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URL:https://oxon.bcs.org/programme/modelling-and-engineering-covid-digital
 -contact-tracing/
SUMMARY:Modelling and Engineering Covid Digital Contact Tracing
DESCRIPTION:\nDr Robert Hinch &amp\; Adam Fowler\, Big Data Institute\, Uni
 versity of Oxford\nSARS-CoV2 emerged in late-2019 in Wuhan and quickly spr
 ead causing a global pandemic\, with current estimates of total fatalities
  exceeding 20 million. When no vaccines are available\, a standard way to 
 control an infectious disease epidemic is to isolate cases and then trace 
 close contacts of the case to search for onward transmissions. This proces
 s will often take multiple days and is very effective in controlling some 
 infectious diseases. However\, for SARS-CoV2 the time between being infect
 ed by the virus and being able to transmit it is only a few days\, with so
 me transmissions occurring prior to the individual developing symptoms. Th
 erefore\, for contact-tracing to be effective for SARS-CoV2\, it must be v
 ery rapid with contacts being identified and notified in hours as opposed 
 to days. This requirement led to the creation of digital contact tracing\,
  whereby contacts between individuals are recorded by Bluetooth signals be
 ing exchanged between mobile phones. In this talk we discuss the developme
 nt of digital contact tracing\, the modelling of its effectiveness and the
  engineering of the phone applications.\n\nHybrid Meeting\n\nThis event wi
 ll be held both “in person” and “via Zoom”.\n\n“In Person” L
 ogistics\n\nThe “in person” meeting will be held at our new meeting pl
 ace: Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford OX1 2JA. The meeting will
  commence at 7:30pm\, and an assortment of light refreshments will be avai
 lable beforehand. Please register for the event as usual using the Eventbr
 ite link on the website or via MeetUp\, where you will be able to indicate
  whether you are attending via Zoom or in person.\n\nCOVID-19\n\nBCS is fo
 llowing government guidelines and we would ask attendees to continue to al
 so follow these guidelines. Please go to https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cor
 onavirus-covid-19/ for more information\, advice\, and instructions.
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