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CEU Network Science Research Published in Science Shows How to Predict Academic Career Success

November 4, 2016

CEU network scientists Roberta Sinatra and Albert-Laszlo Barabasi's research on quantifying the success of academics in the fields of physics, economics, ecology, cognitive science, neuroscience, biology and chemistry was published today in Science. Sinatra and Barabasi along with researchers at a number of other institutions in the U.S.

When It Comes to Success, Age Really Is Just a Number

November 3, 2016

CEU's Roberta Sinatra and Albert-Laszlo Barabasi are quoted in this New York Times article about their research on predicting academic success, published in Science.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/science/stem-careers-success-achievement.html?_r=0

Other international coverage of this Science paper:

Die Zukunft hochrechnen lassen (DE)

August 31, 2016

CEU Assistant Professor Roberta Sinatra is featured in this Die Presse article about her network research involving success - how it comes to be and how it can be measured and quantified.

http://diepresse.com/home/alpbach/5074529/Die-Zukunft-hochrechnen-lassen

Majority of Mathematicians Hail From Just 24 Scientific ‘Families’

August 31, 2016

CEU Assistant Professor Roberta Sinatra is quoted in this article about the Mathematics Genealogy Project (MGP) "which aims to connect all mathematicians, living and dead, into family trees on the basis of teacher–pupil lineages, in particular who an individual’s doctoral adviser was."

http://trueviralnews.com/?p=350657

New Book by Barabasi Praised

July 21, 2016

Hungarian weekly Magyar Narancs reports: A book in Hungarian entitled ’Network Science’ („A hálózatok tudománya”) by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, visiting professor at the CEU Center for Network Science, had recently been published. The weekly praises the work, highlighting that it can also function as a textbook, since it contains materials from two courses, out of which one Barabasi delivered at CEU.

Due to copyright regulations, the article is available in the weekly (7.28.2016. pp.38-99. Legyen on is halozattudos!)

Barabasi Cited Among Most Prominent Researchers in Network Science

July 14, 2016

http://www.ng.hu/Tudomany/2016/07/14/A-Nagy-Testver-elott-nincs-titok - Hungarian National Geographic online articles discusses how network science affects our daily life without us noticing it. The article highlights the most prominent researchers of the field, including Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, visiting professor at CEU’s Center for Network Science.

Hungarian Weekly HVG Features Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

June 16, 2016

Hungarian weekly HVG interviewed Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, visiting professor at the CEU Center for Network Science about his work and network science’s possible applications.

Due to copyright regulations, the article is available in the weekly (6.16.2016. pp.20-21. Behalozva - Barabasi Albert-Laszlo interju)

Kertesz Appointed Benjamin Lee Professor 2016 at Asian Pacific Center of Theoretical Physics

May 30, 2016

Professor Janos Kertesz, director of the Center for Network Science at CEU, has been appointed Benjamin Lee Professor 2016 at the Asian Pacific Center of Theoretical Physics.

During his tenure, Kertesz hosts lectures on complex networks, the dynamics on and of networks and cascading phenomena between May 23 - June 4, 2016.

Kertesz on the Benefits of Network Science to Society

February 4, 2016

Hungarian monthly Innoteka interviewed Janos Kertesz, professor at CEU’s Center for Network Science about the benefits of network science research to society.

Due to copyright regulations the article is available in the monthly (2.4.2016. pp.9-13. Halozatok vilagaban elunk).

CEU PhD Student Vasarhelyi Talks About Bridge Budapest Fellowship Experiences

January 8, 2016

Hungarian daily Uj Neplap reports about the experiences of Orsolya Vasarhelyi, PhD student at CEU’s Center for Network Science, one of the winners of the Bridge Budapest Fellowship for Talents. The one-month fellowship is for Hungarian university students and journalists to gain practical experience at the founding companies of Bridge Budapest: NNG, Prezi, and Ustream.

Vasarhelyi accompanied her mentor from NNG Global Infotainment Technologies to Dubai, India, South-Korea and Japan to see different business environments in action.