Orientation 2011

A series of two-hour orientation seminars were presented for CASoS student interns over a two-week period in June 2011. Topics included:

• Systems Modeling and Complex Adaptive Systems of Systems (CASoS) Engineering, Bob Glass

• An Introduction to Loki-Infect: An Agent-Based Model for Engineering Strategies to Mitigate the Impact of Infuenza Epidemics, Daniel Cannon and Jacob Hobbs

• Evaluation of policy options using uncertainty analysis of complex-system model results, Pat Finley

• Application of Complex Adaptive Systems of Systems Engineering to Tobacco Products, Nancy Brodsky

• Developing a theory of the societal lifecycle of cigarette smoking: Explaining and anticipating trends using information feedback, Aldo Zagonel

• Extending Opinion Dynamics to Model Public Health Problems and Analyze Public Policy Interventions, Tom Moore

• Modeling Population Dynamics, Steve Verzi and Sasha Outkin

• Resource Exchange Model, Walt Beyeler