Notably, these are all winter courses, taught over the course of three weeks in January. They don't have the formality and institutional support of a semester-

Notably, these are all winter courses, taught over the course of three weeks in January. They don't have the formality and institutional support of a semester-long course. Often they are taught by students. MIT has a ton of people working in this area, and I'm not sure this particular group of people is representative.