Systems Core Courses

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

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

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
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Many More is Different - Scalable Learning in Physical Systems

Exploring how large-scale systems exhibit unique properties, focusing on scalable learning approaches inspired by physics and implemented in energy-efficient physical systems.

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

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
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

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
• Self-Paced
• 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
• Self-Paced
• 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
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Images as Social Agents and Historical Ledgers in Knowledge Systems

Explore how images shape scientific knowledge, particularly in microbiology, acting as historical records and key agents in complex knowledge systems. Learn about innovative methods for studying knowledge evolution.

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