Faculty of Science - Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Assistant Professor
N520, Ross - ROSSKeele CampusPhone (Office): (416) 736-2100 Ext. 66093
jdkong@yorku.caKey Areas of Expertise
- Helping students get rid of Mathematics anxiety
- Risk factors associated with the spread of communicable diseases in long-term care facilities
- Modelling the spread and persistence of infectious diseases
- Modelling Greenhouse gas emissions from oil sands tailing and end pit lakes
- Modelling the impact of environmental stressors on species distribution
- Modelling the impact demographic, social, and environmental factors of the spread of infectious diseases
- Modelling ecological dynamics in changing environments
- Social Media mis- and dis-information
- Social media disinformation scale and its association with social media addiction and mental health
- Modelling social behaviour during an infectious disease outbreak
- Pandemic preparedness
- Modelling the effects of self-medication and the use of complementary medicine on the spread of infectious diseases
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Disaster and emergency management
- Artificial Intelligence
- Data Science
- Mathematics Education
For more information go to
Kong's Research Group
Scholars' Hub-Youtube: A family oriented approach to teaching mathematics
Y-File:Next Scholars' Hub talk offers solutions to overcome math anxiety
CTV News:-Pandemic preparedness
Nature: Ways to look after yourself and others in 2021
Y-File: International collaboration focused on controlling COVID-19 in Africa
Y-File: 'Family first' is mathematician's approach to teaching
Affiliations
Africa-Canada Artificial Intelligence and Data Innovation Consortium.
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