Complexity Explorer Courses

Capitalism and Democracy - Conceptual Linkage Analysis - Part 2

Use word co-occurrence to examine how texts link the concepts of capitalism and democracy.

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

Applications of Feminist Philosophy in Mainstream Ethics - Linkages and Analysis

Explore how Python-based text analysis can reveal links between feminist philosophy and mainstream ethics.

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

Capitalism and Democracy - Part 1

Introduces operationalizing humanities research questions through word counts, probability, and graphs for computational text analysis.

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

Music for Martians - Exploring Data as Networks in Music

Explores how pitch, Bach chorales, and time series can represent Earth’s sounds as data and networks for an imagined Martian listener.

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

An Introduction to Humanities Analytics in Three Examples

Explore how computational text analysis reveals patterns and meaning in humanities sources through historical examples.

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

Blurbs, the Culture Industry, and the Uses of Literature

Explore how topic modeling and computational text analysis reveal patterns in literature, publishing, and reader choice.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Origins of Life - Earth's Early Atmosphere

Explore how Earth's early atmosphere, hydrothermal vents, and energy sources may have enabled the origin of life.

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

Open Science Tutorial: Pre-registration - Unit 3

Learn how preregistration makes research plans transparent, choose platforms and templates, and assess whether a paper has been properly preregistered.

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

Reproducibility, Replicability and Challenges in Scientific Research - Unit 2

An introduction to reproducibility, replication projects, questionable research practices, and how research incentives shape scientific practice.

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

Open Science Tutorial: Open Data Principles and Practices - Unit 5

Learn to share research data responsibly, balancing FAIR access with consent, anonymization, raw dataset preparation, and platform choice.

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

Open Science Tutorial: Publication Practices - Unit 6

Learn how preprints, open peer review, and open access make scientific publishing more transparent and inclusive.

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

A Visual Approach to Nonlinear Dynamics - 3-Species Competition and Stability of Fixed Points - Unit 4.1

Explore stability analysis of fixed points in 3-species competition models through visual nonlinear dynamics techniques with Professor Sid Redner from Santa Fe Institute.

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

A Visual Approach to Nonlinear Dynamics

Explore nonlinear dynamics through visual geometric approaches, covering 1D/2D/3D systems, bifurcations, chaos, and real-world applications like species competition and Lorenz models.

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

Agent-Based Models with Python - An Introduction to Mesa

Master agent-based modeling using Python's Mesa library through hands-on Sugarscape implementation, covering agent creation, movement, trading, and data collection techniques.

• YouTube
• 4 hours 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Introduction to Differential Equations

Master the fundamentals of differential equations through derivatives, computational methods, and qualitative solutions with self-guided quizzes and practical applications.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video