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…
Category Archives: Mathematical models
What have Donald Trump, an epidemiologist and a rock in common?
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…
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-…
The seed bank, a hidden storage of genetic diversity
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.
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…
Bitcoins and queues
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?
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…