AI Versus Epidemics

James Alexander Hughes, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at St. Francis Xavier University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario. His research interests include machine learning, artificial intelligence, evolutionary computation, artificial neural networks, mathematical modelling, brain connectivity, and other real world applications.Sheridan Houghten, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Brock University. She received her Ph.D. from Concordia University. Her research interests include combinatorial optimization, computational intelligence, and algorithms, with various application areas including bioinformatics, graphs, and coding theory.Michael Dubé is a Ph.D. student at the University of Guelph. He earned his Master’s degree from Brock University. His thesis investigated epidemic modeling, simulation, and deployment of vaccination strategies on personal contact networks using evolutionary computation.Matthew Stoodley, Ph.D., is a Senior Bioinformatics Analyst at the University Health Network in Toronto. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Guelph. His interest lies in designing effective solutions for complex problems using computational analysis of large biological datasets. Daniel Ashlock, Ph.D., was the Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Guelph. He authored over 300 articles and several books. His primary research areas were evolutionary computation, bioinformatics, mathematical biology, and graph theory, Joseph Alexander Brown, Ph.D., is an Assistant Teaching Professor at Thompson Rivers University. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Guelph. His research interests include evolutionary computation, computational creativity, computational intelligence, game design, game theory, and bioinformatics. Wendy Ashlock, Ph.D., is the Chief Data Scientist at Ashlock and McGuinness Consulting, Inc. She earned her Ph.D. from York University. She is an expert in applying computational intelligence and machine learning to bioinformatics.

• Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Evolutionary Computation.- Chapter 3 Graph Compression.- Chapter 4 Network Induction.