In the second episode of PERISCOPE Project Monthly Talks, Helen Johnson looks at the importance of data for forecasting, particularly with the European COVID-19 Forecast Hub. This platform provides short-term forecasts of COVID-19 cases and deaths across Europe and is coordinated by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
PERISCOPE has recently collaborated with the European Forecast Hub through the University of Pavia, by providing metadata with information on methodology, as well as forecasts for four weeks for EU’s largest countries (France, Italy, Germany and Spain). The plan is to expand this collaboration to other EU countries.
Regarding the second guest of the PERISCOPE Project Monthly Talks, Helen Johnson in an Expert of Mathematical Modelling from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, who works at the European COVID-19 Forecast Hub. You can visit their website, here.
You can listen to the second PERISCOPE Project Monthly Talk, here.
About the project:
PERISCOPE project was launched in late 2020 and investigates the broad socio-economic and behavioural impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to make Europe more resilient and prepared for future large-scale risks. This Horizon 2020 programme was launched in November 2020 and will run for three years.
