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A University of Maryland expert in algorithms and high-performance computing has been funded by Google to develop computational techniques to improve contact tracing methods in the wake of COVID-19, research that could ultimately provide fundamental new insights into how epidemics can be controlled.

It is a sweltering weekend in late August and Professor Dennis Pogue is revisiting a small, simple frame building at a private residence in Richmond, Virginia. The structure, which Pogue estimates is from the late 1850s, is in bad shape, but he has made a convincing argument for the owners not only to save it, but to seek out recommendations for how to preserve it.

The Center for Health Information and Decision Systems (CHIDS) at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and industry partner, Welldoc, have announced findings as a result of their continued health data analytics partnership aimed at gaining insights into successful patterns of digital health engagement.