Masterclasses in onderzoek

Het onderzoeksprogramma NETWORKS biedt een tweedaagse masterclass aan voor leerlingen uit VWO-5 en VWO-6 met interesse voor wiskunde. De masterclass wordt in het Engels gegeven. De Engelstalige samenvatting van de masterclass is hieronder te vinden:

Why do we study networks? Because we interact! At every moment of the day we interact with our surroundings, we send messages to our friends, news and gossip go viral, during the whole day the cells in our body interact with each other, our house has electricity which is produced somewhere far away. Networks are everywhere! Think of a network as a collection of objects which are connected. Our brain is a network consisting of neurons connected by axons, societies are formed through social networks where two people are connected if they know each other. We encounter networks everywhere and as we interact we allow networks to evolve. 

And algorithms? Mobile phones, ATMs, modern cars, televisions, and e-readers: none of them would work without software. The heart of software is formed by algorithms: step-by-step procedures to perform given tasks. Algorithms can be executed by computers, but also by persons. Moreover, algorithms and networks can be combined, think of navigation apps for example. They calculate optimal routes from one location to another in a second upon demand, and they can also find optimal routes considering random effects like traffic or bad weather. 

To understand how networks work, and also to construct efficient and good algorithms we rely on mathematics. Do you want to broaden your mathematics knowledge, work on some wonderful mathematics, and get a glimpse into state-of-the-art mathematical research? 

Then this masterclass is for you!

Meer informatie zul je vinden op de website van de masterclass.