<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>software | OJ Watson</title><link>https://ojwatson.co.uk/tags/software/</link><atom:link href="https://ojwatson.co.uk/tags/software/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>software</description><generator>Source Themes Academic (https://sourcethemes.com/academic/)</generator><language>en-us</language><copyright>© 2026 OJ Watson</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><image><url>https://ojwatson.co.uk/img/headers/newyork.jpg</url><title>software</title><link>https://ojwatson.co.uk/tags/software/</link></image><item><title>AI for epidemic modelling: Nature 2025 and tool development</title><link>https://ojwatson.co.uk/2026/02/16/ai-epidemic-modelling-nature-2025/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ojwatson.co.uk/2026/02/16/ai-epidemic-modelling-nature-2025/</guid><description>&lt;p>I recently contributed to &lt;strong>Nature (2025)&lt;/strong> on artificial intelligence for infectious disease epidemic modelling. The paper reviews how modern AI methods can support epidemic forecasting, surveillance, intervention planning, and model acceleration while still needing careful public-health interpretation.&lt;/p>
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&lt;li>Paper: &lt;a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08564-w">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08564-w&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>Related tool: &lt;a href="https://ojwatson.co.uk/project/emidm/">emidm&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>Related research section: &lt;a href="https://ojwatson.co.uk/research/#ai-enabled-epidemic-modelling">AI-enabled epidemic modelling&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
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&lt;p>Alongside this, my group continues work on emulator-based approaches that improve calibration speed and scenario exploration for policy-facing analyses. The aim is practical: make complex infectious disease models easier to interrogate under uncertainty, without losing sight of the assumptions that make those models useful.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>