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Introduction to Complex Systems
Semester II, 2005
comp4001 and comp7001

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Readings

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Assessment
deliverables

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LECTURES
are open to all UQ staff and students.

There is one lecture each week, Monday 3:00 – 3:50 in Building 39, Room 124A

and one tutorial each week. in Building 78 Room 109 on Mondays from 4:00 – 4:50pm, starting from week 1.

Wk

Date

Proposed Schedule (subject to change)

1

25 Jul

Jennifer Hallinan
Introduction to Complex Systems

 

2

1 Aug

Jennifer Hallinan
Network Analysis

 

3

8 Aug

Jennifer Hallinan
Agent Based Modelling

 

4

15 Aug

Jim Hannan
L-Systems Modelling
An L-systems tutorial is available at http://www.cpai.uq.edu.au/Downloads250203/L-systemsTutorial.zip

 

5

22 Aug

Peter Lindsay
Air Traffic Control as a Complex System

 

6

29 Aug

Janet Wiles
 Mapping Biology onto Computation

 

7

5 Sep

Jennifer Hallinan
Evolutionary Computation I

 

8

12 Sep

Jennifer Hallinan
Evolutionary Computation II

 

9

19 Sep

Jennifer Hallinan
Systems Biology

 

10

3 Oct

Jennifer Hallinan
Pattern Formation in Nature

 

11

10 Oct

Jennifer Hallinan

 

12

17 Oct

Invited Lecture

 

13

24 Oct

Jennifer Hallinan
Review

 

16

 

Exam period

To ENROLL or AUDIT

  • ENROLL
    • To enroll in the Special Topics course ?Introduction to Complex Systems? (comp4001 or comp7001), contact the ITEE Academic Administration Officer, Mrs Su Basu on su@itee.uq.edu.au
    • Fourth year and postgraduate students from any discipline are eligible to enroll. Some computational background in level 3 courses and GPA > 5 is recommended.
  • AUDIT
    • All members of the University community are welcome to audit the lecture series.
    • To audit the tutorials, please email Mrs Su Basu on su@itee.uq.edu.au

ASSESSMENT DELIVERABLES

Requirement
& Marks

Deliverable Components
All assignments are available from wk 1

Advice / Handouts/Feedback

 

Asgt 1 (20%)

Wk 4

Asgt 1a. Summary of a software tool

Online submission is at http://submit.itee.uq.edu.au/select.php?coursecode=COMP4001
Assessment criteria are provided with the assignment sheet
ITEE asgt cover sheet (required for all asgts) (.pdf)

 

Wk 5

Asgt 1b. Presentation & Demo

Asgt 2. Project (50%)

 

Exam (30%)

Wk 6

Asgt 2a. Proposal and lit review

Wk 12

Asgt 2b. Project report

 

 


TUTORIALS
Tutorials will be held in Building 78 Room 109 on Mondays from 4:00 – 4:50pm, starting from week 1.

Week

Date

Tutorials

1

 

Introduction to software packages for complex systems modelling

2

 

Network analysis using Pajek
Lab sheet: Tutorial 2
Network file: Yeast data
Readings:

·         Strogatz, S.H. (2001). Exploring Complex Networks, Nature 410, p. 268-276 (local copy).

·        Watts, D.J, and Strogatz, S.H. (1998). Collective Dynamics of Small World Networks, Nature 393, p. 440-442 (local copy).

3

 

Cellular Automata using NetLogo
Readings:- Original 1970 Scientific American article on Conway?s Game of Life.
Wolfram?s 1983 Science paper on Cellular Automata

 

4

 

Student simulation package reviews

5

 

Project work

6

 

Project work

7

 

Project work

8

 

Project work

9

 

Project work

10

 

Project work

11

 

Project work

12

 

Assignment 2 due

16

 

Exam period (no classes)

 


 

NEWSGROUP

A newsgroup has been set up for this course at uq.itee.comp4001

 


 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

During semester, announcements will be posted here.
Note that the most recent announcements are listed first.

 

 


 


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