Biography

• Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Sussex, 2007-
• Post-doctoral Research Assistant, University of Oxford, 2004-2007
• Junior Research Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford, 2005-2007
• Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, University of Leeds, 2004
• Teacher of Mathematics, "Colegiul National Silvania" High School, 1998-2000
• B.Sc. & M.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, 1998 & 1999

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The main focus of my research is on mathematical modelling of infectious disease transmission (mathematical epidemiology). This involves the formulation, analysis and numerical solutions of differential equations and the design and programming of complex individual-based stochastic network simulations along with handling large datasets. In addition, I also use graph theory for the detailed analysis of contact networks. A few areas of interest are:

For further details and publications please visit my personal webpage.

Methods of Applied Mathematics (840G1 Autumn)

Statistical and Numerical Methods for Bioinformatics (847G1 Spring)

Random Processes (G1101 Spring)

Mathematical Skills for Eng and Design (G5109 Spring/Summer)

Career Development (G5102 Spring/Summer), Course Convenor 

For lecture notes, exercise sheets and solutions check my personal webpage regularly!

Student Consultation

Office hours (Spring): Thursday (9:00-10:00)

Office hours (Sprimg): Thursday (14:00-15:00)

Taylor, Timothy J and Kiss, Istvan Z (2013) Interdependency and hierarchy of exact and approximate epidemic models on networks. Journal of Mathematical Biology. ISSN 0303-6812 (In Press)

Taylor, Timothy J, Hartley, Caroline, Simon, Peter L, Kiss, Istvan Z and Berthouze, Luc (2013) Identification of criticality in neuronal avalanches: I. A theoretical investigation of the non-driven case. Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience, 3 (4). p. 5. ISSN 2190-8567

Kiss, Istvan Z and Simon, Péter L (2012) New moment closures based on a priori distributions with applications to epidemic dynamics. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 74 (7). pp. 1501-1515. ISSN 0092-8240

Kiss, Istvan Z, Berthouze, Luc, Taylor, Timothy and Simon, Péter L (2012) Modelling approaches for simple dynamic networks and applications to disease transmission models. Proceedings A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences , 468 (2141). pp. 1332-1355. ISSN 1471-2946

Taylor, Michael, Simon, Peter L, Green, Darren M, House, Thomas and Kiss, Istvan (2012) From Markovian to pairwise epidemic models and the performance of moment closure approximations. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 64 (6). pp. 1021-1042. ISSN 1432-1416

Kiss, Istvan and Simon, Peter L (2012) From exact stochastic to mean-field ODE models: a new approach to prove convergence results. IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics. ISSN 0272-4960 (Submitted)

Taylor, Michael, Taylor, Timothy J and Kiss, Istvan Z (2012) Epidemic threshold and control in a dynamic network. Physical Review E, 85 (1). 016103-1-016103-6. ISSN 1539-3755

Bátkai, András, Kiss, Istvan Z, Sikolya, Eszter and Simon, Péter L. (2012) Differential equation approximations of stochastic network processes: an operator semigroup approach. Networks and Heterogeneous Media, 7 (1). pp. 43-58. ISSN 1556-1801

Kiss, Istvan, Dent, JE, Kao, RR, Snow, L and Arnold, M (2011) The spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus via dynamic contacts between poultry premises in Great Britain. BMC Veterinary Research, 7 (59). ISSN 1746-6148

Kiss, Istvan Z, Simon, Péter L and Kao, Rowland R (2009) A contact-network-based formulation of a preferential mixing model. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 71 (4). pp. 888-905. ISSN 0092-8240

Yakob, Laith, Kiss, István Z and Bonsall, Michael B (2008) A network approach to modeling population aggregation and genetic control of pest insects. Theoretical Population Biology, 74 (4). pp. 324-331. ISSN 0040-5809

Kiss, Istvan Z and Green, Darren M (2008) Comment on ''Properties of highly clustered networks". Physical Review E, 78 (4). ISSN 1539-3755

Dent, Jennifer E, Kao, Rowland R, Kiss, Istvan Z, Hyder, Kieran and Arnold, Mark (2008) Contact structures in the poultry industry in Great Britain: Exploring transmission routes for a potential avian influenza virus epidemic. BMC Veterinary Research, 4 (27). pp. 1-14. ISSN 1746-6148

Kiss, Istvan Z, Green, Darren M and Kao, Rowland R (2008) The effect of network mixing patterns on epidemic dynamics and the efficacy of disease contact tracing. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 5 (24). 791 - 799. ISSN 1742-5689

