The MicroHub Workshop

Welcome to the MicroHub Workshop. MicroHub is a local forecasting dashboard that helps public health teams upload surveillance data, run infectious disease forecast models, compare results, and export hub-ready probabilistic forecasts.

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Workshop Objectives

By the end of the workshop, participants should be able to:

• Describe core infectious disease forecasting concepts.
• Explain the forecast models included in MicroHub and when different models may be useful.
• Use MicroHub features to upload data, configure settings, generate forecasts, create ensembles, and download outputs.
• Summarize, evaluate, and communicate forecasts for public health decision-making.

What Participants Will Need

• Windows, macOS, or Linux laptop with at least 8 GB RAM, 10 GB free disk space, and a processor capable of running Docker Desktop.
• Docker Desktop installed.
• The MicroHub Docker image downloaded in Docker Desktop.
• Workshop datasets from the Downloads page.

Start Here

• Overview
• Start setup
• Exercises