Control Systems Courses

Introduction to Dynamical Systems and Chaos

Explore dynamical systems, chaos theory, and complex systems. Learn about bifurcations, butterfly effect, strange attractors, and pattern formation. Gain insights into predictability and complexity in nature.

• Complexity Explorer
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Computation in Complex Systems

Explore computational complexity from polynomial-time algorithms to NP-complete problems and undecidable challenges, bridging computer science with physics and biology applications.

• Complexity Explorer
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

A Framework for Machine Learning of Model Error in Dynamical Systems

Explore a framework for machine learning to model error in dynamical systems, focusing on linear oscillators, partial information, and hybrid modeling techniques.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Social Dilemma of Disease Control

Explore disease control's social dilemma through integrating top-down and bottom-up perspectives, examining contagions, immunity, social distancing, and vaccination behaviors.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

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
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Practical Questions and Unexpected Answers in Network Synchronization - Optimization and Control

Explore network synchronization optimization and control, covering cardiac pacemakers, E. coli cell cycles, and Kuramoto oscillators. Discover strategies for optimal network structures and frequency-synchronized states.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• Free Video