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2008 2008 2008 2008	The Amsterdam Archive Special issue on the occasion of the fifth European Congress of Mathematics, Amsterdam, 13–18 July 2008 Gerard Alberts, Editor-in-Chief Gunther Cornelissen, Patrick Oonincx, Martin Raussen, editors Chris Nunn, language editor 91 Editorial Gerard Alberts 92 Calendar 94 News 97 Mathematical connections Robbert Dijkgraaf 99 Gene Golub Around the World Day Kees Vuik 100 Stevin, Huygens and the Dutch republic Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis 108 Math Girls Rule – A Dutch success story Gunther Cornelissen 109 Noncommutative geometry and number theory Matilde Marcolli 113 Computing Kazhdan-Lusztig-Vogan polynomials for split E8 Marc van Leeuwen 117 How complicated can structures be? Jouko Väänänen 121 Ancient and modern secrets of Isfahan Jan P. Hogendijk 122 Three examples of applied and computational homology Robert Ghrist 126 Flows in railway optimization Alexander Schrijver 132 Exploits in the Dutch history of mathematical sciences Patrick Oonincx, Gerard Alberts 134 Interview with N.G. de Bruijn and Hendrik Lenstra: Escher for the mathematician Jeanine Daems 138 Where have all the students gone? Klaas Landsman 141 Confessions of an industrial mathematician Chris Budd 147 The Royal Dutch Mathematical Society since 1778 Danny Beckers 150 Forensic Statistics Marjan Sjerps 157 Canonizing maths Vincent van der Noort 158 Problems