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Some of you have heard about category theory, maybe from me, maybe from Gioele Zardini’s talks on co-design, or maybe from the person at INCOSE who said that “all systems engineering is a footnote on category theory” (or something like that, I wasn’t there).

For anyone who is interested, a few of us are dedicating an hour next Monday, May 5th, to discussing this. I will bring some material to talk through, but it will mostly be an open discussion with the following light agenda:

conception (immaculate) -> philosophical intuitions behind why composition may be a foundational concept

construction (formal) -> a visual, not-at-all-mathy introduction to category theory

conversation (dangling) -> is this a universal language of system dynamics, co-design, language, and logic? if so, so what?

If interested, join us on Monday, May 5th at 5pm in 1-379. I’ll bring snacks so please RSVP here if you intend to join.

Best,

Deniz