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Weekly WPI System Dynamics Digest: Keeping people in the loop

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News/Updates/Reminders/Requests
Spring 2021 WPI System Dynamics Graduate Courses
SD 550. System Dynamics Foundation: Managing Complexity
SD 557. Latent Structures, Unintended Consequences and Policy
SD 562. Project Dynamics
If you are not enrolled in a WPI program, you can still take classes as a non-WPI student
Tuition and International Payment Information
3 credit hour/course * $1,610/credit hour = $4,830/course (+ $60 graduate fee)
Review Requests
Khalid Saeed's (saeed@wpi.edu)
People Express
Prof. Saeed will use this in his undergrad course SS 1505: Games for Understanding Complexity
"Fishy" Banks: A Game about Human Trafficking
Developed by two WPI undergrad students
Advised by Prof. Saeed and Prof. Renata Konrad
Working paper "Why Forrester wished to replace both differential equations and economics?"
Francisco "Paco" Araujo's
MIES Project model which investigates the dynamics of research, knowledge, and understanding
Arctic Social-Environmental System model which he built as a result of the International System Dynamics Conference (ISDC) 2020 workshop "Peace Engineering in the Arctic: Accommodating diverse interests in a changing environment"
isee systems posted the following videos by Karim Chichakly
"Modeling COVID-19 Policies"
"Systems in Focus: Business: How It Was Built" on a new airline (e.g. People Express)
Here are the notes from the Oct 30th WPI System Dynamics Peer Tutoring Session
The Project Performance International's monthly Systems Engineering Newsletter is available
Articles to Read:
Mohammad S Jalali, Catherine DiGennaro, and Devi Sridhar's "Transparency assessment of COVID-19 models"
Saras Chung's "Radical Listening to Improve Understanding of System Dynamics"
Survey Requests
System Dynamics Society (SDS) survey
SDS Student Chapter survey on the SD Colloquium
For other System Dynamics news, see the latest news section on the System Dynamics Society's home page. Here is the link to past WPI System Dynamics Digests
Listen to or read the transcripts to SD-cast's "What is your SDory?" series using the button below:
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COVID News/Resources
System Dynamics Society's COVID-19 page
Feel free to add videos to this COVID-19 simulation models YouTube playlist
Mohammad S Jalali, Catherine DiGennaro, and Devi Sridhar's "Transparency assessment of COVID-19 models"
Raafat Zaini's presentation videos:
"Simulating the COVID19 Pandemic a Facebook Live AMA with special guest Raafat Zaini on 9/18/2020."
"COVID-10 The Systems Thinking Way: Dynamic Behavior & Feedback Structures Perspective"
Büşra Atamer Balkan, Hector Menendez, Andreas Nicolaidis, Kelechi Odoemena, Robert Lamb, Monique Ann Tiongco, Stueti Gupta, and Arpitha Peteru request feedback on their preprint "Understanding the Impact of COVID19 on Agriculture and Food Supply Chains: System Dynamics Modeling for the Resilience of Smallholder Farmers”
Kim Warren released version 4 of his COVID-19 model and created a short course explaining the model
Navid Ghaffarzadegan's "Simulation-Based What-If Analysis for Controlling the Spread of Covid-19 in Universities" article is available online
AnyLogic blog post on "COVID-19 and Simulation" has videos and links to other posts on System Dynamics and Agent-Based Models
Ali Asgary and Mahdi M. Najafabadi's "Drive Through Mass Vaccination Sim for COVID-19" Agent-Based and Discrete-Event Simulation model
Julie Swann and Pinar Keskinocak presented "How to Model 'Diseases' and Use those Models to Drive Timely Decisions and Actions that Produce Rapid Benefits." Prof. Keskinocak presented an Agent-Based model
Apply your systems understanding & problem-solving skills in full-scale complexity, where it matters. Come help today, join with Yaneer Bar-Yam to end the pandemic at http://EndCoronavirus.org. Humanity will be glad you did. - Tomás Gutiérrez
Join The Modeling and Simulation Coronavirus Pandemic Task Force
Join the COVID-19 Resources (Systems Community) Facebook group
For more COVID-19 modeling resources, see
CDC spreadsheet-based tools for:
state and local policy makers to compare different contact tracing strategies
hospital admins and public health officials to estimate demand
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's resources page
Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine report in early Oct
Videos to Confronting Urgent Threats to Human Health & Society: COVID-19 and Climate Change (NAM Annual Meeting)
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics' (SIAM)
Mathematical Resources to Help Understand COVID-19 page
Report on Future Research Directions for NSF in the Era of COVID-19. WPI Math Prof. Suzanne Weekes chairs this SIAM Task Force. I plan to invite her to talk in a WPI System Dynamics CLM. Stay tuned.
INFORMS' Information on COVID-19 and Pandemics page
The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE)'s Coronavirus Resource & Response page

Job Opportunities
Adjunct Part-Time Faculty in System Dynamics
Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Social Science and Policy Studies Department
Positions filled on an add needed basis
Start dates vary by course and semester
Details
Assistant, Associate and Full Professor (tenure track) positions in systems modeling and simulation
Naval Postgraduate School's Operations Research Department
Application Review Begins: Oct 1
Application Deadline: Dec 1
Details
Lecturer
Purdue University's Purdue Systems Collaboratory and College of Engineering
Full-time, Academic Year (9 month)
Job Begins: Jan 2021
Details
Research Associate
Case Western University's Center for Community Health Integration
Details
Assistant, Associate and Full Professor
Case Western University's Center for Community Health Integration
Details
Associate Professor in System Dynamics
University of Bergen
Details
Management Consultants specializing in system dynamics and advanced analytics
Sage Analysis Group
1-page overview
Details
Research Associate
Systems Engineering Research Center
Details
See the SD Society's Career Link page which has more job postings

