Scientists and engineers worldwide are battling the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some examples of their work, including epidemiological analysis, diagnostics, and ventilator models.
A novel methodology for epidemic risk assessment of COVID-19 outbreak
A. Pluchino et al, Nature: Scientific Reports, March 5 2021
paper
Impact of social media advertisements on the transmission dynamics of COVID-19 pandemic in India
Rajanish Kumar Rai et al, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing, February 27 2021
paper
Real-time tracking and prediction of COVID-19 infection using digital proxies of population mobility and mixing
Kathy Leung et al, Nature Communications, March 8 2021
paper
Toolbox to simulate and mitigate COVID-19 propagation
Zahrate El Oula Frihi et al, SoftwareX, June 2021
paper and GitHub MATLAB code repo
DON: Deep Learning and Optimization-Based Framework for Detection of Novel Coronavirus Disease Using X-ray Images
Gaurav Dhiman et al, Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences, February 15 2021
paper
Epidemiological Differences in the Impact of COVID-19 Vaccination in the United States and China
Monia Makhoul et al, Vaccines, March 5 2021
paper
Mathematical model of COVID-19 intervention scenarios for São Paulo—Brazil
Osmar Pinto Neto et al, Nature Communications, January 18 2021
paper and Zenodo code
An extended Weight Kernel Density Estimation model forecasts COVID-19 onset risk and identifies spatiotemporal variations of lockdown effects in China
Wenzhong Shi et al, Communications Biology, 2021
paper and Zenodo code
MSC-NTF (NurOwn®) exosomes: a novel therapeutic modality in the mouse LPS-induced ARDS model
Haggai Kaspi et al, Stem Cell Research & Therapy, January 19 2021
paper
Forecasting of medical equipment demand and outbreak spreading based on deep long short‑term memory network: the COVID‑19 pandemic in Turkey
Erdinç Koç and Muammer Türkoğlu, Signal, Image and Video Processing, September 8 2020
paper
Global sensitivity analysis of COVID-19 mathematical model
Zizhen Zhang et al, Alexandria Engineering Journal, February 2021
paper
Densely connected convolutional networks-based COVID-19 screening model
Dilbag Singh et al, Applied Intelligence, February 7 2021
paper
Retinal findings in patients with COVID-19: Results from the SERPICO-19 study
Alessandro Invernizzi et al, The Lancet, September 20 2020
paper with ARIA - retinal vessel analysis MATLAB code
Study of the operation of taxi cars in an emergency situation
Dimitar Grozev et al, IOPScience, September 2020
paper
Modeling Social Distancing Strategies to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Spread in Israel: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Amir Shlomai et al, Value in Health, December 9 2020
paper
A new SEAIRD pandemic prediction model with clinical and epidemiological data analysis on COVID-19 outbreak
Xian-Xian Liu et al, Applied Intelligence, January 1 2021
paper
Fast detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA via the integration of plasmonic thermocycling and fluorescence detection in a portable device
Jiyong Cheong et al, Nature Biomedical Engineering, December 3 2020
paper
In-host Mathematical Modelling of COVID-19 in Humans
Esteban A. Hernandez-Vargas and Jorge X. Velasco-Hernandez, Annual Reviews in Control, September 30 2020
paper
Immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 in three children of parents with symptomatic COVID-19
Shidan Tosif et al, Nature Communications, November 11 2020
paper
Testing sewage to home in on Covid-19
Scott Murray, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, October 28, 2020
article, paper with MATLAB code
The geography of COVID-19 spread in Italy and implications for the relaxation of confinement measures
Enrico Bertuzzo et al, Nature, August 26 2020
paper
Cerebral Micro-Structural Changes in COVID-19 Patients – An MRI-based 3-month Follow-up Study
Yiping Lu et al, The Lancet, August 3 2020
paper
COVID-19 SimBiology SEIR Model Examples
Fulden Buyukozturk, MATLAB File Exchange, May 29 2020
COVID-19-Data-Generation-Visualization
Ma Luo, File Exchange, February 18 2021
