Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in SIAM News on April 2, 2020 (https://sinews.siam.org/Details-Page/mathematical-resources-to-help-understand-covid-19).
Scientists around the world have mobilized to understand the novel coronavirus outbreak, to develop ways to slow its spread, and to provide quantitative guidance to policy makers. As a professional STEM society, it is part of our responsibility to help facilitate a better understanding of this virus and the research surrounding it. That’s why we have collected the resources below - to highlight some of this work and the mathematical tools on which it is based. SIAM staff will continue to update the SIAM News article linked above as new information becomes available and hope these resources will help mobilize the SIAM community.
Government Agencies and Non-governmental Organizations
Articles on Coronaviruses and Epidemiology
- A collection of epidemiology articles in SIAM journals, made free as a public service
- Articles and updates published by Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team:
- Article using simulations to demonstrate “flattening the curve” (Harry Stevens, Washington Post)
- The effect of summer on SARS-CoV-2 (Marc Lipsitch, Harvard School of Public Health)
- The dynamics of COVID-19 under social distancing (Ezekiel Emanuel et al., University of Pennsylvania in New York Times op-ed)
Modeling Tools and Data Trackers
COVID-19 Funding Solicitations
Resource Pages Provided by Other Organizations and Societies