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Stanford University Free Class: Design and Analysis of Algorithms I

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Re: Stanford University Free Class: Design and Analysis of Algorithms I

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I'm currently loving Jennifer Widom's DB class, and I'm excited about this and ML next quarter.

I really hope this phenomenon spreads outside of their CS department; I'd love it if there were some pure math classes(like real analysis and abstract algebra) in this format.

Re: Stanford University Free Class: Design and Analysis of Algorithms I

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post #7

I’m seriously considering taking half a year off to work on several of these classes, supported by a part time job. There’s just so much in there that we never properly treated at uni (bachelor level).

exactly what I am thinking of. Should be fine with around 2 months off from work, I don't mind loss of pay for the period.

Re: Stanford University Free Class: Design and Analysis of Algorithms I

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I'm a Stanford student, and I can tell you that Roughgarden is one of the best lecturers at Stanford. If you're thinking about taking a class, I would highly recommend this one. Plus, the material is awesome.

Which Stanford course does this correspond to?

Re: Stanford University Free Class: Design and Analysis of Algorithms I

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post #13
post #9

I'm a Stanford student, and I can tell you that Roughgarden is one of the best lecturers at Stanford. If you're thinking about taking a class, I would highly recommend this one. Plus, the material is awesome.

Which Stanford course does this correspond to?

looks like CS 161 https://courseware.stanford.edu/pg/courses/214383/cs-161-fal...

Can anyone (at Stanford or otherwise) tell me if there is a follow up course? The (online) course title says "Design and Analysis of Algorithms I". Is there a Design and Analysis of Algorithms II (or III or IV)?

Re: Stanford University Free Class: Design and Analysis of Algorithms I

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The ideal situation is that other Universities get into the game, so we can pick and choose courses from specific professors - one course from MIT and another from Stanford and so on.

Another thing I'd like to see is this idea expanding beyond CS to, say, Math and Physics. Within CS it would be great to see courses on Compilers, Operating Systems and so on. Yes I am greedy :p (and the courses are addictive!)

Re: Stanford University Free Class: Design and Analysis of Algorithms I

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I'm stunned... I've already signed up for ML, was thinking crypto, and now this? Some people dream of winning the lottery, I would be happy for a 6 month sabbatical from my full time job to immerse myself in these classes. I've currently taking the AI class and a enjoy it immensely. I feel the my 'bag of programming tools' has grown exponentially with all the stuff I'm learning.

I'm taking ML now and it's pretty darned good.

I wanted to take ML, but only really had enough time for AI. I was very happy to see that ML is having another semester.

For those who can only afford to take one or two classes per semester, keep them coming!

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I'm stunned... I've already signed up for ML, was thinking crypto, and now this? Some people dream of winning the lottery, I would be happy for a 6 month sabbatical from my full time job to immerse myself in these classes. I've currently taking the AI class and a enjoy it immensely. I feel the my 'bag of programming tools' has grown exponentially with all the stuff I'm learning.

Hell, due to the amount of interesting courses they've been pumping out lately, I'm more inclined to take a whole year off just to study.

Re: Stanford University Free Class: Design and Analysis of Algorithms I

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post #7

I’m seriously considering taking half a year off to work on several of these classes, supported by a part time job. There’s just so much in there that we never properly treated at uni (bachelor level).

Why not do a master's instead? :)
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