Intro to Traffic Flow Modeling and Intelligent Transport SystemsTravelers in large cities experience significant congestion during their everyday trips. Expanding roads and infrastructure is not a long-lasting remedy to urban congestion. This course will focus on understanding traffic congestion and will explore ways to improve mobility through advanced traffic management schemes. As we all experience, congestion is a highly complex process without a single explanation. An interesting question is: “Can we describe these complex interactions with simple and elegant ways?
Introduction to AstrophysicsHow can we study the Universe we live in using the only available information it provides us with: light ?
This course provides an overview of the physical phenomena at play in the astronomical objects surrounding us, from planets and stars to the cosmic filaments, from galaxies such as our own Milky Way to large galaxy clusters. The course emphasizes the links between theoretical predictions and observations.
In this course, you will learn the basics of astrophysics using simplified mathematical developm
Electronics IIThis course is an introduction to the realization of linear functions using transistors. Students apply circuit theory and learn to manipulate the small and large signal models of the bipolar transistor to realize amplification and filtering functions. The explanations are illustrated by exercises with demonstrations of simulated circuits using a Spice-type simulator that can be reproduced by the students.
Electronics IThis course is an introduction to the realization of basic linear and non-linear functions using the operational amplifier. Students apply circuit theory, negative and positive feedback to operational amplifiers to realize elementary electronic functions (amplification, filtering, transposition, addition, subtraction, generation of periodic functions, etc.). Explanations are illustrated by laboratory exercises with demonstrations that can be reproduced by students through simulation.
Image Processing and Analysis for Life ScientistsNowadays, image-based methods are indispensable for life scientists. Light microscopy especially, has evolved from sketched out observations by eye, to high throughput multi-plane, multi-channel, multi-position and multimode acquisitions that easily produce thousands of information-rich images that must be quantified somehow to answer biological questions.
This course will teach you core concepts from image acquisition to image filtering and segmentation, to help you tackle simple image analysis workflows
Urban Infrastructure ManagementSustainability, Resilience and Efficiency are fundamental considerations for city managers in managing urban infrastructures. Today, more than 3.9 billion people, making up more than 54% of the global population, live in cities. Urbanization is expected to continue in the coming years, raising the urban population to 6.0 billion by 2045. This dramatic increase in urban populations will inevitably increase the demand for energy, mobility (transportation), water, and other urban services in every city around
Exploring Humans' Space: An Introduction to GeographicityHow do we understand the notion of space? How have urbanisation, mobility, digital spaces, and globalization changed the way we perceive it? This course aims to help you feel comfortable with the notion of space. The simplest way to understand it is to connect your daily life, your perceptions and your practices to the concepts of contact and remoteness. In SpaceX, we will explore together the city, urbanisation, urbanity, and urbanism, the individual actor in a globalising World, the emerging digital spati
Cellular Mechanisms of Brain FunctionThe function of the brain is to govern behavior, and the aim of this course is to causally link biophysical mechanisms with simple behaviors studied in mice. The brain processes information through the concerted activity of many neurons, which communicate with each other through synapses organised in highly dynamic networks. The first goal of the course is to gain a detailed understanding of the structure and function of the fundamental building blocks of the mammalian brain, its synapses and neurons (Weeks
Technology Innovation for Sustainable DevelopmentTechnology innovation can be a great enabler for development in low and middle-income countries. This course presents a methodology and an approach to develop impactful innovations that have the power to foster sustainable development.
Whether you are from an industrialized or a developing country, whether you are employed in a company, an NGO, an international organization or a government. Whether you are an academic, an independent entrepreneur, or simply a passionate individual, this course is for you.
SES Swiss-EnergyscopeSwitzerland, like many other countries, is revising its energy strategy with a view to a transition towards a more rational use of energy, a more dynamic development of renewable energies and a progressive exit from nuclear energy. In a participatory democracy, such a process can only be based on a good understanding of the basic concepts and the issues related to technological and political choices. This course, which is open to everyone, is aimed at all citizens who wish to gain a better understanding in
Numerical Analysis for EngineersThis course is based on the book "Introduction à l'analyse numérique", J. Rappaz M. Picasso, Ed. PPUR. Basic tools are described in the first 5 chapters. The last two chapters deal with the numerical solution of differential equations. More specifically, we will study the following chapters of the book:
Chapter 1: interpolation, how to approximate a function by a polynomial?
Chapter 2: how to approximate derivatives with finite difference formulas?
Chapter 3: How can integrals be approximated by quadrature
Smart Cities, Management of Smart Urban InfrastructuresThe introduction of Smart urban technologies into legacy infrastructures has resulted in numerous challenges and opportunities for contemporary cities and will continue to do so. This course will help you to understand how to make the best of these smart technologies in your cities’ legacy infrastructures.
Over the past few years, advances in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have significantly challenged the traditionally stable land scape of urban infrastructure service provision. Thi
