Systems Core Courses

C. Brandon Ogbunu on Epistasis and The Primacy of Context in Complex Systems

Exploring context-dependency in complex systems, from protein folding to neighborhood effects, using interdisciplinary approaches. Discusses evolutionary biology, epidemiology, and the intersection of science and culture.

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

The Evolution of Root Systems & Biogeochemical Cycling

Exploring root system evolution and its impact on biogeochemical cycles. Insights into plant adaptation, nutrient acquisition, and ecological interactions, with implications for understanding complex systems and future technologies.

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

Tina Eliassi-Rad on Democracies as Complex Systems

Exploring democracy as a complex system, examining its challenges and potential solutions through the lens of complexity science and machine learning.

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

Helena Miton on Cultural Evolution in Music and Writing Systems

Explore cultural evolution in music and writing systems, examining how material constraints and cognitive factors shape the development of rhythms and letter forms across societies and time.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Thermodynamics of Far From Equilibrium Systems, Biochemistry, and Life in a Warming World

Explores new thermodynamic approaches to biological temperature responses, challenging traditional enzyme stability theories and offering insights into optimum temperatures for biochemical reactions and ecological impacts.

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

A Complex Systems Lens on Climate Policy

Exploring climate policy through complex systems, this talk offers innovative solutions to seemingly intractable environmental challenges, highlighting potential for rapid, transformative change in energy, transportation, and consumption.

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

Engineering Crypto-Economies Through the Lens of Complex Systems

Explore cryptoeconomics through complex systems, covering agent-based modeling, game theory, and optimization. Includes live demo of DAO simulation based on Ising model in statistical mechanics.

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

Tokens and Complex Systems - Part 1

Explore complex systems, tokenized ecosystems, and AI DAOs. Learn how blockchains function as life forms and democratize AI access. Discover evolutionary algorithms in token design and agent-based systems for simulation.

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

A Statistical Physicist Looks at Some Complex Systems

Explore complex systems through statistical physics, examining random walks, lead changes in sports, and data analysis techniques for understanding dynamic processes.

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

Nonequilibrium Physics in Living Systems

Explore the fascinating intersection of physics and biology, uncovering how nonequilibrium principles shape living systems and their complex behaviors.

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

Heterogeneity and Temporal Balance in Complex Systems

Explore dynamics, heterogeneity, and complexity in systems through Random Boolean Networks, examining effects on stability, antifragility, and functional diversity.

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

Do AI Systems Model Meaning and Understanding?

Explore the philosophical question of whether AI systems truly model meaning and understanding, delving into the nature of intelligence and consciousness in artificial systems.

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

Balance, Criticality, and Antifragility in Complex Systems

Explore complex systems thinking and its philosophical implications with Carlos Gershenson. Delve into balance, criticality, antifragility, and the intersections between Eastern and Western philosophical traditions and modern scientific concepts.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Value Capture and Legibility in Complex Systems - Paul Smaldino and C. Thi Nguyen

Exploring the challenges of measurement, governance, and social science in complex systems. Discusses value capture, legibility, and expert identification in the context of emergent political economies.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Music, Emergence, and Society - Exploring Complexity in Sound and Social Systems

Exploring hidden patterns in music, society, and nature through complexity science. Interdisciplinary approach reveals connections between seemingly separate phenomena, offering insights into emergence and social transformation.

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