Réka Albert
Réka Albert | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Hungarian |
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Alma mater | Babeș-Bolyai University (B.S., M.S.), University of Notre Dame (Ph.D.) |
Known for | Barabási–Albert model, research on scale-free networks |
Awards | Sloan Research Fellow (2004) NSF CAREER Award (2007) Fellow of the American Physical Society(2010) Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award (2011) External member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2016) Fellow of the Network Science Society (2018) Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2019) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Network Science |
Institutions | Pennsylvania State University |
Réka Albert (born 2 March 1972, in Reghin[1]) is a Romanian-Hungarian scientist. She is a distinguished professor of physics and adjunct professor of biology at Pennsylvania State University[2][3] and is noted for the Barabási–Albert model and research into scale-free networks and Boolean modeling of biological systems.
Education
Albert was born in Reghin, a city in Mureș County, located in the historical region of Transylvania, in the north-central part of Romania. She obtained her B.S. and M.S. degrees from Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 1995 and 1996, respectively. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Notre Dame in 2001.[3]
Work
Albert is co-creator, together with Albert-László Barabási, of the Barabási–Albert algorithm for generating scale-free random graphs via preferential attachment (see Barabási–Albert model).
Her work extends to networks in a very general sense, involving for instance investigations on the error tolerance of the world-wide web[4][5] and on the vulnerability of the North American power grid.[6][7]
Her current research focuses on dynamic modeling of biological networks and systems biology.
Awards
Albert was selected as a Sloan Research Fellow in 2004, was awarded an National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2007. She was named Fellow of the American Physical Society[8] in 2010. One year later she received the Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award.[2][9]. In 2016 she was inducted as an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences[10]. In 2018 Reka Albert was elected Fellow of the Network Science Society[11]. She was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[12] in 2019.
Selected publications
- Albert R., Barabási A.-L.: Statistical mechanics of complex networks, Reviews of Modern Physics, Vol. 74, Nr. 1, pp. 47–97, 2002, doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.74.47, arXiv:cond-mat/0106096v1 (submitted 6 June 2001)
- Jeong H., Tombor B., Albert R., Oltvai Z.N., Barabási A.-L.: The large-scale organization of metabolic networks, Nature 407, pp. 651–654, 2000, doi:10.1038/35036627 arXiv:cond-mat/0010278 (submitted 19 October 2000)
- Albert R., Jeong H., Barabási A.-L.: Error and attack tolerance of complex networks, Nature 406, pp. 378–382, 2000, doi:10.1038/35019019, arXiv:cond-mat/0008064v1 (submitted 3 August 2000)
- Barabási A.-L., Albert R.: Emergence of scaling in random networks, Science, Vol. 286, Nr. 5439, pp. 509–12, 15 October 1999, doi:10.1126/science.286.5439.509, arXiv:cond-mat/9910332v1 (submitted 21 October 1999)
References
- ^ "Albert Réka". Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
- ^ a b "Réka Albert – Penn State Physics faculty page". Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- ^ a b "Réka Albert – Penn State Biology faculty page". Eberly College of Science. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Chen, Chaomei (2003). Mapping Scientific Frontiers: The Quest for Knowledge Visualization. Springer. pp. 96 ff. ISBN 978-1-85233-494-9.
- ^ Barabási A.-L., Albert R., Jeong H.: Scale-free characteristics of random networks: the topology of the world-wide web, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Vol. 281, Nrs. 1–4, 2000, pp. 69–77 doi:10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00018-2
- ^ Ness, Larry (5 July 2006). Securing Utility and Energy Infrastructures. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 31 ff. ISBN 978-0-470-05453-6.
- ^ Albert R., Albert I., Nakarado G.L.: Structural vulnerability of the North American power grid, Physical Review E, Vol. 69, Nr. 2, 2004, APS, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.69.025103, arXiv:cond-mat/0401084v1 (submitted 7 January 2004)
- ^ https://science.psu.edu/news-and-events/2010-news/Albert2-2010
- ^ "2011 Maria Goeppert Mayer Award Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ https://mta.hu/koztestuleti_tagok?PersonId=10048437
- ^ https://netscisociety.net/award-prizes/society-fellows
- ^ https://www.aaas.org/page/2019-fellows