How to reconstruct a graph
If I give you a set of nodes, plus a way to find the distance between two nodes, how can you find all connections between these nodes as efficiently as possible?
The 17th-century statesman who quantified risk
How Johan de Witt calculated life expectancy before the formal birth of probability theory and inspired famous mathematicians Bernoulli and Leibniz.
No more detention: how to arrive on time with math
Getting to class on time isn't hard, if you leave on time and know the fastest route. But what’s the fastest route when the hallways are crowded? For their final high school project, Dylan and Tobias worked on finding the most efficient ways to navigate school during peak hours.
Brain under construction: what Inside Out gets right about your brain?
During our teenage years, everything changes. It’s no surprise that our brain does too. But how do we make sense of this transformation? Is there a way to quantify it? Networks might just be the answer.
Liver transplant allocation is biased against females. How to rectify this?
The allocation of livers from organ donors to patients puts females at a disadvantage. A remedy was put into use in 2023, based on a common statistical model. This is expected to reduce sex disparity, but is not expected to solve the problem fully. Why? And what else can we do?
Brewing the perfect cup: filter coffee through percolation theory
Explore how the principles of percolation shape the journey from coffee grounds to the perfect brew!
What if the nodes in a network have feelings?
How can fairness be incorporated in algorithms that make decisions about people?
Can you dance on the edge of equilibrium?
On the brink of equilibrium, the intricate nature of metastability reveals hidden dangers and dark truths that challenge our understanding of reality.
Modelling 5G Networks
Being connected to the internet is second nature to us. But what happens if the network that connects us breaks down? To prevent such a catastrophe, we need to understand how the network behaves. Find out how we can model and simulate a 5G network!
Gut flow: key to studying the microbiome
The gut microbiome works hard to keep you healthy. To understand it, we need to know how nutrients travel through the gut. This is where gut flow enters the story. How can we simulate gut flow with mathematics?