The Network Science of Echo Chambers and Why It Matters
June 17, 2022In the ancient times of classical Greek myths, there was a nymph. A young, beautiful nymph by the name Echo- a nymph who loved gossip, enough so that Zeus tasked her with keeping his wife Hera busy,
Oscillators and Alzheimer’s
After having a near-fatal accident falling off his horse, Prussian footman Hans Berger (1873—1941) was surprised to learn that his…
Delegated and Distributed Quantum Computation
"Quantum computing is a rapidly-emerging technology that harnesses the laws of quantum mechanics to solve problems too complex for classical…
May 12 – International Women in Maths Day
Security on the Quantum Internet
With ever-growing possibilities and interconnectivity on the internet, we rely more and more on it being secure.
Why you may need to reconsider your route selection criterium
You have a job interview in 20 minutes and you are in a hurry to arrive at your application in…
How Aho and Ullman slayed the Dragon
Alfred Aho and Jeffrey Ullman received the 2020 A.M Turing Award for their contributions to computer science. Let’s explore how…
Interviews with László Lovász and Avi Wigderson
As mentioned in previous posts, on the 7th of April the Dutch Academy of Sciences and Arts (KMAW) organizes the…
Losing track of time? How to incorporate track choice in Dutch railway timetabling
Say you are living in Eindhoven and would like to spend a day in Amsterdam: what better way to get…