Systems Core Courses

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

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
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• Free Video

Effective Theories for Computational Systems - Lecture 2

Explore effective theories for computational systems, covering aggregation, finite state machines, regular languages, and emergence in complex systems modeling.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 20 minutes
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• Free Video

Computation in Natural Systems - Mesoscopic Theories and Information Processing

Explore computation in natural systems, from primate behavior to physics, examining how information processing occurs across scales and the implications for understanding complex systems.

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

Parables from Complex Systems and Their Possible Meanings for Our Lives - Lecture 2

Explore complex systems through parables, examining prediction models, chaos theory, and market dynamics to gain insights applicable to everyday life and decision-making.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 58 minutes
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• Free Video

Parables from Complex Systems and Their Possible Meanings for Our Lives - Lecture 1

Explore complex systems through parables, uncovering insights into human life and society. Gain a unique perspective on interconnectedness and emergent behaviors in various systems.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 53 minutes
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• Free Video

Forecasting Natural Disasters in Complex Earth Systems - SFI Lecture

Explore forecasting natural disasters using satellite data, nonlinear dynamics, and numerical simulations. Learn about ensemble forecasting and pattern methods for predicting extreme events.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 9 minutes
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• Free Video

The Decline of Classic Maya Civilization - A Systems Perspective

Explore the systemic factors behind the decline of Southern Maya Lowlands cities around 800 AD, challenging previous collapse theories and examining new archaeological and environmental insights.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Big Data, Global Development, and Complex Systems

Explore how big data from everyday technologies can reveal human behavior patterns and societal trends, with applications in global development, health, and socioeconomic analysis.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Inevitability of Life: Geochemistry and the Emergence of Living Systems

Explore the inevitability of life's emergence and persistence on Earth through geochemistry, challenging the notion of improbable events in life's origin.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Networks: Insights into Complex Systems and Social Structures - Mark Newman

Explore how network analysis reveals community leaders, predicts voting patterns, and improves transportation efficiency. Discover insights from network science across various domains.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
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• Free Video

Arbitrage Equilibrium and the Invisible Hand in Self-organizing Dynamics of Biological Systems

Explore how economic concepts like arbitrage apply to biological systems. Learn about a novel game-theoretic framework integrating survival-driven behavior with statistical mechanics in active matter systems.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Understanding and Misunderstanding Models - From Linear Regression to Complex Systems

Explore the complexities of scientific modeling, from linear regression to complex systems, examining different levels of understanding and the challenges of explanation in scientific communication.

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

From Centrality Measures to Nanowire Networks - Disordered Systems Methods to the Rescue

Explore advanced network analysis techniques, from centrality measures to nanowire networks, using disordered systems methods to understand complex network dynamics and neuromorphic computing applications.

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