ACADIC Director, Professor Jude Kong talks with German DW News about how AI-based algorithms are helping to predict future cases in South Africa through ACADIC collaboration. Please click here for the interview
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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 […]
