Uri Wilensky - CCL Director
Uri Wilensky is the Lorraine H. Morton professor of Learning Sciences, Computer Science and Complex Systems at Northwestern University. He is the co-director of the joint PHD program in Computer Science and Learning Sciences (CSLS) . He is the founder and current director of the Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling(CCL) and a co-founder of the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems(NICO). He is also a faculty member in Cognitive Science, Philosophy, the program in Technology and Social Behavior, the Buffett center, the CIERA center and the Segal Design Center research council. He is the author of the NetLogo agent-based modeling software which his lab actively maintains and improves. It is the most widely used agent-based modeling software, and has hundreds of thousands of users worldwide using it for both research and education. Wilensky has published more than 300 scientific articles and more than 400 published agent-based models. Wilensky has received numerous awards including the 2016 ISDDE prize for excellence in design for his work on NetLogo
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Textbook
- Wilensky, U., & Rand, W. (2015). An introduction to agent-based modeling: Modeling natural, social and engineered complex systems with NetLogo. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- NetLogo modeling tool.
- NIH NIDA. Center for Prevention Implementation Methodology for Drug Abuse and HIV
- NSF-Funded Research Projects:
- NSF STEM+C.A Whole-School Model for Integrating Computational Thinking in High School Science and Mathematics.
- NSF ITEST. Group-Based Cloud Computing for STEM Education.
- NSF EAGER: MAKER: A Cultural Framework for Equity in Maker Practices
- NSF STEM+C. CT-ifying the high school science curriculum to broaden participation in computational science
- NSF STEM+C. Engaging students in building theories of scientific phenomena: A comparison of aggregate pattern-based and agent-based approaches
- Lyle-Spencer Foundation Award. Broadening Participation in a Computational Future: Casting a Wide Net.
- NSF CyberLearning: LevelSpace: Modeling in Levels
- NSF EAGER: A low-cost integrated agent-based modeling and physical
- NSF-CNS-#1138461: CT-STEM: Casting a Wide Net: Embedded Computational Thinking
- NSF-DRL-#1109834: BEAGLE: Simulated Evolution
- Participatory Simulations: Network-Based Design for Systems Learning in Classrooms
- NSF-CISE: Computational Thinking in STEM
- NSF CyberLearning: InquirySpace: Technologies in Support of Student Experimentation
- NSF-DRL: Emerging Research-Empirical--Simulated Evolution: Developing a Framework for Computer-Based Modeling and Simulation Activities in the Classroom
- NSF-CE21: Casting a Wide Net: Computational Thinking
- ABMPLUS: Enabling Modeling and Simulation-Based Science in the Classroom
- NSF-DRK12: Enabling Modeling and Simulation-based Seience in the classroom: Integrating agent-based models, real world sensing and collaborative networks
- NSF-REC-#0003285: Connected Mathematics: Making Sense of Complex Phenomena through Building Object-Based Parallel Models
- NSF-DRL-#1020101: ABMPLUS: Enabling Modeling and Simulation-Based Science in the Classroom
- NSF-DRL-#1020101: InquirySpace: Integrating Agent-Based Models with Statistical Analyses
- NSF-DRL-#1109834: Learning Evolution through Model-Based Inquiry
- BEAGLE: Simulated Evolution
- CT-STEM: Casting a Wide Net: Embedded Computational Thinking
- InquirySpace: Integrating Agent-Based Models with Statistical Analyses
- Integrated Simulation and Modeling Environment
- Learning Evolution through Model-Based Inquiry
- Modeling Across the Curriculum
- NAE/Spencer Project -- Developing Reasoning About Parallel Processes
- StarLogoT modeling tool
- NSF Curricular Projects
- ProbLab: Simulation-based curriculum on Probability & Statistics
- The GasLab Project: Simulation-based curriculum on kinetic theory of gases
- ConnectedChemistry: Simulation-based curriculum on introductory Chemistry
- The EACH Project: Understanding the evolution of cooperation
- Mind the Gap: An agent-based participatory simulation (ABPS) curricular unit on wealth inequality
- GenEvo: A computational systems biology curriculum for high school students to engage with cutting-edge ideas in modern biology
- Constructionist Learning
- The design of Technological tools for thinking and learning: A Constructionist Approach
- Designing and Constructing Models with Multi-Agent Languages
- Images from class poster session
- Complexity Science
- Turtle Geometry
- Practicum in Learning Environment Design
- Advanced Technology Design
- Technological Tools for Thinking and Learning
- Mathematics Learning Environments
- Mathematics & Science Learning Environments
- Mathematics Practices
- Intellectual Development
- Learning through Computer-Based Projects
- Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
- Passions
- Photos
- By date
- Adventures
- Daniel
- Ethan
- Email: uri@northwestern.edu
- Phone: 847-467-3818
- Fax: 847-491-8999
- Offices: Annenberg Hall 337
- CCL Lab Phone: 847-467-7593
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Contact Info
Uri Wilensky
2120 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL, 60208
The Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling
Annenberg Hall Rm 225, 2120 Campus Drive, Evanston IL, 60208
Phone: 847-467-7593 | Fax: 847-491-8999| Email: ccl-website@ccl.northwestern.edu
Affiliated with: Learning Sciences Department,
Computer Science Department,
and The Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems