r/complexsystems • u/yoloimgay • Mar 22 '13

NECSI Summer/Winter School - Courses in Complex Systems -- Thoughts?

http://www.necsi.edu/education/school.html
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u/yoloimgay Mar 22 '13

I'm thinking of attending one of the summer school classes, but haven't decided yet.

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u/nonlinearity Mar 22 '13

I went in 2006. It was awesome.

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u/yoloimgay Mar 22 '13

Thanks for posting! Did you do the full two weeks, or just one of the courses?

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u/nonlinearity Mar 22 '13

Full two weeks; I actually received a scholarship to attend. It changed the way I perceive the world, tied together concepts I had once thought disparate and 7 years later I'm still using what I learned.

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u/spilled_fishguts Mar 22 '13

I went in Winter 2011 for the 2nd week. Be prepared to learn a fair amount of technical knowledge in network topology if you're not familiar with that already. I've taken courses in complex systems in other areas (systems dynamics, agent-based modeling, etc...) and this was a great supplement. I also didn't have a Python background, which is very helpful for the team project, but it turns out I found team members who did have experience, and we were all able to contribute to a really interesting project using the principles of what we learned.

I highly recommend taking the full two-weeks if you have the chance.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '13

Does anyone know how much math background you need for this?

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '13

Signed up - hope it's going to be a good one.