Upcoming System Dynamics/Dynamical Systems/Systems Thinking Events
The MIT System Dynamics Group hosts Stephen Leider who will present
Dynamic Decision Making in Operations Management
Mon, Nov 2nd 9AM - 10:30AM EST (Boston time)
Details
The Waters Center for Systems Thinking's Open Studio: Taking Action: Using Systems Thinking to Tackle Complex Community Challenges
Thu, Nov 5th 8AM PST // 11AM (Boston time)
Details
WPI System Dynamics Collective Learning Meeting
Fri, Nov 6th Noon - 1PM (Boston time)
Details TBA
The Waters Center for Systems Thinking's Teacher Studio: Seasons, Salmon and Storms: Integrating Systems Thinking with Science Standards
Sat, Nov 7th 9AM PST // Noon (Boston time)
Details
The Waters Center for Systems Thinking's Studio Series
6 sessions on Tuesdays, Nov 10 - Dec 15
Nov 10, 17, 24
Dec 1, 8, 15
Leading for Impactful Change
9AM - 11AM PDT // 11AM - 1PM EST (Boston time)
$300/person
Introduction to Systems Thinking
2PM - 4PM PDT // 4PM - 6PM (Boston time)
$300/person
Details
Climate Interactive's "Business Engagement with En-ROADS 101: Sparking Sustainable Action in the Business Sector"
Tue, Nov 10th 11AM EST? (Boston time)
Details
The City University of New York's Center for Systems and Community Design and the NYU-CUNY Prevention Research Center hosts Peter Hovmand in their Systems Change Lecture Series. He will present
Implementation Science and Complexity Science at a Crossroads
Wed, Nov 11th 11AM - Noon (Boston time)
Details
The System Dynamics Society (SDS) hosts Linda Booth Sweeney who will present
Online Hacks for The Systems Thinking Playbook Games: A Community Conversation
Thu, Nov 12th 11AM (Boston time)
Free for SDS members / $25 for non-members
Detail
One World Dynamics Seminars
Monthly Dynamical Systems (DS) seminars
2nd Friday of each month
Two Talks
9-9:45 AM (Boston time) Talk towards a general DS audience, "set[s] the scene for the"
9:45-10:30AM (Boston time) Specialized talk
Fri, Nov 13th: Multiscale dynamical systems
9:00 AM (Boston time) Alexander Mielke will present "Convergence for multiscale gradient systems with applications to fast-slow reaction systems"
9:45 AM (Boston time) Riccarda Rossi will present "Balanced viscosity solutions to (multi)rate-independent systems"
Details
Climate Interactive's "Business Engagement with En-ROADS 101: Tackling Climate Transition Risk"
Fri, Nov 13th 11AM EST? (Boston time)
Details
University of Hull's Centre for System Studies Seminar: Re-appraising Alexander Bogdanov's Contribution to Systems Thinking
Wed, Nov 18th 11:30AM - 1:30PM (Boston time)
Details
8th Annual System Dynamics Conference in South Africa - Integrated System Dynamics for Investing in the Future
Wed, Nov 18th - Thu, Nov 19th
Details
Various Systems Thinking Events

Call for Papers/Abstracts/Grants
Simulation Modeling and Systems Science to Address Health Disparities Grant
Expiration date: May 8th, 2023
Details
2021 IISE Annual Conference & Expo - Modeling & Simulation Track
Deadline: Sun, Nov 15th
Details
11th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
Deadline: Thu, Nov 20th
Details
SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems (DS21)
Deadline for Minisymposium Proposal: Mon, Nov 23rd
Deadline for Contributed Lecture, Poster and Minisymposium Presentation Abstracts: Mon, Dec 7th
Details
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences Special Issue on Food Loss and Waste Management During COVID-19: Exploring the Major Challenges and Future Directions along the Food Supply Chain
Deadline: Thu, Dec 31st
Details
10th OR Society Simulation Workshop 2021 (SW21)
Deadline for posters: Tue, Jan 12th
Details
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Special Issue on Sustainability and Resilience in Health: The Role of Performance Management
Deadline: Sun, Jan 31st
Details
SIAM conference on Control and Its Applications (CT21)
Deadline for Minisymposium Proposal: Wed, Jan 13th
Deadline for Contributed Lecture, Poster and Minisymposium Presentation Abstracts: Wed, Feb 3rd
Details
Systems Special Issue on System Dynamics and Quantitative Methods for the Analysis of Societal Threats
Deadline: Sun, Feb 14th
Details
31st European Conference on Operational Research
Deadline: Sun, Feb 28th
Details
Other Upcoming Events
AnyLogic Events
IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2020
Nov 1st - 3rd
Details
University of Hong Kong's Systems Analytics Global Leaders' Seminar organizers host Stefan Minner
A Data-Driven Approach to Strategic Inventory Placement in Multi-Echelon Networks
Wed, Nov 4th 10PM HKT // 9AM EST (Boston time)
Free and open to public
Details
Binghamton University's Center for Collective Dynamics of Complex Systems (CoCo) Seminar organizers host Zeynep Ertem
Optimal Multi-Source Forecasting and Clique Relaxations in Social Networks
Wed, Nov 4th 11AM - Noon (Boston time)
Details
Simio hosts Handré Dreyer
Rapid Block Cave Simulation Using Data Driven Modelling Technology
Thu, Nov 5th 10AM (Boston time)
Details
2020 INFORMS Annual Meeting
Nov 7th - 13th
Details
COVID-19 and K-12 Schools: Updates From the Field
Mon, Nov 9th Noon - 1:30PM (Boston time)
Details
Winter Simulation Conference 2020
Dec 14th - 18th
Details
11th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
Mar 9th - 11th
Details
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