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Workshop Data

Software Downloads

Vensim Software - Download Vensim PLE - Free for educational uses
http://vensim.com/download.html

Presentation on formal programs in computational science
http://www.osc.edu/~sgordon/workshops/Comp_science_overview.pdf

Example Datasets

Description Link
Package of datasets in zip file format https://www.osc.edu/sites/osc.edu/files/staff_files/kcahill/New_CompThinking_Datasets.zip
Shodor Computational Thinking Exercises http://www.shodor.org/talks-new/
Traffic Model Example https://www.osc.edu/sites/osc.edu/files/staff_files/sgordon/trafficmodel.pdf
MATLAB Models Online https://compsci.osc.edu/
Algebraic Thinking with Excel http://shodor.org/talks/ncsi/excel/SimplePopulation.xls
Dynamic Variation with Excel http://shodor.org/talks/ncsi/excel/Snake2.xls
Iteration and Diffusion with Excel http://shodor.org/talks/ncsi/excel/SaltDiffusion.xls
Population dynamics with Vensim http://shodor.org/talks/ncsi/vensim/BunnyComparison.mdl
Disease SIR Model with Vensim http://shodor.org/talks/ncsi/vensim/AdvancedSIR.mdl
Malaria Model with Vensim http://shodor.org/talks/ncsi/vensim/MalariaEpidModel.mdl
Falling objects with Vensim http://shodor.org/talks/ncsi/vensim/FallingRockWithDrag.mdl
Pharmokinetics with Vensim http://shodor.org/talks/ncsi/vensim/Pharma.mdl
Simple Sick Model with AgentSheets http://shodor.org/talks/ncsi/agentsheets/SimpleSick.zip
Forest Fire with AgentSheets http://shodor.org/talks/ncsi/agentsheets/AccessFire.zip
Precipitates from Solution with AgentSheets http://shodor.org/talks/ncsi/agentsheets/precipitate.zip

Java Applets

 

Description Link

List of Interactivate Applets

Function Flyer for math education

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/MultiFunctionDataFly/

Histogram http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/Histogram/
Molecular model of ideal gas http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=25
Predator prey http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/RabbitsAndWolves/
   

 

Links to XSEDE Resources

Description Link
XSEDE User Portal https://www.xsede.org/
Science Gateways https://www.xsede.org/gateways-listing
Campus Champions https://www.xsede.org/web/guest/campus-champions
Course training calendar https://www.xsede.org/web/xup/course-calendar
Online courses https://www.xsede.org/web/xup/online-training
Getting started (accounts and services) https://www.xsede.org/using-xsede

Resources for Computational Modeling

Description Link
National Science Digital Library (NSDL) http://www.nsdl.org
Biology Workbench http://mycyberbench.ncsa.illinois.edu/
GridChem http://www.gridchem.org
Computational Science Education Reference Desk – National Science Digital Library – models with exercises and reviews http://www.shodor.org/refdesk
HPC University – workshops and pointers to materials http://hpcuniversity.org/
Shared science instructional modules and models http://phet.colorado.edu/
Computational physics materials http://www.ucomp.org/
Computational biology for biology educators http://www.computationalscience.org/cbbe
Computational chemistry for chemistry educators http://www.computationalscience.org/ccce
K12 Modeling Examples https://www.osc.edu/~sgordon/k12
Shodor Modeling Examples http://www.shodor.org/talks-new/
Agent based models for economics http://www2.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/ace.htm
Systems Dynamics Society Proceedings 2013 http://www.systemdynamics.org/conferences/2013/proceed/
MATLAB demos in engineering mechanics http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/linkexchange/links/3539-mechanics-demos-for-first-year-physics-and-engineering
Tools, lesson plans, and datasets relating to biological modeling http://bioquest.org
NASA Aeronautics Models http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/aerores.htm
Engineering applets from Virginia Tech http://www.engapplets.vt.edu/
Large number of physics and mathematics applets http://www.falstad.com/mathphysics.html
Virtual Physics Laboratory http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/

Earthquake engineering resources

Vensim Model Building Tutorial

ExplainShell - parse Linux commands

http://nees.org/education/for-teachers/collegiate-teachers

http://vensim.com/building-a-simple-vensim-model/

https://explainshell.com/

Digital Humanities and Social Science Resources

Description Link
ICHASS - University of Illinois http://ichass.illinois.edu/
Digital Humanities Now http://digitalhumanitiesnow.org/
Journal of Digital Humanities http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/
Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations http://adho.org/
dH Commons http://dhcommons.org/
Association for Computers and the Humanities http://ach.org/
Humanities and Social Sciences Collaboratory http://www.hastac.org/
Online Guide for Newcomers to Agent Modeling http://www2.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/abmread.htm
Repast Open Source Agent Modeling http://repast.sourceforge.net/
Brookings National Agent Based Model http://www.brookings.edu/about/centers/dynamics/us-abm
Systems Modeling Blog with Examples https://metasd.com/2009/06/good-modeling-practices/#more-411
Simulation for the Social Scientist http://cress.soc.surrey.ac.uk/s4ss/links.html
Repast Application Papers http://repast.sourceforge.net/papers.php

Simulation of Historic Settlement Patterns

Digital Humanities Research Topics

 

Exploring Population Networks

Dartmouth College Digital Humanities Repository

Election Modeling Tools

Systems Modeling Roadmap

 

System Dynamics in the Traditional Humanities

Social Network Visualizer

Open Case Studies

http://escholarship.org/uc/item/2zd1t887

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/digital-humanities#research-topics

 

https://programminghistorian.org/en/lessons/exploring-and-analyzing-network-data-with-python

http://digitalhumanities.dartmouth.edu/projects/

 

http://election.princeton.edu/

http://static.clexchange.org/ftp/documents/roadmaps/RM7/D-4451-3.pdf

 

https://www.systemdynamics.org

https://socnetv.org/docs/index.html#analysis

https://www.opencasestudies.org/

Bibliography

Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows

Introduction to Modeling and Simulation with Matlab and Python by Steven Gordon and Brian Guilfoos

Data Carpentry for Biologists

Data Visualization Literacy (article)