Réka Albert (born 2 March 1972[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.
Réka Albert | |
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| Born | 2 March 1972 |
| Nationality | Romanian, Hungarian, American |
| 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 |
Education
editAlbert 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
editAlbert is co-creator, together with Albert-László Barabási, of the Barabási–Albert model 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 and attack vulnerability of complex networks[4] and its applications to the vulnerability of the North American power grid.[5][6]
Her current research focuses on dynamic modeling of biological networks and systems biology.
Awards
editAlbert was selected as a Sloan Research Fellow in 2004 and was awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2007. She was named Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2010.[7] One year later she received the Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award.[2][8] In 2016 she was inducted as an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.[9] She was elected Fellow of the Network Science Society in 2018[10] and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2019.[11]
Selected publications
edit- 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
edit- ^ "Albert Réka". Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
- ^ a b "Réka Albert – Penn State Physics faculty page". Archived from the original on 2014-10-20. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- ^ a b "Réka Albert – Penn State Biology faculty page". Eberly College of Science. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Barabási, Albert-László; Albert, Réka; Jeong, Hawoong (June 2000). "Scale-free characteristics of random networks: the topology of the world-wide web". Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications. 281 (1–4): 69–77. Bibcode:2000PhyA..281...69B. doi:10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00018-2.
- ^ Ness, Larry (2006). Securing utility and energy infrastructures. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley. p. 31. ISBN 0-471-70525-X. OCLC 85820876.
- ^ Albert, Réka; Albert, István; Nakarado, Gary L. (2004-02-26). "Structural vulnerability of the North American power grid". Physical Review E. 69 (2): 025103. arXiv:cond-mat/0401084v1. Bibcode:2004PhRvE..69b5103A. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.69.025103. ISSN 1539-3755. PMID 14995510. S2CID 18811015.
- ^ "Reka Albert Named a Fellow of the American Physical Society". science.psu.edu. February 16, 2010. Archived from the original on July 12, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
- ^ "2011 Maria Goeppert Mayer Award Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ "Köztestületi tagok". mta.hu.
- ^ "NetSci – The Network Science Society". netscisociety.net.
- ^ "2019 Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Archived from the original on November 28, 2019. Retrieved 2021-06-20.