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Sandia's Research in Support of COVID-19 Pandemic Response: Computing and Information Sciences

Bauer, Travis L.; Beyeler, Walter E.; Finley, Patrick D.; Jeffers, Robert F.; Laird, Carl D.; Makvandi, Monear M.; Outkin, Alexander V.; Safta, Cosmin S.; Simonson, Katherine M.

This report summarizes the goals and findings of eight research projects conducted under the Computing and Information Sciences (CIS) Research Foundation and related to the COVID- 19 pandemic. The projects were all formulated in response to Sandia's call for proposals for rapid-response research with the potential to have a positive impact on the global health emergency. Six of the projects in the CIS portfolio focused on modeling various facets of disease spread, resource requirements, testing programs, and economic impact. The two remaining projects examined the use of web-crawlers and text analytics to allow rapid identification of articles relevant to specific technical questions, and categorization of the reliability of content. The portfolio has collectively produced methods and findings that are being applied by a range of state, regional, and national entities to support enhanced understanding and prediction of the pandemic's spread and its impacts.