When people talk about artificial intelligence, they usually talk about machine learning.

Most people have not heard about Agent-Based modeling AI . That is a pity.

Agent-Based modeling is much simpler than machine learning. You basically just let agents interact in an environment and watch for any emergent behavior. You practically do not have to have any math background and you are able to create amazing things.

You can simulate society ( e.g. spread of virus, interaction of groups of people, of different individuals ... ), ecology (spread of fire) ... you can simulate chemical processes, physical phenomenons and more...

Doesn’t that sound amazing? ( PS: simulating a society is a way to understand it )

As you’ll learn in this course, the Agent-Based modeling AI paradigm is very different from Machine learning. It’s even led to new and amazing insights in social sciences.

We will program in NetLogo language which is one of the most popular and poweful environment.

What is covered in this course?

• Agent-Based Modeling theory

• 1 Practical hands-on project ( we will simulate spread of a virus )

• Storytelling with simulation

• On-Website simulation

If you’re ready to take on a brand new challenge, and learn about powerful AI technique that you’ve never seen before in any kind of machine learning, then this course is for you!

See you in class!

TIPS (to get through the course):

• Take handwritten notes. I will provide my presentations. This will help you understand.

• Lectures - 1.5x speed, Coding - 1.25-1.5x speed

• Write code yourself, don't just sit there and look at my code. You learn coding by ... coding. :)

• Ask lots of questions on the discussion board. The more the better! I will answer them.