Ask HN: Top Coursera Courses? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Top Coursera Courses?

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Post by maurits » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 4:01 PM UTC

My personal favorite, Statistical Mechanics and Computations.[1]. Excelled introduction to MCMC methods, lots and lots of python programs and filmed against a green screen.

Obligatory, Stanford CS231n: Convolutional Neural Networks for Visual Recognition [2] The assignments are excellent and will let you implement a deephish network from practically scratch, before diving into modern frameworks and applications.

[1]: https://www.coursera.org/learn/statistical-mechanics [2]: http://cs231n.stanford.edu/index.html

Re: Ask HN: Top Coursera Courses?

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Post by Tepix » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 4:06 PM UTC

I thought "The science of the solar system" by Mike Brown was an excellent introduction.

https://www.coursera.org/learn/solar-system

Re: Ask HN: Top Coursera Courses?

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Post by krtkush » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 4:07 PM UTC

Model Thinking by Scott E. Page - https://www.coursera.org/learn/model-thinking/home/welcome

Re: Ask HN: Top Coursera Courses?

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Post by joshlk » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 4:08 PM UTC

Has anyone tried either?: - "Fundamentals of Parallelism on Intel Architecture" https://www.coursera.org/learn/parallelism-ia - "Introduction to High-Performance and Parallel Computing" https://www.coursera.org/learn/introduction-high-performance...

Re: Ask HN: Top Coursera Courses?

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Post by dimmuborgir » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 4:12 PM UTC

Audio Signal Processing for Music Applications

Professor Xavier Serra[1] is a highly respected veteran in the field.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Serra

Re: Ask HN: Top Coursera Courses?

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Post by mportela » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 4:13 PM UTC

Another thread from earlier this year with pretty good recommendations: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22826722

Re: Ask HN: Top Coursera Courses?

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Post by rajbiswas125 » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 4:14 PM UTC

Andrew NG Deep Learning courses were nice, especially for an absolute beginner.

Re: Ask HN: Top Coursera Courses?

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Post by bagelman » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 4:20 PM UTC

brudgers wrote: post #20

tdsamardzhiev wrote: post #8

I think Dan Grossman's Programming Languages courses are amazing if you have slept through the subject in university: https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-languages

I took it the second time it was offered. One of the main reasons was it was as an excuse to learn Emacs. Does anyone know if the course still encourages using Emacs?

it does!

Re: Ask HN: Top Coursera Courses?

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Post by bagelman » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 4:21 PM UTC

tdsamardzhiev wrote: post #8

I think Dan Grossman's Programming Languages courses are amazing if you have slept through the subject in university: https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-languages

Great class that really challenged me as a self-taught programmer. Rewarding assignments that pushed back the basics you often find in MOOCs

Re: Ask HN: Top Coursera Courses?

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Post by iou » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 4:26 PM UTC

Cryptography 1, time well spent. ~3000 reviews at 4.8 stars

https://www.coursera.org/learn/crypto