Research

Publications and interactive explorations

AI LEARNS TO BEAT A PANDEMIC.
YOU GET TO PLAY.

Learning COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies Using Reinforcement Learning

Nicholas Denis, Alexander El-Hajj, Blair Drummond, Yamina Abiza & Krishna Chaitanya Gopaluni
Mathematics of Public Health (Springer, 2021)

EXPLORE THE RESEARCH

Survive 100 days. Make the calls our RL agents learned to make.

WHY THIS GAME?

We trained AI agents on real Ontario data to find behaviors that actually cut infection risk. This game drops you into their world.

  • YOU'RE THE AGENT — Age, job, & health risk are randomized each run.
  • YOUR CHOICES MATTER — Mask up, distance, WFH, or risk the party.
  • REAL NUMBERS — Infection rates come straight from our paper's Tables 1–6.
  • KEY FINDING — Contact tracing + testing beats blunt lockdowns.

PANDEMIC MANAGER
Q-LEARNING EDITION

You're an agent. Age & health risk are random. Visit locations, make choices—mask, distance, work from home. Survive 100 days.

Day 1 Days survived: 1
HOME
WORK
SCHOOL
HOSPITAL

Arrow keys to move • Enter to visit


Association between Food Insecurity and Stressful Life Events among Canadian Adults

Alexander El-Hajj, Emmanuel Benhin
Longitudinal and International Study of Adults Research Paper Series
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Association between Food Insecurity and Stressful Life Events among Canadian Adults

This study investigates the extent to which stressful life events may increase the likelihood of food insecurity among the Canadian adult population. Those who experienced work and health-related stressful life events were significantly more likely to be exposed to food insecurity.

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Validation of the Food Security Module in the 2018 Longitudinal and International Study of Adults

Alexander El-Hajj, Emmanuel Benhin
Longitudinal and International Study of Adults Research Paper Series
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Validation of the Food Security Module in the 2018 Longitudinal and International Study of Adults

This technical report validates the LISA Wave 4 (2018) Food Security (FSC) module and provides recommendations for analytical use.

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