Two Days Pre-Congress Workshop on Spatial
Epidemiology and Mathematical Modelling
Venue : Makmal Komputer, Block A2, Level 2, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UMS
Date : 05th Sept - 06th Sept 2023
Aims of the workshop:-
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Provide an overview of the types and structure of spatial objects in R
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Generating and manipulating spatial objects, projections and transformations
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Cropping and masking spatial objects
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Extracting covariate data
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Plotting interactive maps
Limited to 25 participants
Bring your own devices
Tentative Program
10:00 am
Time
08:30 am
5th September 2023
03:45 pm
05:00 pm
Program
Registration
OPENING CEREMONY
Welcome message & Introduction of the workshop:
Prof. Dr. Kamruddin Ahmed
Group Photo
LECTURE 1: Introduction to Geographical Information Systems; Spatial Epidemiology, main R packages for handling/editing/plotting spatial objects.
Dr. Luca Nelli
MORNING TEA BREAK
LECTURE 1: (cont.)
Introduction to Geographical Information Systems; Spatial Epidemiology, main R packages for handling/editing/plotting spatial objects.
Dr. Luca Nelli
LUNCH
PRACTICAL 1: Dealing with vectors (points, lines and polygons) and rasters.
Dr. Luca Nelli
TEA BREAK
PRACTICAL 1: (cont.)
Dealing with vectors (points, lines and polygons) and rasters.
Dr. Luca Nelli
End of Workshop (Day 1)
08:45 am
12:00 pm
01:00pm
10:15 am
03:30 pm
09:00 am
Time
Program
08: 30 am
PRACTICAL 2: Extraction of covariates for spatial analyses
Dr. Luca Nelli
MORNING TEA BREAK
PRACTICAL 2: (cont.)
Extraction of covariates for spatial analyses
Dr. Luca Nelli
LUNCH
PRACTICAL 3: Generating predictions and maps of expected risk
Dr. Luca Nelli
11:30 am
6th September 2023
TEA BREAK
Q&A SESSION
End Ceremony and certificate distribution
End of Workshop (Day 2)