Hubs and communities in networks
In this category we collect all articles that concern the topic of scale-free networks.
Six degrees of Coronavirus
In this article we discuss how, during a pandemic, actions and interactions can have a huge impact on a big part of a population in a very short time.
Music Building Eindhoven: a theatre filled with math
Measures to halt the spread of Covid-19 are having an enormous impact on the cultural sector. In some cases mathematics turns out to be very helpful.
No winner without a second place
When you browse the internet a lot of websites show you banners with advertisements. And if you reload the page some new flashy advertisement pops up in the same place. Did you know that while your web page is loading an auction takes place?
The two community Kuramoto model - Animation
In the interactive simulation in this article, developed by Martijn Gosgens, you can see how the two-community Kuramoto model works.
From the ateliers of great masters to the labs of the Rijksmuseum
As watching actual paint dry is not the most exciting activity for a scientist, we took the safest and the fastest method: computer modeling of chemical processes happening in paint. The method does not damage any paintings, and good models can predict years of paint drying in an hour or two.
Academic life in a lockdown
I did a thought experiment: what would have happened to the world if corona would have hit us in 1990? Or in 2000? So my thoughts went back to my early years as an academic, wondering how we would have coped with the pandemic a few decades ago.
Stopping network bottlenecks before they stop you
Detection of bottlenecks is a topic that mathematicians have been working on for decades and which they continue to work on.
Interview with Birgit Sollie
Birgit Sollie is a PhD student at the VU Amsterdam, where she does research in stochastic processes and mathematical biology. In this interview she talks about her research and her motivation for doing mathematics.
José van Dijck: "I draw inspiration from the relationship between technology, user and ideas"
José van Dijck is a University Professor of Media and Digital Society at Utrecht University. Her research concerns media, social media and media technologies.