EDPX 2300 Systems
Fall 2016
MW 1:00-3:50 @ Shwayder 220
Dan Wilcox, Shwayder 215, danomatika.com
Email: daniel.wilcox[at]du[dot]edu
Voice: 412 980-7081
Office hours: MW 12-1pm & by appointment (24 hours ahead)
Syllabus
Links
Pirate Pads:
Media Blogs:
- Grayton
- Nikki
- Joe
- Michelle
- Sherlock
- Katie
- Alondra
- Parker
- Stephanie
- Silas
- Grant
- Clayton
- Kirk
- Sarah
- Jake
- Daniel
Schedule
Subject to change
09/12 Intro
Course introduction
Instructor introduction
Student introductions
Review of EDP studio policies
Systems and systems pre-history
Homework
Read Thinking in Systems Chapter 1: Basics
(search for "Thinking in Systems", click "Access Online" from book listing, click on "Access EBL", then log in)
09/14 Think/Make
Review of systems parts/characteristics/interactions
Project 1 & Project 2 overview
Systems simulation software: NetLogo
Homework
Set up Media blog
System domain 1: self-directed
Watch Mechanical Marvels, Clockwork Dreams
09/19 Think
Media blog due (send me a link)
Systems survey: biological systems
Work day
Homework
System domain 2: biological
Listen to Planet Money: When Women Stopped Coding
09/21 Make
Systems survey: sociological systems
Systems design exercise 1: Up Goer 5
Homework
System domain 3: sociological
Listen to Radio Lab: From Tree to Shining Tree
09/26 Think
Systems survey: ecological/environmental systems
Systems simulation software: NetLogo 2
Homework
System domain 4: ecological/environmental
Watch Why Learn Control Theory? & Closed Loop Control
09/28 Make
Systems survey: control/feedback systems
Work day
Homework
System domain 5: control/feedback
Watch Factory City
10/03 Think
Systems survey: industrial systems
Work day
Homework
System domain 6: industrial
10/05 Critique Midterm
Project 1 presentations
- Joe
- Parker
- Jake
- Clayton
- Grayton
- Nikki
- Sarah
- Sherlock
10/10 Critique Midterm
Project 1 presentations
- Kirk
- Grant
- Stephanie
- Alondra
- Daniel
- Katie
- Michelle
- Silas
10/12 Think/Make
Systems survey: information systems
Systems design exercise 2: Turing Machine
10/17 Make
Systems survey: computer systems
Work day
10/19 Make
Work day
10/24 Critique
Project 2 presentations
- Joe
- Sarah
- Katie
- Parker
- Stephanie
- Alondra
- Nikki
10/26 Critique
Project 2 presentations
- Silas
- Sherlock
- Jake
- Grant
- Grayton
- Clayton
- Kirk
- Daniel
- Michelle
10/31 Make
Systems survey: electronic systems
Solder workshop
Systems design exercise 3: Makey Makey
11/02 Think/Make
Systems survey: integrated systems/networks
Work day
11/07 Think/Make
Systems survey: emergent/complex systems
Work day
11/09 Make
Work day
11/14 Make
Work day
11/16 Critique
Project 3 presentations
- Joe
- Kirk
- Michelle
- Sarah
11/21 Critique & Final Deliverables
M 2:00-3:50 Shwayder 220
Project 3 presentations
- Parker
- Silas
- Sherlock
- Jake
- Nikki
- Katie
- Grant
- Stephanie
- Grayton
- Clayton
- Alondra
- Daniel
Final deliverables will include the following materials:
All Final Project files and final project documentation as a .zip archive on a USB Flash Drive to be copied onto a lab computer, including:
- Systems drawing & design architectures for Projects 1, 2, and Final
- All software associated with Project 2 and Final Project
- Documentation of Final Project
To be e-mailed to instructor or included with final deliverables:
Critiques/synopsis of 3 cultural events cumulative for the quarter. Note: synopsis of each cultural event should be e-mailed within 2 weeks of attendance.