SYSEN 5160 — Managing & Modeling Complex Systems for Organizational Leaders
SYSEN 5160 is designed to teach organizational leaders how to manage and model complex systems using data-driven decision-making. Through hands-on projects, students will learn to develop a decision-making tool using Python and Streamlit. The course emphasizes mathematical, statistical, and computational models and covers a range of topics, such as stakeholder analysis, brainstorming methods, system architecture evaluation, optimization, and real-world decision-making examples.
The course is structured around lectures, five homework assignments, and a semester-long group project. Homework assignments consist of coding exercises and open-ended essay prompts to help students prepare for the final group project. The final project requires students to develop a decision-making case study using Streamlit, a short Medium post, a concise project report, and a group presentation.
Final Projects
Spring 2022
| Icon / Graphical Abstract | Project Title | Headline | Blog Post | Streamlit App / Source | Contributors [Mail|LinkedIn] |
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A Smart Supply Chain Wizard | A great tool will help the company better manage the supply chain | Supply Chain Wizard | App / Repo | Sijie Chen [M|L] Donghao Huang [M] Fernando Celaya [M|L] Keshan Chen [M] |
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Happy, Healthy, & You | A customized nutrition & fitness planner app | Health & Fitness with a click of a button | App / Repo | Jamie Donahue [M|L] |
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NEM Metering Pricing Tool | A tool for consumers and utilities to calculate savins under new NEM pricing policies. | NEM Pricing Tool: A Streamlit App | App / Repo | Henry Harwood [M|L] |
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Sports Prediction App | An app with a novel approach to making sports picks | NFL Game Picks through Optimization | App / Repo | Colby Hawker [M] Kevin Lee [M] |
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Graduation Requirement Validator | Cornell ECEs can do everything, except understand all graduation requirements. Using the graduation requirements validator, we can improve the lives of both ECE students and faculty. | Graduation Requirement Validator | App / Repo | Ronin Sharma [M|L] |
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Loan Application Assistant App | A Great App to Help You with Loan Applications | Loan Application Assistant | App / Repo | Susan Wu [M] Xinzhu Wang [M|L] Yuchen Tang [M] |
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VroomVroom | An app to sell your car using data! | VroomVroom: Sell Your Car With Data | App / Repo | Sushant Gadgil [M|L] Isabel Richter [M|L] Mariya Tasnim [M|L] |