Louvain

Flemish city, French-named

Louvain is a city in Belgium, known in Dutch as Leuven, home to one of Europe's oldest universities.

In data science, the Louvain algorithm is a method for detecting communities in large networks by optimizing modularity—grouping nodes that have more connections to each other than to outsiders: We ran Louvain clustering on the social graph.

Belgian

Flanders

Northern Belgian region

chocolate · waffles · frites · Dutch · bilingual · commune · municipality · monarchy

algorithm

clustering

Forming concentrated groups

hierarchical · optimization

university

academia

Higher education community

professors · research · theology · philosophy · Erasmus · lectures · seminars · dissertation · thesis · degrees

historic

medieval

Of the Middle Ages

guild · chronicle · manuscript · preservation · restoration · monument · antiquity · legacy · tradition · ancient

architecture

baroque

Excessively ornate or elaborate

  • spireTapering architectural peak
  • facadeDeceptive outward appearance
  • buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement

gargoyle · nave · chapel · vault · ornamentation · belfry · gable · masonry · balustrade · fresco

Opposites
Belgian linguistic-regional division

LouvainLiège

Belgian Francophone city

Antwerp · Brussels

Belgian capital vs. provincial city

LouvainBrussels

Belgian capital

Antwerp · Ghent

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