About the Authors

Meng-Tsung Tsai

Affiliation Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Tsurng-Chen Chern

Affiliation Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Jen-Hsiang Chuang

Affiliation Epidemic Intelligence Center, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan

Chih-Wen Hsueh

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsu-Sung Kuo

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan

Churn-Jung Liau

Affiliation Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Steven Riley

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Bing-Jie Shen

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chih-Hao Shen

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Da-Wei Wang

Affiliation Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Tsan-Sheng Hsu

tshsu@iis.sinica.edu.tw

Affiliation Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MTT TCMC JHC HSK CJL SR BJS CHS DWW TSH. Performed the experiments: MTT TCMC JHC CWH HSK CJL SR BJS CHS DWW TSH. Analyzed the data: MTT TCMC JHC CWH HSK CJL SR BJS CHS DWW TSH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MTT TCMC JHC CWH HSK CJL SR BJS CHS DWW TSH. Wrote the paper: MTT TCMC SR BJS CHS DWW TSH.