data
Optimal Control of Mathematical modeling of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic with highlighting the negative impact of quarantine on diabetics people with Cost-effectiveness
Abdelfatah Kouidere et al, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, April 2021
paper
Dynamics of COVID-19 transmission with comorbidity: a data driven modelling based approach
Parthasakha Das et al, Nonlinear Dyn, March 8 2021
paper
Modelling uncertainty in the relative risk of exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus by airborne aerosol transmission in well mixed indoor air
Benjamin Jones et al, Building and Environment, March 15 2021
paper
Covid-19 transmission modelling of students returning home from university
Paul R. Harper et al, Health Systems, January 17 2021
paper and GitHub repo
COVID-19 intervention models: An initial aggressive treatment strategy for controlling the infection
Bismark Oduro and Vusi Mpendulo Magagula, Infect Dis Model, January 23 2021
paper
Controlling COVID-19 Outbreaks with Financial Incentives
Chaeyoung Lee et al, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, January 15 2021
paper
The optimal lockdown intensity for COVID-19
Jonathan P. Caulkins et al, Journal of Mathematical Economics, February 3 2021
paper
A novel Covid-19 and pneumonia classification method based on F-transform
Turker Tuncer et al, Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, March 15 2021
paper
Electricity demand during pandemic times: The case of the COVID-19 in Spain
I. Santiago et al, Energy Policy, January 2021
paper
Optimal COVID-19 quarantine and testing strategies
Chad R. Wells et al, Nature Communications, 2021
paper
Management strategies in a SEIR-type model of COVID 19 community spread
Anca Rǎdulescu et al, Nature: Scientific Reports, December 4 2020
paper
The math behind epidemics
Alison Hill, Physics Today, November 1 2020
paper, MATLAB code
Variation of quantified infection rates of mixed samples to enhance rapid testing during an epidemic
Usama Kadri, Health Systems, September 13 2020
paper
Development of the Intelligent Pneumatic Sewing Platform for Mask Production
Hao-Ting Lin, IEEExplore, July 28 2020
paper
Avoiding COVID-19: Aerosol Guidelines
Matthew Evans, medRxiv, June 5 2020
paper preprint
Multiscale 3-dimensional pathology findings of COVID-19 diseased lung using high-resolution cleared tissue microscopy
Guang Li et al, bioRxiv, April 20, 2020
paper preprint
Second Version of a COVID-19 Simulator
Cleve Moler, Cleve's Corner, March 29, 2020
blog post and MATLAB code and app
How to determine when COVID-19 pool testing will be most effective
Behind the Headlines, mathworks.com, August 6 2020
blog post
Mathematical analysis on the dynamics of COVID-19 in India using SIR Epidemic Model
Zargar and Khanday, Mapana Journal of Sciences, August 6 2020
paper
COVID-19 Spread Predictor
Ahmed Abel-Gawad, MATLAB File Exchange, July 18th
MATLAB code
Infection, inflammation and intervention: mechanistic modelling of epithelial cells in COVID-19
Nabil T. Fadai et al, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, February 17 2021
paper
Cost and social distancing dynamics in a mathematical model of COVID-19 with application to Ontario, Canada
I. R. Moyles et al, Royal Society Open Science, February 24 2021
paper
Quantifying compliance with COVID-19 mitigation policies in the US: A mathematical modeling study
Nao Yamamoto et al, Infect Dis Model, March 4 2021
paper
A study on the effects of containment policies and vaccination on the spread of SARS-CoV-2
Vahid S. Bokharaie, PLOS ONE, March 4 2021
paper
Seismic evidence of the COVID-19 lockdown measures: a case study from eastern Sicily (Italy)
Andrea Cannata et al, EGU: Solid Earth, February 2 2021
paper
Mathematical modeling and a month ahead forecast of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: an Indian scenario
Suhail Ganiny and Owais Nisar, Model Earth Sys Environ, January 12 2021
paper
A Model for the Spread of Infectious Diseases with Application to COVID-19
Ricardo A. G. Unglaub and Kathrin Spendier, Challenges, February 5 2021
