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Complexity Explorer provides online courses and other educational materials related to complex systems science. Complexity Explorer is an education project of the Santa Fe Institute, and is funded by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation and by user contributions.

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Course title: Introduction to Agent-Based Modeling
Course Dates:: 1 Aug 2016 to 14 Oct 2016
Instructor:: William Rand
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Course title: Nonlinear Dynamics: Mathematical and Computational Approaches (Fall 2016)
Course Dates:: 1 Sep 2016 to 15 Dec 2016
Instructor:: Liz Bradley
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Course title: Introduction to Complexity (Fall, 2016)
Course Dates:: 3 Oct 2016 to 16 Dec 2016
Instructor:: Melanie Mitchell; Check out our many tutorial offerings; Short, self-paced modules; Take archived courses anytime; While our courses are instructor-led once per year, the rest of the year the course materials are there for you to learn with. All videos and quizzes are freely available.

Recent News

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Peer Review, Nonlinear Dynamics, Private Messaging and More: 8 Sep 2016; Course Updates

The courses keep on coming! Liz Bradley's excellent course, Nonlinear Dynamics: Mathematical and Computational Approaches, is now live! Professor Bradley and her TA Jessica Petty will be guiding a new batch of students through the course. If you haven't taken this course... Read more; Statistics
The Summer 2016 Tuition Experiment: 7 Sep 2016; Brief Report on Tuition for Agent-based Modeling

As was previously discussed in our updates, Complexity Explorer's funding source will be coming to an end at the end of 2017. This summer of 2016, the new course Introduction to Agent-based Modeling was introduced, along with a new paid tuition system.

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Agent-based Modeling with Bill Rand: 20 Jun 2016; Bill Rand is the lead instructor of the eagerly anticipated new Complexity Explorer online course, Introduction to Agent-based Modeling. He is an assistant professor of Business Management at the Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University. He recently co-authored a textbook on agent-based modeling ... Read more; Lecture
Dr. Annalee Newitz's lecture: The Urban Species: How Domesticated Humans Evolved: http://santafe.edu/gevent/detail/public/2346/ /; 6 Apr 2016; Can an ancient city give us clues to the future of our species in megacities? Journalist Annalee Newitz was in Santa Fe to give a community lecture regarding the transition our species took as it went from hunter-gatherer to living in permanent dwellings. Annalee... Read more; Interview Profile
Meet Gary, Gaetano, and Natalia, Complexity Explorer Star Supporters: 1 Dec 2015; The thousands of complexity scholars who take part in our courses not only enrich their own knowledge, they also provide pivotal support to Complexity Explorer through donations, t-shirt purchases, and volunteer time. We reached out to a few exceptional supporters to learn a little more... Read more

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