2019 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Social effects on epidemics: A temporal network approach
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18H01655
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
Holme Petter 東京工業大学, 科学技術創成研究院, 特任教授 (50802352)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
村田 剛志 東京工業大学, 情報理工学院, 准教授 (90242289)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | ネットワーク疫学 / 社会システム / ネットワークセオリー / 複雑ネットワーク / 計算疫学 / 計算社会科学 |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
During FY2019 we continued our research on the coupling between social systems and disease spreading. We have made progress roughly according to plan. Relative to the proposal, the focus has been slightly more on modeling studies, rather than data science. We have published four papers and one book chapters directly related to this topic and presented our work in four international conferences and at four research visits.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
Both modeling tudies and data science are proceeding largely as originally planned, with journal publications on schedule.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
During FY2020, we will continue the work to relate social effects and the spread of emerging diseases. At the time of writing, the Covid-19 outbreak is affecting the entire planet. We will use this outbreak to inform the current project. We do not even need to change our research plan much. The only difference is a slight change of focus from the temporal-network aspect of disease spreading models to static network models that use to are easier to combine with the data of information spreading. During the year, we will gather data of how the Covid-19 outbreak has altered the contact patterns, we the will try to relate this to the sentiments and awareness of the disease. Because of the current travel restrictions, we will carry out this project as an online collaboration. We also would benefit from more simulation power. Therefore, some of the original budget designated for travel will be used for computer hardware.
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Research Products
(15 results)
