http://hvg.hu/itthon/20151126_terror_jarvany_virus_mem_halozatkutatas - Hungarian news portal hvg.hu reports: Janos Kertesz, professor at CEU’s Center for Network Science, pointed out the network-like characteristics of terrorism. Network science helps in the exact understanding of how ideas of terrorism spread, however, but it is also used by terrorists to monitor social media sites and digital networks.
CEU’s Center for Network Science has acquired a grant from the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research for a research project entitled "Quantifying Scientific Performance and Success in the Physics Community."
Hungarian daily Magyar Nemzet’s weekend edition features Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, visiting professor at CEU’s Center for Network Science, who discusses his recent research on networks and health.
Due to copyright regulations the interview is only available in print (April 25, 2015, p.28, Joslo halo)
Hungarian political weekly Heti Valasz interviewed Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, physicist and network science researcher about the importance of this exciting field of study, and his early career. Visting Professor in the Center for Network Science at CEU, Barabasi divides his time between Boston and Budapest. Among his many accomplishments, he won the Hungarian Prima Primissima Award in December 2014 for his outstanding contributions to network science. His book Linked was translated to 13 languages.
Hungarian economic monthly Haszon magazine reports on higher education opportunities, and mentions CEU’s offering a program for data scientists.
Due to copyright regulations, the article is available in the monthly (pp. 43-45, Milyen szakot valasszak).
Other item of Hungarian coverage:
Nepszabadsag, 22.01.2015. (p.22, Ahol a gyakorlat teszi) print
Figyelo, 22.01.2015. (pp.35-37, Versenyhelyzetben) print
A new Hungarian law grants control over research grant awards for basic science to a large government office from January 1, 2015, raising concerns about the independence of the process, according to Professor Janos Kertesz of CEU’s Center for Network Science.
Hungarian women’s magazine Nok Lapja Psziche discussed the structire of social networks, their benefits and research in this field of new study. It quotes Associate Professor at CEU’s Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Balazs Vedres: “Typically, both our web and personal networks are quite closed in nature. We choose new friends from among the friends of our friends. However, there is a significant diversion in terms of the informativeness of the contact.
Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, visiting professor at the Center of Network Science at CEU, received the Prima Primissima Award for his outstanding contributions to network science on December 5.
http://www.edupress.hu/hirek/index.php?HirID=31828&pid=egycikk - Hungarian educational news portal reports: Central European University, the U.S. – and Hungarian – accredited graduate institution in Budapest founded by George Soros, is launching a new PhD program in the promising interdisciplinary academic field of network science.
Central European University, the U.S.- and Hungarian-accredited graduate institution in Budapest, is launching a new PhD program in the promising interdisciplinary academic field of network science. This discipline takes advantage of the opportunities provided by so-called big data to analyze networks – such as social, energy, terrorist, or biological networks – and develop predictive models.
