Free Stanford Online Courses: Databases, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning
I am becoming convinced day by day that Stanford is the greatest institution of higher education in the world. Rarely do I hear anything negative about the school and often do I hear things that are very positive. I am thoroughly impressed with their apparent to educate the world.
What spurns this sudden gushing of praise for the Cardinal? Well, let us put into perspective why I am in the position to appreciate them. I recently decided to suspend my studies (as well as transfer from BYU to Utah) to assume a full-time job and finish my degree via night classes. I was hired this week by Deseret Digital Media Group to do web development, specifically on ksl.com and the classifieds. As such, I am taking a semester off to gauge how much additional I can load with work and school.
With that to qualify it, I am slightly saddened to not immediately continue my education. Step in Stanford and their wondrous free education program. Stanford CS last semester offered a free class, Intro to AI. As of this semester, they will be adding two more free classes, Machine Learning and Intro to Databases. I just finished signing up for Intro to Databases. Though I am decently versed in the practical applications of databases, my theory is not entirely solid. As such, an exercise in it from a university should be entirely applicable to me, especially in my new line of work as a LAMP developer.
I implore you to sign up and partecipate in their courses. Such participation will encourage not only further CS classes but perhaps even other materials. Thank you Stanford!
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence