Session timetable

EMBL-EBI Course: Rt estimation and nowcasting

Tuesday - Half day (09.15-12.30)

Course introduction and overview

Tuesday: 09.15-09.30

Session 1: \(R_t\) estimation and the renewal equation

Tuesday: 09.30-10.30

  • Introduction: the time-varying reproduction number (10 mins)
  • Practice: using the renewal equation to estimate R (45 mins)
  • Wrap up (5 mins)

Break: 10.30-11.00

Session 2: Nowcasting concepts

Tuesday: 11.00-11.30

  • Introduction: nowcasting as a right-truncation problem (10 mins)
  • Practice: simulating and basic nowcasting (20 mins)

Session 3: Nowcasting with an unknown reporting delay

Tuesday: 11.30-12.30

  • Introduction: joint estimation of delays and nowcasts (10 mins)
  • Practice: joint estimation of delays and nowcasts (40 mins)
  • Wrap up: consolidating key concepts (10 mins)