Complexity Theory Courses and Certifications

The Next Generation of Infrastructure

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Explore the challenges and complexity of critical infrastructures and see what impacts they have on governance and design.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 6-8 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

IIT Kanpur;  NPTEL

Theory of Computation

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Explore finite automata, regular expressions, context-free grammars, Turing machines, and complexity theory. Develop analytical skills in computational models and language classes.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

The Conceptual Framework of Urban Scaling - 2014

Explore the theoretical foundations of urban scaling, examining how cities grow and evolve over time through complex systems analysis and mathematical modeling.

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

Framing the Rise and Variability of Past Complex Societies

Explore principles of complexity in ancient civilizations, examining societal development, scale, and variability through archaeological and anthropological perspectives.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

10 Lessons from 20 Years in Building a Complexity-Informed Archaeology - 2012

Explore 20 years of complexity-informed archaeology with Timothy Kohler, uncovering key insights and future directions in this field at the intersection of science and history.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 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

Scaling of Information Costs in Firms

Explore the scaling dynamics of information costs within organizations, examining how firms manage and process data as they grow and evolve in size and complexity.

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

Prim Dreams of Order vs. Messy Vitality in Economics, Math, and Physics - Part 2

Exploring the limitations of algebraic theory in economics and advocating for algorithmic approaches to capture the evolving nature of innovation and exchange in complex systems.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Global Catastrophic and Existential Risks - The Weightiest Complex Phenomena?

Explore the interdisciplinary field of global catastrophic and existential risks, their complex dynamics, and potential mitigation strategies for ensuring a safer future for humanity.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Meaning Through Modeling

Explore how modeling can create meaning and understanding in complex systems, with insights from Zenna Tavares on innovative approaches to scientific inquiry and knowledge representation.

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

The Origin of Life - From Chemistry to Information Theory

Explore the enigma of life's origin through information theory and complexity, examining the transition from chemistry to biology and its implications for life in the universe.

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

Balance: Philosophical Implications

Explore the philosophical implications of balance, examining its role in various aspects of life, nature, and society through interdisciplinary perspectives.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Media Complexity: Towards a Research Agenda to Study News Media Ecosystems

Explore how complexity theory can revolutionize journalism research, offering new insights into digital media ecosystems, narrative evolution, and audience engagement in the modern news landscape.

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

Origin of Biological Information in a Bottom-Up Physicochemical Protocell

Explore the emergence of biological information in protocells through a physicochemical perspective, unraveling the mysteries of life's origins.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

IIT Kanpur;  NPTEL

Randomized Methods in Complexity

Explore randomized algorithms, complexity theory, and derandomization techniques. Learn about expander graphs, pseudo-random generators, and error-correcting codes in computational complexity.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course