Jon Snow, Phoebe Buffay, and Michael Scott are in a network, what do they see?
Using popular TV shows, we can learn about the contrast between local and global properties in a social network.
Category Archives: Articles
Why scientists keep failing at stopping COVID and how mathematicians can help.
Have you been wondering why in times of cutting edge discoveries scientists still seem helpless in the fight with the pandemic? Here’s why.
The 100 Prisoners Escape Puzzle
In this article, we will discuss a mathematical riddle that seems impossible even if you know the answer
Summer reads 3: mathematical insights
For this third and final part, we have collected articles about interesting mathematical insights, and how they can yield ideas…
Summer reads 2: algorithms and real-world networks
For this second part we have collected our articles about algorithms and applications of the theory of networks.
Summer reads 1: Colorings, traveling salesmen, and central nodes in networks
As every summer, we have collected some of our articles to help you choose your summer reads! Have a look at…
Structure is everywhere. So is chaos.
Pick 45 numbers between 1 and 100. Try to avoid creating pairs whose difference is the square of some number…
Eavesdropping on cancer
Creating something beautiful
During the last semester, I had the pleasure of working with eleven great teams of students in various projects.
Is a rapidly mutating virus unstoppable?
How playing games and stepping through multiple fields of research makes a reliable answer inevitable.