Mathematics connects us
What is nice about math, is that its language is truly universal. Talking about many things with people from other backgrounds, one could easily end up being lost in translation.
Behind the scenes: Networks Match Making Event 2020
The aim of this event was to bring together researchers from social sciences, economic sciences, mathematics and computer science sharing an interest in complex networks, with the aim to discover valuable synergies.
Finding Euler. A mathematics story from Ghana
It is Thursday 25 of July, the clock shows 22:00, my flight with KLM lands at the international airport of Accra, the capital of Ghana. I exit from the arrivals hall of the airport and I start looking around, I see a board with my name on it, it is Francis, the director of AMI Ghana and one of the organizers of the Allotey mathematics summer school. This is how a wonderful adventure started.
Understanding geometry using graphs
Geometry is a field that has been fascinating people since antiquity. The ancient Greeks considered geometry to be a sublime art and some of their philosophical views were inspired from geometry. Take for example the five Platonic solids, also called regular solids. The beauty of these geometric objects inspired Plato who associated each of the […]
NETWORKS stories
One year has passed since I started working on the Network Pages. Through my articles I want to keep contact with the readers of the Network Pages and share some stories and ideas.
Science blogs!
From friends and colleagues I heard about some educational, funny and interactive blogs on science.
Drugs dumpings in the Netherlands - Update
It was as if the Dutch Broadcast Foundation (NOS) waited for our article to appear last March before touching on the topic of drugs dumpings in the Netherlands again.
Young European Probabilists 2019
On March 25th – 29th the 15th YEP (Young European Probabilists) workshop took place in Eindhoven, focusing on information diffusion on networks. Network diffusion processes are present in many real-life scenarios.
First commercial quantum computer!
IBM revealed their first quantum computer for commercial use on the 8th of January, the IBM Q System One!
A mathematical overview of 2018!
Some memorable moments for mathematics from last year, both on a global level but also within the Networks program!