Contributors

Ahmed Abdelrazec, PhD, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada

Julien Arino, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada

Amit K. Banerjee, PhD, CSIR-Senior Research Fellow, Bioinformatics Group, Biology Division, CSIR-INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, Hyderabad 500 607, Uppal Road, Tarnaka, Andhra Pradesh, India

Paul Belanger, PhD, Manager, Public Health Informatics, KFL&A Public Health, 221 Portsmouth Avenue, Kingston, ON, CANADA K7M1V5, and Adjunct Professor of Geography, Adjunct Professor of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, CANADA K7L3N6

Mondher Bouden, PhD, PhD student, Département d'informatiqueet de génie logiciel, Université Laval, Pavillon Pouliot, 1065, rue de la Médecine, Québec QC G1V 0A6, Canada

Lydia Bourouiba, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139-4307, USA

Yurong Cao, Doctoral Student, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada

Dongmei Chen, PhD, Associate professor, Laboratory of Geographic Information and Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada

Charmaine B. Dean, PhD, Professor, Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences & Faculty of Science, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 3K7, Canada

Rob Deardon, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada

Xuan Fang, MSc, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Room 539 MacNaughton Building, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada

Cindy X. Feng, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health and Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Health Sciences Building, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada

Marcia R. Friesen, PhD, P.Eng., Assistant Professor, Design Engineering, E2-262 Engineering & Information and Technology Complex, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada

Hedi Haddad, PhD, Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, Dhofar University, P.O.Box : 2509 | Postal Code: 211, Salalah, Sultanate Of Oman

Daozhou Gao, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Francis I. Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA

Xin Gao, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada

Vincent Godard, PhD, Professor, Université de Paris 8, UFR TES - Département de Géographie, 2, Rue de la Liberté, F-93526 Saint-Denis Cedex 02

Stephen Gourley, PhD, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK

Leah R. Johnson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave, SCA110, Tampa, FL 33620

Kamran Khan, MD, Scientist and Associate Professor, Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St Michael's Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada

Grace P.S. Kwong, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Statistician, Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada

Kevin D. Lafferty, PhD, Research ecologist, adjunct faculty, US Geological Survey, Marine Science Institute, University of California, California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Rongsong Liu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics & Program in Ecology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA

Robert D. McLeod, PhD, P.Eng., Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, E2-390 EITC, Engineering & Information and Technology Complex, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada

Anna Majury, MD, Regional microbiologist and assistant professor, Public Health Ontario Laboratories - Eastern Ontario and Queen's University, Kingston, Public Health Ontario | Santé publique Ontario, 181 Barrie Street| 181 Rue Barrie, Kingston, ON, K7L 4V6

Franck Manirakiza, Msc Student, Département d'informatiqueet de génie logiciel, Université Laval, Pavillon Pouliot, 1065, rue de la Médecine, Québec QC G1V 0A6, Canada

Dominic Marcotte, Research professional, Département d'informatiqueet de génie logiciel, Université Laval, Pavillon Pouliot, 1065, rue de la Médecine, Québec QC G1V 0A6, Canada

Christelle Méha, PhD student in geography, UMR 8185 ENeC Paris IV-CNRS, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Paris Nord, 4 rue de la Croix Faron, F-93210 Saint-Denis La Plaine

Samuel Mermet, Assistant researcher in database management, LVMT - Université Paris-Est, 6 et 8, avenue Blaise Pascal, Cité Descartes Champs-sur-Marne, F-77455 Marne-la-Vallée

Amy McNally, PhD student, Department of Geography, Climate Hazards Group, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4060

Erin Mordecai, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill NC 27599-3280

Kieran Moore, MD, Associate Medical Officer of Health, KFL&A Public Health, Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, CANADA K7M1V5

Bernard Moulin, PhD, Professor, Département d'informatiqueet de génie logiciel, Université Laval, Pavillon Pouliot, 1065, rue de la Médecine, Québec QC G1V 0A6, Canada

U.S.N. Murty, PhD, Director Grade Scientist, Head, Biology Division, CSIR-INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, Hyderabad 500 607, Uppal Road, Tarnaka, Andhra Pradesh, India

Daniel Navarro, Msc Student, Département d'informatiqueet de génie logiciel, Université Laval, Pavillon Pouliot, 1065, rue de la Médecine, Québec QC G1V 0A6, Canada

Krijn P Paaijmans, PhD, Assistant research professor, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Cl ínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, E-08036, Spain

Samraat Pawar, PhD, Lecturer, Division of Ecology and Evolution, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, United Kingdom

Paul Proctor, Peel Public Health, Mississauga, ON, Canada

Heather Richardson, Undergraduate Student, Department of Geography, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L3N6, Canada

Curtis Russell, PhD, Program Consultant, Enteric, Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Diseases, Public Health Ontario | Santé publique Ontario

Sadie J. Ryan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology and Division of Environmental Science, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, New York, 13210 USA, and Center for Global Health and Translational Science, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, 13210, USA, and College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of Kwazulu-Natal, King Edward Avenue, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209, South Africa

Shigui Ruan, PhD, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA

Said Sedrati, Msc Student, Département d'informatiqueet de génie logiciel, Université Laval, Pavillon Pouliot, 1065, rue de la Médecine, Québec QC G1V 0A6, Canada

John Takekawa, PhD, Research wildlife biologist, USGS Western Ecological Research Center, San Francisco Bay Estuary Field Station, 505 Azuar Drive, Vallejo, CA 94592 USA

Marius Thériault, PhD, Professor, Ecole supérieure d'aménagement du territoire et de développement régional (Graduate School of Regional Planning and Development), Centre de recherche en aménagement et développement, Centre de recherche en géomatique, Université Laval, Québec G1K 7P4, Canada

Frank Wen, MSc student, Department of Geography, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L3N6, Canada

Jianhong Wu, PhD, University Distinguished Research Professor, Canada Research Chair in Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Director, Centre for Disease Modeling, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3

Eun-Hye Yoo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY), 121 Wilkeson Quad, North Campus, Buffalo, NY, 14261-0055

Zhi-Jie Zhang, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Laboratory for Spatial Analysis and Modeling,...