Réka Albert

Réka Albert
Born 2 March 1972
Nationality Hungarian
Fields Physics, Biology
Institutions Pennsylvania State University
Alma mater Babes-Bolyai University (B.A., M.A.),
University of Notre Dame (Ph.D.)
Known for Barabási–Albert model,
research on scale-free networks
Notable awards 2004 Sloan Research Fellow,
2007 NSF CAREER award

Réka Albert (born 2 March 1972) is a Romanian-born Hungarian scientist. She is professor of physics and adjunct professor of biology at Pennsylvania State University[1][2] and is noted for the Barabási–Albert model and research into scale-free networks and Boolean modeling of biological systems.

Education

Albert 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.[2]

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[3][4] and on the vulnerability of the North American power grid.[5][6]

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 NSF CAREER Award in 2007 and received the Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award in 2011.[1][7]

Selected publications

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Reka Albert, Penn State Physics faculty page (downloaded July 14, 2014)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Reka Albert, Penn State Biology faculty page at Eberly College of Science (downloaded February 18, 2013)
  3. C Chen (2003). Mapping Scientific Frontiers: The Quest for Knowledge Visualization. Springer. pp. 96 ff. ISBN 978-1-85233-494-9. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  4. 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
  5. Larry Ness, Ph.D. (5 July 2006). Securing Utility and Energy Infrastructures. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 31 ff. ISBN 978-0-470-05453-6. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  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)
  7. 2011 Maria Goeppert Mayer Award Recipient, American Physical Society (downloaded 18 February 2013)

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