The maths of randomness: universality
The second guiding principle in probability theory is more subtle – universality.
It may just be a matter of time before the next influenza pandemic strikes. Stephen Kissler, from the Cambridge Infectious Diseases group in DAMTP, is part of a group of Cambridge mathematicians who have just worked with the BBC on a programme, Contagion! The BBC Four Pandemic, and together they have run a ground-breaking citizen science experiment that will help fight future pandemics.
Cambridge researchers, the BBC, and thousands of citizen scientists have created a revolutionary infectious disease data set.