Art students, especially those coming from ACAT, could be interested in the following courses from the Department of Computer Science, eScience group. Note that those 3 courses have to be taken in the given order, and that it is quite difficult to do both COMP4610 and COMP6443 the same year. Note eventually the Assumed Knowledge in Maths
Another suitable option could be to begin with course
Following 30th Oct 2002 seminar "Human Ecosystems Modelling with Agents".
Dr Pascal Perez (<pascal@coombs.anu.edu.au> ) like to announce the new
lecture offer.
Semester 2 - 2003
Unit Outline
Societies and ecosystems, are inherently unpredictable as a whole. Their futures
are not determined. Their global behaviours emerge from their local interactions
in complex, historically contingent and unpredictable ways. It may not even
make sense to talk about prediction in relation to these highly non linear systems.
In fact, while prediction may be possible with very simple systems, more complex
adaptive systems call for exploration. Development of the “multi-agents
systems” (MAS) approach is closely related to the problem of complexity
(multiple scales and organization levels, multiple agents and viewpoints, recursive
interactions) and the related search for simple representations of the real
world through modelling.
The objective of the course is to provide a clear understanding of the possibilities
(and limits) offered by the MAS for studying Human Ecosystems. The course is
structured around actual case studies and is equally divided between academic
lectures, computer demonstration and training. Expected benefits for the students
are: (i) to introduce MAS applications to Human Ecosystems studies, (ii) to
enable participants to develop their own simple MAS application, (iii) to identify
future opportunities for integrating MAS in anthropological research.