a federal contribution towards an endowment which would support the ongoing activities of the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora.” Funds laid out in the federal government’s spring budget will guarantee long-term support for […]
Media Coverage of our article on misinformation on social media linked to higher spread of COVID-19 in ACADIC new study
Researchers from Kong's Research Group and ACADIC say they were surprised to find social media use was related to a higher spread rate of COVID-19 early on. “This highlights the need to consider the dynamic role that social media plays in epidemics", says the Director of ACADIC and Kong's Research Group , Jude Kong. Media Coverage […]
AIMS South Africa Webinar series on Career Advancement in Biomathematics & Biostatistics: Achievements, Challenges & Opportunities Webinar series
On April 22 2021 @ 6:30 PM SAST, Jude Kong was a panelist at a webinar series organized by the Africa Institute of Mathematical Sciences-South Africa on Career Advancement in Biomathematics & Biostatistics: Achievements, Challenges & Opportunities The webinar aims to provide a platform for the AIMS students across all centres to engage with inspiring mathematical scientists/role […]
Talk at the UBC Mathematical Biology group by Jude Kong
On Wednesday, June 2 at 14:05 (PDT), Jude Kong was a speaker at the University of British Columbia Mathematical Biology Seminar. For detail information, check this link Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has passed its initial peak in most countries in the world, making it ripe to assess whether the basic reproduction number (R0) is different across countries […]
Research Group Visit and talk
Jude will be visiting Mark Lewis's research group on Monday and will give the following talk.Title of Talk: Title: Cost and social distancing dynamics in a mathematical model of COVID-19 with application to Ontario, Canada Abstract: In this talk I will present a mathematical model of COVID-19 in which the decision to increase or decrease […]
Upcoming talk
Jude will be giving a talk at Trent University Next Monday. Title: Social, economic, and environmental factors influencing the basic reproduction number of COVID-19 across countries Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has passed its initial peak in most countries in the world, making it ripe to assess whether the basic reproduction number R0 is different across […]
