# Calendar

Course calendar.
SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES
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1 | Present and future – The incorporation of social science and engineering into research and problem solving Guest: Joel Moses |
2 | How do we know what we know? – The generation of cumulative knowledge in a field |
3 | Modeling paradigms in engineering systems: Useful models and various modeling approaches Guest: David Kaiser | Assignment 1 due
4 | System and enterprise architecture: Qualitative frameworks, quantitative models, and system representation Guest: Donna Rhodes |
5 | Uncertainty and its analysis in engineering systems Guest: Mort Webster | Assignment 5 due
6 | Complexity in socio–technical systems Guest: Stuart Kauffman |
7 | Complexity and urban systems Guest: Chris Kegras | Assignment 6 paper due
8 | Network analysis in socio–technical systems Guest: Marta Gonzalez |
9 | Historical roots of engineering systems | Assignment 6 presentation due
10 | Poverty as a problem in complex systems (and empirical study) Guest: Abhijeet Banerjee | Assignment 7 due
11 | Human dynamics and cognitive science in engineering systems Guest: Sandy Pentland |
12 | Sustainability and engineering systems Guest: Noelle Selin | Assignment 8 due
13 | Engineering design and design of complex socio–technical systems Guest: Richard de Neufville | Assignment 9 due
14 | Policy design/course wrap–up | Assignment 10 due

Additional assignments are due during TA sessions, or are assigned to students on a session–wise basis. Please see the Assignments section of this course for more information.