Modelling the Infection Process with Noisy Data

Leader:Carlos Uribe, PhD (Professor of Economics, Administration and Economics Faculty, CADE)Santiago José Gangotena, PhD (Professor of Economics, Administration and Economics Faculty, CADE) USFQ Participants:7 students from the Economics Master´s Degree. Computational Economics class 2. Description: Estimate based on data on the course of infection to correct selection bias in reported cases and to report publicSigueSigue leyendo «Modelling the Infection Process with Noisy Data»

Measuring well-being and expectations in real time during Covid-19: Ecuador Case

Leader: Carlos Uribe, PhD (Professor of Economics, Administration and Economics Faculty, CADE) USFQ Participants:Diego Fernando Grijalva, PhD (Professor of Economics, Administration and Economics Faculty, CADE)Pablo Lucio Paredes, PhD (Dean of the Economics Faculty) External Participants:Ivan Gachet, PhD Description: The research focuses on the reliability of official data, parametric and non-parametric projections Faculty USFQ: Economics USFQSigueSigue leyendo «Measuring well-being and expectations in real time during Covid-19: Ecuador Case»

SARSCoV2 genome sequencing in patients from Ecuador during the 2020 pandemic

Leader: Paúl Cárdenas, PhD (Instituto de Microbiología USFQ) USFQ Participants:Belén Prado, MSc (Institute of Microbiology USFQ)Bernardo Gutiérrez, MSc (Universidad de Oxford/USFQ)Gabriel Trueba, PhD (Institute of Microbiology USFQ)Juan José Guadalupe, MSc (Laboratorio Biotecnología Vegetal)Michelle Grunauer, PhD (Escuela de Medicina)Patricio Rojas Silva, PhD (Institute of Microbiology USFQ)Sully Marquez, MSc (Institute of Microbiology USFQ)Verónica Barragán, PhD (Institute ofSigueSigue leyendo «SARSCoV2 genome sequencing in patients from Ecuador during the 2020 pandemic»

[EN] Low Cost, Intra-hospital Ventilator Designed by USFQ Wins RetoCOVID19 and Production will Begin

UBUNTU-RESPIRA is the name of USFQ’s intra-hospital ventilator which won RetoCOVID-19 in the intra-hospital transport ventilator category. The team, composed of professors, graduates, and students of mechanical engineering, medicine, and veterinary Sciences, will receive seed capital to begin production and commercialization. RetoCOVID-19 was promoted by the AEI Alliance for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Network. The COVID-19SigueSigue leyendo «[EN] Low Cost, Intra-hospital Ventilator Designed by USFQ Wins RetoCOVID19 and Production will Begin»