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Post by skadamat » Sun, Dec 28, 2014, 9:03 PM UTC

Might be cool to add some of the programming / math-y resources from -- datasciencemasters.org -- as well!

Re: List of Computer Science Courses

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Post by dhawalhs » Sun, Dec 28, 2014, 9:16 PM UTC

There is a bunch of free CS courses starting in the next two weeks. You can find them here: https://www.class-central.com/subject/cs

Disclaimer: I built Class Central

Re: List of Computer Science Courses

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Post by Ar-Curunir » Sun, Dec 28, 2014, 9:45 PM UTC

krat0sprakhar wrote: post #6

This list is sorely missing some introductory mathematics courses required to build a foundation in CS (e.g Discrete Maths). If there are any course suggestions that anyone has, I'll gladly add those to the list.

CS70 at Berkeley is always a good bet, the notes available online are fantastic.

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Post by Ar-Curunir » Sun, Dec 28, 2014, 9:46 PM UTC

As always there is a complete lack of theoretical CS courses.

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Post by guelo » Sun, Dec 28, 2014, 9:50 PM UTC

Ar-Curunir wrote: post #14

As always there is a complete lack of theoretical CS courses.

The whole Algorithms section is theoretical CS.

Re: List of Computer Science Courses

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Post by Ar-Curunir » Sun, Dec 28, 2014, 10:04 PM UTC

guelo wrote: post #15

Ar-Curunir wrote: post #14

As always there is a complete lack of theoretical CS courses.

The whole Algorithms section is theoretical CS.

There's a lot more to TCS than algorithms.

Furthermore, the most theoretical course there is the Princeton one. The rest all focus more on using algorithms to do things than on theory.

Re: List of Computer Science Courses

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Post by alok-g » Sun, Dec 28, 2014, 10:22 PM UTC

dhawalhs wrote: post #12

There is a bunch of free CS courses starting in the next two weeks. You can find them here: https://www.class-central.com/subject/cs Disclaimer: I built Class Central

Thanks a bunch for making Class-Central. I have used it quite a bit and have told others about it. (Over the time I discovered that the type of courses that suits me the best reside mainly on Coursera, so the utility for me personally shrunk.)

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Post by Balgair » Sun, Dec 28, 2014, 10:36 PM UTC

Semi-related question: Anyone know of any good courses online that are intro to molecular and cellular biology related? Thanks, my grad school grades aren't the best and I think it's my lack of bio foundation that's hurting.

Re: List of Computer Science Courses

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Post by hackerboos » Sun, Dec 28, 2014, 10:58 PM UTC

wallflower wrote: post #8

krat0sprakhar wrote: post #6

This list is sorely missing some introductory mathematics courses required to build a foundation in CS (e.g Discrete Maths). If there are any course suggestions that anyone has, I'll gladly add those to the list.

This isn't a course but this book has been consistently word-of-mouth recommended as a comprehensive survey of undergraduate mathematics. http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Content-Methods-Meaning-Do...

I bought this on recommendation from HN.

I'd also recommend - Engineering Mathematics by KA Stroud. All three volumes are fantastic.

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Post by mdasen » Sun, Dec 28, 2014, 11:12 PM UTC

I've been looking for a databases course focusing on the systems side of things (concurrency control, query planning, disk, etc.), but it seems like it's too niche. If anyone knows of one, I'd be really happy to hear about it.