Research

COVID-19 Research

Title :

Framework for studying testing strategies for COVID-19

Area of research :

Engineering Sciences, Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Computer Sciences and Information Technology, Mathematical Sciences, COVID-19 Research

Focus area :

Simulation of COVID-19

Principal Investigator :

Dr Aditya Gopalan, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, Dr Himanshu Tyagi, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru

Timeline Start Year :

2020

Contact info :

Details

Executive Summary :

To develop an agent-based simulation framework to evaluate and compare various testing policies, such as random symptomatic testing, contact tracing and spatially aware sampling of hotspots, as well as interventions such as lockdowns.

Organizations involved

Implementing Agency :

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru

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