Brouwer medal to David Aldous
On the 6th of April David Aldous received the Brouwer Medal 2020 for his contributions to probability theory.
Author Archives: Nicos Starreveld
NETWORKS goes to school - Material available
Last Friday we had the third, and unfortunately last, online lecture of the masterclass.
The Abel prize Laureates 2021 - László Lovász
On Wednesday the 17th of March the Abel prize was awarded to mathematicians László Lovász and Avi Wigderson
Secrets of numbers
Don't be intimidated by the large numbers in this article, they look intimidating but after reading this article you will…
A hobby scientist's view on quantum computing
Random encounters with Ramsey numbers
It is was the second time yesterday in a one week time and the fourth in a one month time…
Sir Roger Penrose - looking into black holes
On October 6th 2020 Sir Roger Penrose was awarded, jointly with Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez, the nobel prize for physics for…
José van Dijck: "I draw inspiration from the relationship between technology, user and ideas"
On Friday 3 July 2020 I interviewed José van Dijck, after attending her talk “Connected against COVID-19, how networks spread…
CWI researchers develop new mathematical framework to explain the emergence of large blackouts
Mathematician Bert Zwart of the Dutch National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI) and his colleagues, Tomasso Nesti…
Tweet Your #MO and Save a BRO
Two years ago I started with a new column in the dutch mathematics magazine Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde. For my…