Welcome

SPARKLE WorkshopWelcome

Mathematical Modelling
of Infectious Diseases

Organised by the Monash Complex Computational Modelling Lab, Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, School of Business, Monash University Malaysia, in partnership with SPARKLE and the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity.

21–25 Sep 2026Monday to Friday

08:30 dailyBreakfast before the first session

Room 9501Building 9, Level 5, Room 1

Gate AMain entrance & arrival point

Organisers & partners

Who brings you this workshop

Organisers and partners

Organised by

Monash University Malaysia

MonashBusiness

School of Business

MonashEconometrics &
Business Statistics

Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics

MonashComplex
Computational
Modelling Lab

Monash Complex Computational Modelling Lab

In partnership with

SPARKLE, supported by the Australian Government

The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity

The University of Melbourne

MonashJeffrey Cheah School
of Medicine and
Health Sciences

Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Participants

Participants' and trainers' organisations

Where you are joining us from

IMU University

Sunway University

UCSI University

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Universiti Malaya

Universiti Sains Malaysia

Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin

Universiti Malaya Medical Centre

Institute for Medical Research

Ministry of Higher Education

Department of Health, Pahang

Monash University Indonesia

OUCRU Indonesia

Universitas Airlangga

Institut Teknologi Bandung

Universitas Hasanuddin

National University of Singapore

Aurbina Scholars Hub

Aurbina Scholars Hub

Programme

Programme & itinerary

Five days in Room 9501

Day 1

Mon 21

09:15

Introduction to mathematical modelling

Tyas Widayati

14:00

Differential equations in R

Bimandra Djaafara

16:00

Persistent pathogens in the ICU

Leong Zhuan Kee, Ewilly Liew

Day 2

Tue 22

09:00

Designing a model to suit the pathogen

Tyas Widayati

14:00

AI-driven prognostic modelling in oral cancer

Mogana Darshini, Kavilashini Alagenthran

Day 3

Wed 23

09:00

Fitting models in R

Bimandra Djaafara

12:00 · Lunch, then catch-up

14:30

Seminar: modelling infectious diseases

Nur Alia Johari, Hamimatunnisa Johar, Polly Yap, Lim Jing Sheng

Day 4

Thu 24

09:00

Vector-borne disease modelling

Kartika Saraswati

14:00

Vector-borne disease modelling in R

Kartika Saraswati

16:00

Dengue persistence in the 21st century

Vinod Balasubramaniam

Day 5

Fri 25

09:00

Modelling interventions

Dewi Christina

12:00

Closing remarks

Ewilly Liew

12:15 · Lunch, then free afternoon

Breakfast 08:30–09:00 daily · Full programme at sparkle.mccml.my and on your lanyard9501 Building 9, Level 5

Venue

Venue & daily rhythm

A day at the workshop

08:30

Breakfast

Room 9501
Building 9, Level 5

09:00

Sessions begin

Room 9501, every day of the week

Midday

Lunch

School of Business pantry, Building 6, Level 4
Thursday: Meranti, Basement, Building 6

16:30

Day ends

16:30–17:00 most days; Friday ends with lunch at 12:15

Prayer room (surau)

Building 6, Level 3 · Building 5, Level 4

Getting in

Enter at Gate A; show your ID at security and wear your lanyard

Materials

Course materials

Session notes and R code

The hands-on sessions follow SPARKLE's Modelling Infectious Diseases short course. Notes, exercises and R code for each session are on the SPARKLE training site.

1Set up an RStudio Project and keep each session's files together in it
2Download the starter files for a session before it begins
3Install the R packages a session asks for once, then load them from your script

Fallen behind? Each coding session has a "Need to catch up?" script with the code completed so far.

RSession 1 · bean simulation starter
RSession 2 · differential equations starter
RSession 3 · SEIRS Shiny app
CSVThailand first-wave data · Sessions 4, 5, 9
RSession 8 · vector-borne modelling starter

training.spark.edu.au

Also linked from each session on sparkle.mccml.my

Trainers

Trainers & speakers

Who's teaching

Tyas Widayati

Monash University Indonesia

Bimandra Djaafara

National University of Singapore

Kartika Saraswati

NUS & OUCRU Indonesia

Dewi Anastasia Christina

OUCRU Indonesia

Henry Surendra

Monash University Indonesia

Cicik Alfiniyah

Universitas Airlangga

Prama Setia Putra

Institut Teknologi Bandung

Ewilly Liew Jie Ying

Econometrics & Business Statistics, Monash

Leong Zhuan Kee

Monash University Malaysia

Mogana Darshini Ganggayah

Monash University Malaysia

Kavilashini Alagenthran

Universiti Malaya

Nur Alia Johari