Models vs Zombies! Can maths stop an epidemic dead?
Date: Wednesday 21st May 2014 19:00
Location: The Marlborough Arms, 36 Torrington Place, WC1E 7LY
How do you stop a zombie epidemic? Scientific models are used to understand the spread of infectious diseases such as pandemic influenza or HIV and to direct control measures.
Mathematical modeller Ken Eames and public health registrar Conall Watson from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine use infectious disease epidemiology and pork scratchings to explore a hypothetical zombie outbreak in London. Will the city survive? Book tickets here
