Digital Epidemiology
Derived from a course developed for students at the Indian Institute of Science, this masterclass by Vijay Chandru explored how engineered systems such as Google Flu Trends, Flowminder, and Healthmap, among others can be employed to study disease trends and models in populations. It familiarised participants with the concepts and methods of epidemiology in the context of today’s digital era.
About the Academic
Vijay Chandru is an academic entrepreneur recognized as the ‘Technology Pioneer’ by the World Economic Forum in 2006. His academic career has spanned over two decades at Purdue University and the Indian Institute of Science. Dr. Chandru is the recipient of several awards and honors: Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences (1996), MCIT Dewang Mehta Award for Innovation in IT (2001), UGC Hari Om Trust award for ‘Science and Society’ (2003), and the President’s Medal of INFORMS in 2006, among others.
