Udacity: first 2 courses
Udacity announced 2 courses that will be led by Sebastian Thrun and David Evans:
CS 101: Building a search engine
CS 373: Programming a robotic vehicle
Description: In seven weeks, you will build your own search engine with a spider and page ranking. Learn key concepts in computer science and learn how to write your own programs. No previous programming experience is required.
Week 1: Where to start? Your first program. Extract links.
Week 2: Search for all links on the page.
Week 3: How to manage data. Scan the web.
Week 4: How to solve problems. The answer to the search query.
Week 5: How the program works. Acceleration of the program.
Week 6: Ranking search results.
Week 7: What to do next. The final exam.
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Description: This course is taught by one of the leading experts in the field of artificial intelligence. He will teach you the basic techniques used in artificial intelligence, including probabilistic inference, computer vision, machine learning, and planning. Everything is focused on applications in robotics. Code examples and tasks will help you understand how to apply these methods in the context of creating a self-driving car. You will have the opportunity to visit (via video) leading research laboratories in this area and meet with scientists and engineers who are developing self-driving cars at Stanford and Google.
Week 1: Basics of probability theory. Localization of the car using the "particle filters" algorithm.
Week 2: Gaussian function and continuous probability distribution. Track other cars using Kalman filters.
Week 3: Image processing and machine learning. Search for objects through data from sensors.
Week 4: Planning and Search. Determining the path using A *. Finding the best route using dynamic programming.
Week 5: Controls. Steering and speed control with PID.
Week 6: Putting it all together and programming a self-driving car.
Week 7: Final Exam.
Both courses start on February 20th.
CS 101: Building a search engine
CS 373: Programming a robotic vehicle
CS 101: BUILD A SEARCH ENGINE
“Learn programming in seven weeks. We will give you enough knowledge to build your own search engine like Google or Yahoo!
Description: In seven weeks, you will build your own search engine with a spider and page ranking. Learn key concepts in computer science and learn how to write your own programs. No previous programming experience is required.
Week 1: Where to start? Your first program. Extract links.
Week 2: Search for all links on the page.
Week 3: How to manage data. Scan the web.
Week 4: How to solve problems. The answer to the search query.
Week 5: How the program works. Acceleration of the program.
Week 6: Ranking search results.
Week 7: What to do next. The final exam.
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CS 373: PROGRAM A ROBOTED CAR
“In seven weeks, you’ll learn how to program all of the major robotic car systems from leading developers of Google and Stanford self-driving cars.”
Description: This course is taught by one of the leading experts in the field of artificial intelligence. He will teach you the basic techniques used in artificial intelligence, including probabilistic inference, computer vision, machine learning, and planning. Everything is focused on applications in robotics. Code examples and tasks will help you understand how to apply these methods in the context of creating a self-driving car. You will have the opportunity to visit (via video) leading research laboratories in this area and meet with scientists and engineers who are developing self-driving cars at Stanford and Google.
Week 1: Basics of probability theory. Localization of the car using the "particle filters" algorithm.
Week 2: Gaussian function and continuous probability distribution. Track other cars using Kalman filters.
Week 3: Image processing and machine learning. Search for objects through data from sensors.
Week 4: Planning and Search. Determining the path using A *. Finding the best route using dynamic programming.
Week 5: Controls. Steering and speed control with PID.
Week 6: Putting it all together and programming a self-driving car.
Week 7: Final Exam.
Both courses start on February 20th.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/136862/
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