Join our SWIM Topic Meeting: Evaluating Epidemic Forecasts.

 

Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University. Im Neuenheimer Feld 205, 69120 Heidelberg.

Tuesday 21 April 2026.

 

About

Predicting the further course of an epidemic is an important task in mathematical modelling, but often turns out to be challenging. Careful monitoring of prediction performance is therefore necessary to characterize the potential and limits of predictive modelling in different settings.

This meeting is concerned with statistical and applied questions in the evaluation of epidemic forecasts: what makes for a good forecast? How can we separate strong from weak models? What distinguishes epidemic forecasting from fields like weather forecasting and economics, and what can we learn from them?

We are looking forward to welcoming researchers of all career stages interested in predictive epidemic modelling and/or forecast evaluation. The event is also open to researchers based outside of Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rheinland-Pfalz.

Please note that the event is purely in-person and there is no option for online participation.

Programme

Details on the exact programme will follow soon. We are looking forward to talks by the following speakers:

Registration

You can express your interest in participation and submit an abstract here. Registration is possible until 13 April, but a waiting list may be opened before this date in case the capacity of the venue is reached. Abstracts should be submitted as soon as possible and before 7 April.

Participation includes a vegetarian lunch and is free of charge.

Organizers

The workshop is organized by Johannes Bracher (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) and Sebastian Funk (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine).

If you have any questions please contact us at contact@swim-workshop.de.