Sex, Bugs, and Mobile Phones

Given at the "Tackling Epidemics Face On" evening at Birmingham Pint of Science 2015. Held in the Jekyll & Hyde.

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1. Pint of Science 2015
   Jekyll & Hyde, Birmingham
   18 May 2015
   Sex, Bugs, and Mobile Phones
   Matt Williams
   University of Birmingham
   m.j.williams@cs.bham.ac.uk
   http://www.mattjw.net
   @voxmjw
   [Jean-Yves Sgro]
   

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2. [Sean Everton. 2012]
   

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3. 93%adults in the UK
   that own a mobile phone
   61% own a
   smart phone
   [Ofcom. 2014]
   

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4. vs
   2015
   [flickr/x1brett]
   2005
   

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5. [flickr/janitors]
   Location – GPS
   Location – Cell tower
   Location – WiFi router
   Encounters – Bluetooth
   

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6. [Pew. 2015]
   

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8. [flickr/keyslibraries]
   

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9. [flickr/profilerehab]
   

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10. Stanley Milgram
    

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11. [flickr/keyslibraries]
    

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12. hubs like Mr Jacobs allow quick routes
    through a social network
    

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14. % people
    num. friends + acquaintances
    most people typically have
    100-150 friends (inc. family)
    

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15. % people
    200 followers 10 million
    followers
    60 million
    followers
    

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16. # sexual partners
    % people
    [latora. 2006]
    Sexual partners in Burkina
    Faso, via interviews & surveys
    

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18. [SciAm. Barabasi & Bonabeau. 2003.]
    before
    after
    Hub
    Vaccinated Hub
    

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19. Cell tower logs...
    Ivory Coast:
    5 million users, 2012
    Senegal:
    9 million users, 2013
    Not only Bluetooth experiments...
    ...mobile phone service providers are also
    providing big support for research
    

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20. ?
    [Julia Hyland]
    

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