Monday, 17 March 2025 The fourth video, "Famnits' Excursion into the Mathematical Universe," is now available

The fourth lecture in the series titled "Rumours, Epidemics and Economic Crises: Infection Processes in Networks"; was presented by Dr. Miklós Krész from UP FAMNIT, UP IAM, and InnoRenew CoE, in Lecture Hall 3 at UP FAMNIT and via Zoom.

About the lecture:

What are the commonalities between the economic crisis of 2008, the COVID-19 pandemic, and social media campaigns in recent political elections? Why were the dynamics of bankruptcies, epidemic outbreaks, and the spread of misinformation so unexpected? What are the similarities and differences between these processes and how can mathematical models describe them? What specific problems arise in controlling the spread of these types of outbreaks and what mathematical methods can be used to address them? In this lecture, the lecturer took us on a journey through the methodology of computational network analysis to answer the above questions and highlight the main challenges.     

About lecturer:

Miklós Krész received his PhD in Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Szeged, Hungary, in 2005. His main research interests include industrially motivated optimization methods, data driven industrial solutions and the integration of operations research and data science methodologies. He focuses on both fundamental and applied research in these areas. Currently, he is a Professor of Computer Science at UP FAMNIT and UP IAM, and he is the Head of the Information Processing Research Department at the InnoRenew CoE interdisciplinary research center.