Gilbert Strang's final lecture at MIT: May 15, 11:00am
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Re: Gilbert Strang's final lecture at MIT: May 15, 11:00am
#2I still have his linear algebra book on my shelf from the 1980's. One of the great teachers of a topic that has been crucial to my career in computer graphics and vision.
Re: Gilbert Strang's final lecture at MIT: May 15, 11:00am
#3Ha, I knew I recognized that name in the domain. Pavel Grinfeld has some great lectures on YouTube, and last I looked, was working on a very useful interactive site for learning mathematics.
Re: Gilbert Strang's final lecture at MIT: May 15, 11:00am
#4I picked up his linear algebra book and watched his lectures last year as part of my journey into machine learning. He made me fall in love with math in a way that I never had before, not even during my physics degree. Truly an inspiring teacher and amazing person.
Re: Gilbert Strang's final lecture at MIT: May 15, 11:00am
#5Strang's bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Strang
He's been a professor at MIT since 1962!
Re: Gilbert Strang's final lecture at MIT: May 15, 11:00am
#6That's Gil for Gilbert, not GIL for, idk, Python's Global Interpretor Lock or something.
Re: Gilbert Strang's final lecture at MIT: May 15, 11:00am
#7I wonder if enough people will tune in to a linear algebra lecture that it crashes the live stream.
Re: Gilbert Strang's final lecture at MIT: May 15, 11:00am
#8I still have his linear algebra book on my shelf from the 1980's. One of the great teachers of a topic that has been crucial to my career in computer graphics and vision.
Fully agreed. I would argue that there is no replacement for Strang, though many may try. My copy has only been around for ~20 years, well worn from when I struggled with the course.
Very sad to see him go. I am fully envious of those who will be in attendance.
Re: Gilbert Strang's final lecture at MIT: May 15, 11:00am
#9Here are 34 lectures for his Linear Algebra course he recorded in 1999:
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-06-linear-algebra-spring-2010...
Re: Gilbert Strang's final lecture at MIT: May 15, 11:00am
#10I took his applied linear algebra course as an undergrad. Such a kind man and so passionate about teaching. Very much "in the know" on modern ML, like LMs, and he found ways to tie the fundamentals to current topics. Always happy to sign a copy of a his books :)
Cheers to his post-Institute era.