Control Systems Courses

Hydroelectric Power: Systems, Operations, and Environmental Impacts

Explore the mechanics, history, and environmental impacts of hydropower systems through a comprehensive examination of energy transformation, facility operations, and sustainability challenges.

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

Transportation Systems: Historical Development, Environmental Impact and Fuel Policies - Part 1

Explore the evolution and impact of transportation systems, from historical developments to modern challenges, covering vehicle fleets, environmental effects, regulations, and alternative fuel solutions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Natural Gas: History, Systems, Environmental Impact and Future Outlook

Explore the comprehensive world of natural gas, from its historical significance and global distribution to system operations, environmental impacts, economics, and future prospects.

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

AI Audits and Autonomy in Sociotechnical Systems

Explore how sociotechnical systems are shaped by invisible governance structures, and learn methods to uncover these mechanisms, understand the illusion of control, and amplify silenced voices to reshape our relationship with technology.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Validation of Safety Critical Systems

Master mathematical validation techniques for autonomous systems using sampling methods, formal verification, and reachability analysis in safety-critical applications.

• YouTube
• 18 hours 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Image-Guidance for In Vivo Cellular Control

A talk on using image guidance to control cells in vivo.

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

Sensor Systems for Predicting, Preventing, and Curing Cardiovascular Disease

Explore how patient-specific and real-time sensors could improve cardiovascular treatment, from optimizing assist devices to detecting changes in cardiac function.

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

Building Safe and Reliable Autonomous Systems

A discussion of techniques for making autonomous systems safe and reliable in high-stakes applications.

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

Stanford Seminar - Get in Touch: Tactile Perception for Human-Robot Systems

Explores how tactile sensing lets robots interpret touch during grasping and manipulation, from sensor designs to perception of direction and object interaction.

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

Stanford Seminar - Computing with Physical Systems

A method for training mechanical, electronic, and photonic systems to perform machine-learning tasks as physical neural networks.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 9 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

AI and Law: Implications for Society and Legal Systems

A former California Supreme Court justice examines how AI’s history and capabilities raise questions for legal institutions, tort law, and public policy.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Leveraging Human Input to Enable Robust AI Systems

Explores how human input can help AI systems handle uncertainty about intent and produce safer, more robust behavior.

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

Stanford Seminar - Universal Intelligent Systems by 2030 - Carl Hewitt and John Perry

A vision for universal intelligent systems that combine inconsistent information across everyday devices, adapt through interaction, and track their own goals, capabilities, and provenance.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Hypertension in Primary Care - Improving Control and Reducing Risk

Interactive cases teach clinicians to diagnose and manage uncomplicated and resistant hypertension using current guidelines and treatment regimens.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Stanford Seminar - Time Traveling Hardware and Software Systems

Explore physiological time, a time-traveling approach to scalable cache coherence and database concurrency control.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 9 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course