FYI--
Announcing the Santa Fe Institute’s Massive Open On-Line Courses
Santa Fe Institute will be launching a series of MOOCs (Massive Open
On-line Courses), covering the field of complex systems science. Our
first course, Introduction to Complexity, will be an accessible
introduction to the field, with no pre-requisites. You don't need a
science or math background to take this introductory course; it simply
requires an interest in the field and the willingness to participate in a
hands-on approach to the subject.
In this eleven-week course, you'll learn about the tools used by
complex systems scientists to understand, and sometimes to control,
complex systems. The topics you'll learn about include dynamics, chaos,
fractals, information theory, self-organization, agent-based modeling,
and networks. You’ll also get a sense of how these topics fit together
to help explain how complexity arises and evolves in nature, society,
and technology.
Introduction to Complexity will be free and open to anyone. The
instructor is Melanie Mitchell, External Professor at SFI, Professor of
Computer Science at Portland State University, and author of the
award-winning book, Complexity: A Guided Tour. The course will begin
in early 2013.
Click HERE to view the course syllabus and HERE to view Frequently Asked Questions about this course.
If you’d like to receive e-mail updates about how to register for
this course, please submit your contact information below, and we’ll be
in touch soon.
http://www.santafe.edu/mooc/subscribe-tom johnson
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