Professor
Kansas State University
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2069 Rathbone Hall
Manhattan,
KS
USA
66506
caterina@ksu.edu
Biographical Sketch:
Our group has been working on network-based models of epidemics since 2007. The goals of this work are: 1) Design simulation software for a set of selected and representative infectious diseases. 2) Determine the conditions under which an epidemic would spread or die out. In case of an epidemic spreading, determine the size and duration. 3) Derive and analyze optimized policies and guidelines for containment and prevention of the selected infection diseases.
Example of this work can be found in the following selected publications:
1. F. Darabi Sahneh, F. Chowdhury, C. Scoglio,
On the existence of a threshold for preventive behavioral responses to suppress epidemic spreading,
Scientific Reports, Vol 2, Nature Publishing Group, 2012 ---
2. L. Xue, H. M. Scott, L. W. Cohnstaedt, C. Scoglio,
A Network-Based Meta-Population Approach to Model Rift Valley Fever Epidemics,
Journal of Theoretical Biology, Elsevier,Volume 306, Pages 129–144, 2012 ---
3. P. Schumm, W. Schumm, C. Scoglio,
“Impact of Preventive Behavioral Responses to Epidemics in Rural Regions",
PLoS ONE 8(3): e59028, 2013 ---
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