FI:PV205 Seminar on Complex systems - Course Information

PV205 Seminar on Complex systems

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Radek Pelánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Václav Přenosil, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics

Timetable

Thu 16:00–17:50 B411

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Applied Informatics (programme FI, B-AP)
• Applied Informatics (programme FI, N-AP)
• Information Technology Security (programme FI, N-IN)
• Bioinformatics (programme FI, B-AP)
• Bioinformatics (programme FI, N-AP)
• Information Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-BI)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-FY)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-GE)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-GK)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-CH)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-IO)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-MA)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-SO)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-TV)
• Informatics (eng.) (programme FI, D-IN)
• Informatics (programme FI, B-IN)
• Informatics (programme FI, D-IN)
• Informatics (programme FI, M-IN)
• Informatics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Mathematical Informatics (programme FI, B-IN)
• Parallel and Distributed Systems (programme FI, B-IN)
• Parallel and Distributed Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Graphics and Image Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
• Computer Graphics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Networks and Communication (programme FI, B-IN)
• Computer Networks and Communication (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Systems and Data Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
• Computer Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Embedded Systems (eng.) (programme FI, N-IN)
• Programmable Technical Structures (programme FI, B-IN)
• Theoretical Informatics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-SS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-TV)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, N-SS) (2)
• Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
• Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (programme FI, N-IN)
• Image Processing (programme FI, N-AP)

Course objectives

The study of complex systems is a new interdisciplinary area of research. This research is enabled by information technology, the technology allows us to analyze, model and simulate complex systems. The goals of the seminar are the following: to learn about the area of complex systems; to practice system thinking and critical thinking; to practice communication and presentation skills.

Syllabus

• Overview of complex systems, tools for the study of complex system, outlook.
• Specific case studies from different domains: economics, traffic, ecology, environmental studies, sociology, artificial complex systems.
• Relations among topics, generalizations.

Literature

• GRIMM, Volker. Individual-based modeling and ecology. Edited by Steven F. Railsback. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2005, xvi, 428. ISBN 069109666X. info
• GILBERT, G. Nigel and Klaus G. TROITZSCH. Simulation for the social scientist. 2nd ed. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2005, xi, 295. ISBN 0335216005. info
• Computational modeling of genetic and biochemical networks. Edited by James M. Bower - Hamid Bolouri. Cambridge: Bradford Book, 2001, xx, 336. ISBN 0262524236. info

Assessment methods

student's presentations, class discussion, simulation game, essay, mutual feedback

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Teacher's information

http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xpelanek/PV205/

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