If you want to learn about this stuff but need a more gentler introduction, check out Robert van de Geijn's MOOC at http://www.ulaff.net http://www.ulaff.net (i

If you want to learn about this stuff but need a more gentler introduction, check out Robert van de Geijn's MOOC at http://www.ulaff.net http://www.ulaff.net (if there is currently no session, just download the lecture notes and use those, they have lecture videos embedded).