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Undergraduate students tackle coronavirus testing as part of their final projects
11 June 2020
Ellen Brown and Jack Burgess both completed their final year projects on group testing, an area that is currently being directly applied to efforts to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Covid-19 – the statistics and the science underlying them 29 June 2020 A virtual discussion covering the statistical aspects of Covid- 19
- Covid-19 – the statistics and the science underlying them 29 June 2020 A virtual discussion covering the statistical aspects of Covid- 19
- Bristol students mentor pupils from Kuala Lumpur 12 June 2020 New undergraduate unit 'International Mentoring' has proven to be a great success with both University of Bristol students and our international partners.
- Undergraduate students tackle coronavirus testing as part of their final projects 11 June 2020 Ellen Brown and Jack Burgess both completed their final year projects on group testing, an area that is currently being directly applied to efforts to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Model based COVID infection fatality ratio estimates should be used very cautiously 15 May 2020 Bristol team emphasises the need for testing random samples of the population to establish disease prevalence and properly measure the size of the epidemic and disease severity.
- UK Covid-19 infection peak may have fallen before lockdown, new analysis shows 7 May 2020 Simple statistical models can reliably infer the peak of infections and subsequent deaths from the virus, according to a Bristol statistician.
- Population density as experienced by the average person better explains variations in the rate of spread of COVID-19 6 May 2020 A preprint by a team including Bristol statistician Professor Oliver Johnson shows the importance of ‘lived population density’ as a measure to track the spread of the disease.
- Plant root hairs key to reducing soil erosion 12 April 2020 The tiny hairs found on plant roots play a pivotal role in helping reduce soil erosion, a new study by Bristol biologists and mathematicians has found.
- New appointments in the School of Mathematics 9 April 2020 Several new appointments have been made in the School of Mathematics.
- Artist-in-residence to be appointed in the School of Mathematics 25 March 2020 Jake Langham and Matthew Lee have been awarded an EPSRC Impact Acceleration Award to extend their Creative Reactions project.