SISMID 2026 - please tell your friends to do my course

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The courses for SISMID 2026 are now online: The Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases (SISMID) | In-Person Program

I really enjoyed teaching nowcasting and forecasting with @nickreich last year. This year, we have split the course into two linked courses: first delays, Rt, and nowcasting, and then short-term forecasting.

This means we are in direct competition to see who gets the most students (or as I said to Nick, we are working together)…

On that note, what kinds of things would people be interested in seeing added to the nowcasting course?

The material from last year is here: Nowcasting and forecasting infectious disease dynamics - SISMID – NFIDD SISMID

Since last time Kaitlyn Johnson has done some nice stuff on baseline nowcasting we could include: https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-614

We could also get into hazards a bit:

Or something on workflows for ID models:

TLDR: Please sign up for my course as I

1. have to compete with Nick and

2. Atlanta is really rather hot for me.

3. My teaching has been described as surprisingly okay.

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Also I don’t think that this is the year to go all in on Julia for these courses but I could be convinced …

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We are happy to invite you to the

3rd European Summer Program in Infectious Disease Analysis and Modelling (ESPIDAM)

Time: June 22-26, 2026

Location: Stockholm University, Sweden

Registration: Is now open. Early bird registration to March 31. Registration closes May 31.

Suitable participants: PhD students, PostDocs, Public Health scientists and others interested

Structure: The summer program consists of 8 course modules, 4 the first half week and 4 the second half week. Participants can register to one or two modules.

More information: https://www.statistics.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-mathematics/research/conferences-and-seminars/espidam-the-european-summer-program-in-infectious-disease-analysis-and-modelling

Please spread to others you think might be interested

Warmly welcome!

Tom Britton, Chair scientific and organizing committee

I haven’t done any of the courses that aren’t ours but the students always seem to be having a nice time. Generally has a nice vibe and the snacks are pretty good. The ferries in Stockholm are also fun.