AI for Outbreak Forecasting: Are We Seeing the Full Picture?

A one-day event on epidemiological modelling and simulation with AI and large language models, arising from a CSIRO–NSF collaborative research grant.

Speakers include:

• Prof Brett Sutton AO, CSIRO: AI for genomics in forecasting
• Prof Flora Salim, UNSW: Harnessing Spatiotemporal Information Heterogeneity and Dynamics for Robust Outbreak Forecasting
• Prof Raina MacIntyre, UNSW: Open-Source Intelligence for Avian Influenza
• Prof Matthew Scotch, Arizona State University: Rapid expansion of HPAI H5 clade 2.3.4.4b genotype D1.1 across North American flyways during fall 2024 avian migration
• A/Prof Andreas Zufle, Emory University: Simulated Worlds: Large-Scale In-Silico Analytics for Public Health
• A/Prof David Heslop, UNSW: Using LLMs as decision modules in Agent Based Models
• Prof Regina Barzilay, MIT: Al for Influenza Vaccine
• A/Prof Taylor Anderson, George Mason University: Modeling Spatial Heterogeneity in Health Behaviors and Disease Spread
• Prof Bill Rawlinson, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine & Health, UNSW
• Dr Jen Kok, Institute for Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR): Westmead Hospital
• Mr Jacob Madden, Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care: Australian CDC Establishment- Strategy
• Prof Milind Tambe, Harvard University: AI and network intervention for HIV prevention