Epidemiological Data Processing

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Group expertise in:

  • Spatially-explicit stochastic dynamic epidemiological simulations
  • Dealing with large datasets
  • HPC computing
  • Environmental suitability calculation
  • Mapping
  • Fast simulations on large landscapes

Developing advanced integrated systems with:

  • Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Models (LPDM), to capture properties of turbulent wind flow by tracking very large numbers of individual particle trajectories.

  • Eulerian transport models, to capture properties of turbulent wind flow by tracking concentrations of particles at fixed locations.

  • Mean trajectory models which consider the air parcel to be transported solely by the mean wind velocity, neglecting the stochastic velocity component representing turbulent diffusion.

  • Numerical Aerobiological Modelling Environment (NAME): a flexible modelling package developed for particle dispersion by UK Met Office

  • Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT) model: a flexible modelling package developed for particle dispersion developed by US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

  • MapSpam: an on-line, open access platform providing data for mapping patterns of crop production, compiled from the Spatial Production Allocation Model.

Project members

  • Dr Richard Stutt
  • Lawrence Bower
  • Professor Chris Gilligan

Interactive Projects

Webidemics

Webidemics is an interactive public engagement tool designed to introduce the non-specialist to the concepts and purpose of epidemiological modelling. The on-line tool was published in 2015, with a second version released in 2019.

Quickstart - simply click "Run" and watch an epidemic materialise.

http://www.webidemics.com/

Project members

  • Dr Nik Cunniffe
  • Dr Richard Stutt
  • Lawrence Bower

Phytofighter

Phytofighter is an interactive public engagement tool designed for students in higher education to introduce the concepts and purpose of epidemiological modelling.

http://phytofighter.com/

Created by team members Dr Richard Stutt Dr Andrew Craig Dr James Elderfield Elliott Bussell David Godding (2016) Science Museum Lates exhibition