Green, Darren M, Kiss, István Z, Mitchell, Andrew P and Kao, Rowland R (2008) Estimates for local and movement-based transmission of bovine tuberculosis in British cattle. Proceedings B: Biological Sciences, 275 (1638). 1001 - 1005. ISSN 1471-2954

Green, Darren M, del Rio Vilas, Victor J, Birch, Colin P D, Johnson, Jethro, Kiss, Istvan Z, McCarthy, Noel D and Kao, Rowland R (2007) Demographic risk factors for classical and atypical scrapie in Great Britain. Journal of General Virology, 88 (12). 3486 - 3492. ISSN 0022-1317

Kao, Rowland R, Green, Darren M, Johnson, Jethro and Kiss, István Z (2007) Disease dynamics over very different timescales: foot-and-mouth disease and scrapie on the network of livestock movements in the UK. Journal of the Royal Society of London Interface, 4 (16). 907 - 916. ISSN 1742-5689

Green, Darren M, Kiss, Istvan Z and Kao, Rowland R (2006) Parasite strain coexistence in a heterogeneous host population. Oikos, 115 (3). 495 - 503. ISSN 0030-1299

Green, D M, Kiss, I Z and Kao, R R (2006) Modelling the initial spread of foot-and-mouth disease through animal movements. Proceedings B: Biological Sciences, 273 (1602). 2729 - 2735. ISSN 1471-2954

Kiss, István Z, Green, Darren M and Kao, Rowland R (2006) The network of sheep movements within Great Britain: network properties and their implication for infectious disease spread. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 3 (10). pp. 669-677. ISSN 1742-5689

Kiss, István Z, Green, Darren M and Kao, Rowland R (2006) The effect of contact heterogeneity and multiple routes of transmission on final epidemic size. Mathematical Biosciences, 203 (1). pp. 124-136. ISSN 0025-5564

Kao, R R, Danon, L, Green, D M and Kiss, I Z (2006) Demographic structure and pathogen dynamics on the network of livestock movements in Great Britain. Proceedings B: Biological Sciences, 273 (1597). 1999 - 2007. ISSN 1471-2954

Green, Darren M, Kiss, István Z and Kao, Rowland R (2006) Parameterisation of individual-based models: Comparison with deterministic mean-field models. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 239 (3). 289 - 297. ISSN 0022-5193

Kiss, Istvan Z, Green, Darren M and Kao, Rowland R (2006) Infectious disease control using contact tracing in random and scale-free networks. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 3 (6). pp. 55-62. ISSN 1742-5689

Merkin, J H and Kiss, I Z (2005) Dispersion curves in the diffusional instability of reaction fronts. Physical Review E, 72 (2). ISSN 1539-3755

Kiss, Istvan Z, Green, Darren M and Kao, Rowland R (2005) Disease contact tracing in random and clustered networks. Proceedings B: Biological Sciences, 272 (1570). pp. 1407-1414. ISSN 1471-2954

Zadražil, A, Kiss, I Z, D'Hernoncourt, J, Ševčíková, H, Merkin, J H and De Wit, A (2005) Effects of constant electric fields on the buoyant stability of reaction fronts. Physical Review E, 71 (2). ISSN 1539-3755

Kiss, I, Merkin, J H, Scott, S K and Simon, P L (2004) Electric field effects on travelling waves in the Oregonator model for the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction. Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, 57 (4). pp. 467-494. ISSN 0033-5614

Kiss, I Z, Merkin, J H and Neufeld, Z (2004) Homogenization induced by chaotic mixing and diffusion in an oscillatory chemical reaction. Physical Review E, 70 (2). ISSN 1063-651X

Zhou, Changsong, Kurths, Jürgen, Neufeld, Zoltán and Kiss, István Z (2003) Noise-sustained coherent oscillation of excitable media in a chaotic flow. Physical Review Letters, 91 (15). ISSN 0031-9007

Kiss, I Z, Merkin, J H and Neufeld, Z (2003) Combustion initiation and extinction in a 2D chaotic flow. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 183 (3-4). pp. 175-189. ISSN 0167-2789

Kiss, I Z, Merkin, J H, Scott, S K, Simon, P L, Kalliadasis, S and Neufeld, Z (2003) The structure of flame filaments in chaotic flows. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 176 (1-2). pp. 67-81. ISSN 0167-2789

Neufeld, Zoltán, Kiss, István Z, Zhou, Changsong and Kurths, Jürgen (2003) Synchronization and oscillator death in oscillatory media with stirring. Physical Review Letters, 91 (8). ISSN 0031-9007

Kiss, I Z, Merkin, J H, Scott, S K and Simon, P L (2003) Travelling waves in the Oregonator model for the BZ reaction. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 5 (24). 5448 - 5453. ISSN 1463-9076