Modelling and simulation of contact dynamics on NTU campus

• Main Author: Rivera, Angus Isabela Gabrielle
• Other Authors: Cai Wentong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Computer science and engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/166543
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

With the recent COVID-19 Pandemic, the study of disease modelling is more important now than ever. Locations such as schools have been one of the key places that such diseases spread quickly due to the number of students that are present on campus at a particular point in time. Multiple studies have explored this topic of disease transmissions on-campus with a focus on the disease spreading pattern without the understanding of the contact patterns of the students in the school. This report explores contact patterns of students staying on-campus in Nanyang Technological University (NTU). This report investigates the trajectory data of students following a timetable by which the students attend classes and socialize with other students. Experiments show that students show greater number of contacts with students staying in the same residential hall as them. It is also found that intervention strategies, such as reducing venue capacity and restricting the number of students staying in a room, help to curb infection spread on NTU campus.