BE 560 Computational Models of Complex Biomedical Systems
This course explores the cross-disciplinary field of complex systems, which are pervasive in biological and biomedical engineering topics at all scales of resolution, from molecules to society. It combines a review of the scientific literature with hands-on, basic-level programming and simulation of models (in NetLogo and MATLAB). We will touch upon some of the most important topics on both sides of the science/engineering aisle: "natural" biomedical complex systems (such as gene regulation, multicellular development, neural networks, or epidemiology) and "artificial" engineered complex systems (such as synthetic biology, tissue engineering, brain-machine interfaces, or scientific data mining).