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Scale Free Complex Networks

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Channel: GBH Forum Network · 2014 · Education

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You might know Albert-László Barabási as the author of the best-seller book, Linked: The New Science of Networks. Professor Barabási's seminal work led to the understanding of the common structure of diverse complex systems: natural, technological, and social. Familiar examples include the World Wide Web, social networks, and disease patterns.

He has received numerous prestigious awards for his scale-free networks model, which, because it reveals the mathematical core of complex systems, is considered a paradigm shift. It explains explains how complex systems emerge, why they have a consistent (hub) structure, and why scale-free networks are powerful predictors.
In this program Dr.Barabási talks about the discovery of scale-free networks, their hub structure, and the development of the Barabási-Albert model. The program will explore how complex networks emerge and function. We'll see how apparently disparate category items are actually related, as in the now-famous "diseasome."

Dr. Barabási's work has been featured in distinguished journals such as Nature, Science, and Science News. He also has been featured in leading newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Die Zeit, El Pais, Le Monde, London's Daily Telegraph, National Geographic, The Chronicle of Higher Education, New Scientist,and La Republica. He has been interviewed on BBC Radio, National Public Radio, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, and NBC.

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