paper
Principal Component Analysis Applications in COVID-19 Genome Sequence Studies
Bo Wang and Lin Jiang, Cognitive Computation, January 13 2021
paper
Comparative cost-effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies in the USA: a modelling study
Zhanwei Du et al, The Lancet: Public Health, February 4 2021
paper
Tracking COVID-19 using online search
Vasileios Lampos et al, NPJ Digital Medicine, February 8 2021
paper
Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Detection and Classification Using Phase Imaging with Computational Specificity
Neha Goswami et al, bioRxiv, December 12 2020
paper preprint
The effect of weather data on the spread of COVID-19 in Jordan
Eman Abdelhafez et al, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, January 9 2021
paper
Design of 3D-printable nasopharyngeal swabs in MATLAB for COVID-19 testing
Yilun Sun et al, Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine, September 9 2020
paper
Automated subject-specific mask design and tissue loading evaluation framework using GIBBON
Kevin Moerman, Twitter, April 2020
post and MATLAB code
Classification of Covid-19 Coronavirus, Pneumonia and Healthy Lungs in CT Scans Using Q-Deformed Entropy and Deep Learning Features
Ali Hasan et al, Entropy, April 2020
paper
A quantitative and qualitative analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic model
Sarbaz Khoshnaw et al, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, September 2020
paper
First-wave COVID-19 transmissability and severity in China outside Hubei after control measures, and second-wave scenario planning: a modelling impact assessment
Kathy Leung et al, The Lancet, April 8, 2020
paper
A COVID-19 Epidemiological Model for Community and Policy Maker Use
Alex De Visscher, Concordia University, arXiv, March 19, 2020
paper preprint with model code
Influence of wind and relative humidity on the social distancing effectiveness to prevent COVID-19 airborne transmission: A numerical study
Yu Feng et al, Journal of Aerosol Science, September 2020
paper
A review of open source ventilators for COVID-19 and future pandemics
Joshua M. Pearce, F1000Research, March 30 2020
paper and MATLAB code for the OxyGEN project
La Inteligencia Artificial y el Machine Learning en los Respiradores Contra el Coronavirus [Spanish]
Ignacio Ozcariz, El Radar de la Georealidad, 6 April 2020
article
COVID-19 Emergency Ventilator
Imperial College London
design, JamVent evaluation of performance
A Simulated Single Ventilator / Dual Patient Ventilation Strategy for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome during COVID-19 pandemic
Jose A. Solis-Lemus et al, medRxiv, April 7, 2020
paper preprint
Modelling and Optimisation of Mechanical Ventilation for Critically Ill Patient
Anup Das, University of Exeter, 2012
Ph.D. thesis
Pressure - Volume Controlled Mechanical Ventilator: Modeling and Simulation
Fikret YALÇINKAY, 9th International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ELECO), 2015
paper
The BathRC model: a method to estimate flow restrictor size for dual ventilation of dissimilar patients
Andrew Plummer et al, medRxiv, April 17 2020
paper preprint and GitHub repo
Ventilator Example with Closed-Loop Control on Low Cost Hardware
Steve Miller, GitHub, April 2020
GitHub repo with Simulink and Simscape models
Neonatal Ventilator Modeling using Simulink
Ravali K, GitHub, April 2020
GitHub repo with Simulink and Simscape models
Artificial Ventilation Simulator
Jakub R'afl, Czech Technical University in Prague, 2008
Masters thesis
A Novel Methodology for the Design of a Portable Ventilator
Subha Hency Jose P. et al, International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE), November 2019
paper
Medical Ventilator with Lung Model (Simscape Example)
Positive-pressure medical ventilator system that models the lung using Translational Mechanical Converter (MA), which converts moist air pressure into translational motion.
Simscape model
Modelling and Simulation of Pressure Controlled Mechanical Ventilation System
Noman Q. Al-Naggar, Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering (JBiSE), 2015
paper