UROP Project
Interactive Learning Tools for Mathematical Epidemiology
biomath, coding, epidemiology, modeling
Research Mentor: Bryce Morsky,
Department, College, Affiliation: Mathematics, Arts and Sciences
Contact Email: bmorsky@fsu.edu
Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from mentor):
Research Assistant Supervisor Email:
Faculty Collaborators: Nishan Mudalige
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Department, College, Affiliation: Mathematics, Arts and Sciences
Contact Email: bmorsky@fsu.edu
Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from mentor):
Research Assistant Supervisor Email:
Faculty Collaborators: Nishan Mudalige
Faculty Collaborators Email:
Looking for Research Assistants: Yes
Number of Research Assistants: 1
Relevant Majors: Applied Math, Biology, Biomath, Statistics and related fields.
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5-10, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
Number of Research Assistants: 1
Relevant Majors: Applied Math, Biology, Biomath, Statistics and related fields.
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5-10, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
- Day: Tuesday, September 2
Start Time: 4:00
End Time: 4:30
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/94539702544
Project Description
Our project will be to develop materials to teach epidemiology at an introductory-to-intermediate level, where we will start with basic biology and the SIR model and build up to introduce models involving social interaction dynamics and stochastic noise. The project will involve differential equations, coding in R, and simulations. https://nishanmudalige.github.io/STA258/index.html is an example of what we will be producing (but for mathematical epidemiology). We will collaborate with three other team members on this project, two from Toronto and another from Tallahassee. Much of the work will be remote and flexible, but I am also available for in-person meetings.This is a great opportunity to learn some epidemiology, mathematical modeling and coding skills! And, this project can lead to you developing your own mathematical models of disease spread.
Research Tasks: Coding, literature review, mathematical analysis, model building.
Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Required: coding skills in R (or coding skills in another language and willingness to learn R)
Required: introductory calculus
Recommended: some knowledge of differential equations