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Category Archives: Mathematical models

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…

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Bharti March 10, 2023

What have Donald Trump, an epidemiologist and a rock in common?

How taking random decisions can help you win the elections

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Federico Capannoli September 30, 2022

How do you decide who is the most important?

Imagine you’re in a remote village and only have a limited number of vaccines to distribute to protect the community…

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Anne van Grinsven September 15, 2022

The Network Science of Echo Chambers and Why It Matters

In the ancient times of classical Greek myths, there was a nymph. A young, beautiful nymph by the name Echo-…

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Maurik Engelbert van Bevervoorde, Maurits Flos, Ana-Maria Olteniceanu, Riccardo Torlaini June 17, 2022

The seed bank, a hidden storage of genetic diversity

On 18 November, Margriet Oomen obtained her PhD cum laude from the University of Leiden. 

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Network Pages December 3, 2021

From the ateliers of great masters to the labs of the Rijksmuseum

Many scientists nowadays, including myself, develop methods that can be used in the restoration and preservation of our cultural heritage.

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Yuliia Orlova October 11, 2020

The golden rule of staffing in contact centers

Remember hearing: 'Please hold while you are connected to the next available agent'? Why not spend some of the time…

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Mariska Heemskerk June 12, 2020

Bitcoins and queues

Everybody is talking about Bitcoin. But how does it actually work?

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David Koops June 28, 2019

Zooming in a chemical reaction!

Chemical reactions evolve in the same way as water flows through a network of rivers. Is it so simple actually?

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Yuliia Orlova May 2, 2019

Complex networks

Modelling real-world networks!Have you ever wondered what mathematicians mean when they talk about mathematical models of real-life phenomena? And what can…

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Andrea Roccaverde, Frank den Hollander, Diego Garlaschelli November 12, 2018
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