Centrality measures: who is the most important in a network?
June 2, 2023In this article, we discuss several ways to quantify the importance of nodes in a network. We will discuss how a simple game can help study this special property, and how it can help us in cases like reducing fake news.
The Versatility of Reinforcement Learning
What does a working week, vacation, board games, football and faulty machines all have in common? In the not so…
Is it easier to find half a needle than a full needle in a random network?
Common sense tells us that objects of comparable size should be equally hard to find. Yet, when searching inside a…
Distributed consensus: What do money transactions and attacking armies have in common?
In February 2014, a big bank in the Netherlands suffered from an internet banking malfunction which led many costumers to…
New Dutch National Center for Science Communication comes to life
Almost one year ago the Minister of Education, Culture, and Science Robbert Dijkgraaf announced that a national center for science…
Masterclass NETWORKS goes to school 2023 - A look back
Networks behind riots: help reduce riots just by following a "riot".
Since 2016 the world has been witnessing the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar, in 2021 we all saw the Capitol riots…
AI thinks my dog is a Pig! Want to know why?
The results of supposedly perfect and accurate machine learning models can be deceived by slight perturbations in the data. Let's…
The importance of LGBTQ+ visibility in mathematics
Beyond the rainbow crossing: on issues, questions, and opportunities for LGBTQ+ researchers.