LIVE_National Supermodel for Covid-19

National Supermodel for Covid-19

Prof. Manindra Agrawal
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Prof. Manindra Agrawal is a professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He was also the recipient of the first Infosys Prize for Mathematics and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Mathematical Sciences in 2003.

About the Topic: A committee of scientists has recently created a mathematical model to simulate the trajectory of Covid-19 virus in the country. In this talk, we will discuss the genesis of the model, compare it with earlier models, and show a set of predictions done using the model.

[manojj]

I read about this model on 'The Hindu' sunday edition (25/10/2020).

[exploringlife]

I am taking a course on Mathematical modelling in Industry and was looking for models which are currently working on the the pandemic and I found this Mathematical Supermodel and I must say this lecture have given me motivation to extend the learning process of this particular course as well as go ahead with trying myself out on some of the models.

[meenakshisharma]

V impressive. Only thing is the model is likely to be using the number of cases at a given time as the the number of cases in entire India, . It does not appear to have taken into account the geographical distribution. What will be the impact of this shortfall in model on comparisons with effect of lockdown? Has the model been compared with data from other countries?