Control Systems Courses

Diverse Intelligence - From Human Minds to Complex Systems

Exploring diverse forms of intelligence: from human evolution to complex systems and future discoveries. Experts discuss biological, artificial, and collective intelligence across species and technologies.

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

The Statue in the Stone: How Dynamical Systems Discover Environmental Patterns

Explores how complex systems adapt to environmental patterns, favoring stable configurations that match external forces. Illustrates with toy models and swarm-robotics experiment.

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

Reverse Engineering Complexity - Dynamics, Architecture, and Robustness in Complex Systems

Explore robustness, tradeoffs, and feedback in complex systems through computational models. Discover applications in earthquakes, wildfires, biomaterials, infectious diseases, and more, emphasizing dynamics, architecture, and adaptation.

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

Prediction, Explanation, and Control - From AI to Human Mind

Explore the connections between AI and human cognition, focusing on prediction, explanation, and control mechanisms in both artificial and biological intelligence systems.

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

Practical Questions and Unexpected Answers in Network Synchronization - Optimization and Control

Explore network synchronization optimization and control, covering cardiac pacemakers, E. coli cell cycles, and Kuramoto oscillators. Discover strategies for optimal network structures and frequency-synchronized states.

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