*NOVID: A New Approach for Fighting Pandemics Using Game Theory* by Dr. Po-Shen Loh
Pandai Education and the National STEM Association (NSA) would like to invite you to this exciting talk by a world-class speaker:
*Date:* Saturday, 9 October 2021
*Time:* 11.00 am - 12.00 noon
*Venue:* Zoom - http://tiny.cc/novid
*Speaker:* Dr. Po-Shen Loh, Founder, NOVID
Prof. Dato' Dr. Noraini Idris (the Chair of NSA) will give the opening remarks.
The talk is *free*, and no registration is needed. The last 15 minutes will be allotted for Q&A.
*About the Talk*
Dr. Po-Shen Loh has invented a fundamentally new approach for controlling pandemics. Its distinguishing feature uses Game Theory to reverse the incentive structure so that even selfish individualistic behavior contributes to societal pandemic control — striking at the heart of the human behavior coordination problem which fuels the spread of pandemics.
*About the Speaker*
Po-Shen Loh is a math professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and the national coach of the USA International Mathematical Olympiad team. His research considers a variety of questions that lie at the intersection of combinatorics, network theory, probability, and computer science, and his academic work has been recognized by the USA Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. He also dabbles in social entrepreneurship, previously founding the free math and science education platform expii.com which sees 500,000 visitors each month, and he has featured in or co-created videos totaling 10 million YouTube views. Upon the outbreak of COVID, he turned his mathematical attention to create NOVID, the first app to introduce the fundamentally different "radar" paradigm for pandemic control.
We welcome attendees from all backgrounds -- medical, public health, science, mathematics, public policy, civil society, academia, education, etc. -- anyone curious to learn about how the power of mathematics can be harnessed to control pandemics. No technical background necessary.
*Hope to see you this Saturday!*
Suhaimi Ramly
Moderator
Deputy Chair, NSA & Co-founder, Pandai (pandai.org)
