The human mind and its behaviours are complex and ever-evolving. From our thoughts to our social interactions to our health, change is constant. This course introduces you to the adaptive nature of human processes and helps you explore the causal pathways behind them, using network-based modeling. You will learn how mental, social, and health-related behaviours evolve over time and how they can be modeled in AI systems.

With a blend of lectures, hands-on assignments, and cutting-edge software tools, you’ll gain the skills needed to model a variety of human behaviours, from cognitive processes to social dynamics and health adaptations. Whether it’s simulating how a person learns, how social groups interact, or how diseases spread through networks, you’ll learn how these processes can be understood and manipulated through networks of causal relations.

In the second week, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with your peers on real research projects, where you’ll design and test models that could potentially form the foundation for future publications. This hands-on approach makes the course not only educational but also highly collaborative and research-oriented.