Financial Modeling Courses

Modeling the Micro-Macro Dialogue: Cross-Scale Dynamics Far from Steady State

Explore cross-scale dynamics in complex systems, focusing on micro and macro levels. Learn about MaxEnt inference, disturbed ecosystems, and a hybrid theory for reciprocal cross-scale influences.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Reconstructing Ancient Superhighways - Modeling Prehistoric Human Migration

Explore how advanced technologies and agent-based modeling revolutionize archaeological research, revealing ancient migration routes and deepening our understanding of human-landscape interactions and prehistoric voyages.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 6 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Patterns and Parsimony - High-Level Representations in Scientific Modeling

Explore the role of compression in developing effective high-level representations for scientific modeling, and discover why good representations require more than simplicity alone.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 6 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Complexities in Repair for Harm: Modeling Multi-Dimensional Reparations for Mass Human Rights Violations

Explore the multi-dimensional challenges of designing effective reparations for mass human rights violations, focusing on global and domestic mapping strategies to improve identification and evaluation.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Better Scientific Modeling for Ecological and Social Justice

Exploring how mathematical models can encode blind spots and create externalities, emphasizing the need for rigorous empiricism to achieve ecological and social justice through better scientific modeling.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Modeling Disease Transmission and Interventions - Sam Scarpino Interview

Explore epidemiological modeling, interventions, and complex interactions of biological and behavioral contagions in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic with expert Sam Scarpino.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Frontiers of Computational Social Science - Agent-Based Modeling and Artificial Societies

Explore agent-based modeling in computational social science, from playground simulations to global epidemic models, with insights on future developments in neuro-cognitive agents and their applications.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Stability in Complex Financial Systems - Lessons from Ecology - Lecture 2

Exploring financial system stability through an ecological lens, examining how to design efficient yet robust capital distribution systems without hidden costs and fragility.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

More than You Know - Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places

Explore how diverse disciplines like sports, biology, and history can enhance decision-making skills, particularly in investing and personal growth.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Can Financial Engineering Cure Cancer, Solve the Energy Crisis, and Stop Global Warming?

Explore how financial engineering principles can address global challenges like cancer, energy, and climate change, drawing lessons from the financial crisis to innovate solutions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Modeling Energy & Environmental Behavior from Individual to Aggregate Levels

Explore decision-making processes in energy and climate change, from individual psychology to global models, emphasizing non-rational choices and social dynamics that can lead to rapid behavioral shifts.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Modeling Computer Networks from Chips to the Internet

Explore network modeling strategies for the Internet, from chip-level communication to global-scale simulations, examining scaling laws, biological concepts, and socio-economic factors shaping its future.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Modeling Psychological Systems with Ternary Spin Models

Explore how ternary spin models enhance psychological research by extending binary network models to include neutral states, offering richer dynamics for analyzing depression, intelligence, and attitude changes.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Real-World Walk Processes on Networks: From Football Passes to Financial Transactions

Explore how ball sports and financial transactions connect through network analysis, revealing patterns in passing sequences and e-money flows across different systems.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Introduction to Agent-Based Modeling

Explore agent-based modeling using NetLogo to analyze complex systems across economics, biology, and political science. Build, analyze, and validate models with no prior programming experience required.

• Complexity Explorer
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate