Epidemic Spreading

BarabásiLab. Hidden Patterns | Online discussion


[02.09.2021]


Vittoria Colizza, Dirk Brockmann, Marta C. González and
Albert-László Barabási in conversation.


The exhibition »BarabásiLab. Hidden Patterns« investigates the
patterns revealed through data and network science, among other
things in the medical field. Kicking off the program accompanying
the exhibition, Vittoria Colizza, Dirk Brockmann, Marta C.
González and Albert-László Barabási will talk about the COVID-19
pandemic.


How, why and where does COVID-19 spread and how can we learn to
live safely together in post-pandemic communities? Why did the
response and the information environment around the world vary so
much, and what impact is that having? In this panel four
specialists will explain the pandemic's causes and effects and
elaborate different containment strategies.


Dirk Brockmann, professor for theoretical biology at the Humboldt
University of Berlin, hypothesized that the disease unfolded
stronger in individualistic countries than it did in more
collectivistic nations. As head of the department for
epidemiology at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and as political
consultant Brockmann will give practical insights into prevention
strategies in Germany and abroad. In the fight against
coronavirus, Vittoria Colizza and her team at France's National
Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM) are working in
coordination with 25 other international academic partners to
evaluate the cross-continental spread of the virus in Europe and
Africa. Marta C. Gonzáles will reveal insights on collective
human behavior with a focus on human mobility and the special
demand in urban areas that might support measures in the future
for more effective containment strategies in dealing with
COVID-19. Albert Laszlo Barabási who made research projects on
human mobility in New York will give insights on monitoring the
spreading of a virus in urban areas.