Inaugural Meeting

The inaugural meeting of the new „Interdisciplinary Center for Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Disease Dynamics“ (IMMIDD) took place on November 19th 2024.
The centre was officially founded at the meeting and the founding members were unanimously confirmed.

One of the first key decisions was the election of the Executive Board, which consists of André Karch, Stephan Ludwig, Bernd Hellingrath, Edith Siebert and Johannes Ponge. All candidates were elected unanimously. It was also agreed to propose Zoi Nikoloarakis as a student member of the student councils of the relevant departments. 

In addition to organisational points, initial research projects and future activities and plans were also presented at the meeting. Contributions from members stimulated a lively discussion on modelling approaches such as agent-based models (ABMs) and differential equation models.