Posts Categorized: News at CHE

All eyes and ears will be on Victoria later this morning, with the province set to release its latest COVID-19 projections for the weeks and months ahead. How long will it take to flatten the curve and start lifting lockdowns?…

BC公布最新数据模型 <It is due to everyone’s concern that BC will release its latest COVID-19 forecast in the coming weeks and months. However, some experts point out that this modelling is not precise, and the prediction can only help understand outbreak…

The COVID-19 outbreak has led to unprecedented measures in order to flatten the curve. But how do we know which actions are likely to slow the spread? The answer is revealed by pandemic models. U of T Engineering’s Dionne Aleman…

Dionne M. Aleman, an assoicate professor and CHE affiliate at the University of Toronto specializing in pandemic planning, says it’s far too soon to think about returning to normal. Ontario may be creeping toward a turning point in the battle…

The Star spoke with Dionne M. Aleman, an associate professor and CHE affiliate at the University of Toronto specializing in pandemic planning and medical applications of operations research, about the steps forward. Full article at: Toronto Star (April 13: Peterborough Examiner; St.…

Engineering professor and CHE faculty affiliate Dionne Aleman joins CTV News Channel to discuss the federal government’s COVID-19 modeling numbers. Video available at: CTV News

Though earlier guidance said that masks weren’t necessary, experts are now advising people who already have masks to wear them—or to make your own. “If you have a mask, you should wear it every time you go outside, whether it’s…

Researchers across Canada are tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and many are harnessing the power of Canada’s advanced research computing (ARC) platform to do so. ARC accelerates the speed to discovery and helps researchers accomplish globally competitive, data-driven, transformative research. Research…

Daily during the Provincial and Federal government briefings we are given new measures, policies, and details on how to best “flatten the curve” to stop the rapid spread of COVID-19. As the virus spreads on an unprecedented scale, and new…

Modelling may be imperfect, but policy makers would basically be operating blind without them, says Dionne Aleman, an industrial engineering professor and CHE Affiliate at the University of Toronto. She notes these educated guesses can help answer big questions dogging…