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Detailed review of MIT's OCW course "Introduction to Algorithms", Part I: Analysis of Algorithms and Asymptotic Notation

71 points by pkrumins 18y ago

comatose_kid 18y ago
Very nice, especially the idea to share your lecture notes. The best way to really learn a subject is to teach others...
sri 18y ago
there is lots of content (mit open courseware, lectures from many universities in iTunes, free books being released online) available for self-learners. is there a "virtual university/classroom" website that helps different people to study together? something simple & free -- like craigslist.
- corecirculator 18y ago
  if it doesn't exist already, its a good idea for a startup.
- jauco 18y ago
  http://www.lecturefox.com/ http://www.lecturefox.com/
michael_dorfman 18y ago
I've watched this course online, and it's a great one. A few random comments: * It is a good idea to download the course materials from http://ocw.mit.edu/ans15436/ZipForEndUsers/6/6-046JFall-2005/6-046JFall-2005.zip http://ocw.mit.edu/ans15436/ZipForEndUsers/6/6-046JFall-2005... * The video lectures can be downloaded if you hack the URLs a bit. Full instructions at: http://amazingstuffs.blogspot.com/2007/10/download-data-structures-video.html http://amazingstuffs.blogspot.com/2007/10/download-data-stru..., but it doesn't bode well if you can't figure it out for yourself * The math gets significantly less heavy after the first few lectures. If you get lost, plow ahead and revisit the first few lectures after you've gotten further. * Erik Demaine rocks. He went straight to the top of my list of "computer scientists I'd like to have a beer with sometime..." * I found the discussions of Red-Black Trees and the graph theory "trilogy" to be especially enjoyable, but that could just be me.
- deleted 18y ago
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- mamama 18y ago
  However, Charles Leiserson is a pedantic douche.
- pchristensen 18y ago
  For anyone else interested in downloading MIT lectures, I wrote a way to do it without using realplayer. http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/ripping-and-encoding-streaming-rm-or-how-i-defeated-realplayer/ http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/ripping-and-encodi...
  - sammyo 18y ago
    Just download the files direct: http://mit-ocw-thai.eng.chula.ac.th/OcwWeb/Global/OCWHelp/help.htm#26 http://mit-ocw-thai.eng.chula.ac.th/OcwWeb/Global/OCWHelp/he...
    - pchristensen 18y ago
      That still leaves you with a .rm file. Also, my method works on .rm streams that don't offer you a download option like MIT does.
lpgauth 18y ago
I watched these for one of my classes but I sould of just bought the book instead.
j2d2 18y ago
I'd like to hear more about the projects this guy works on. I recall he wrote a command line tool for navigating HN.
aswanson 18y ago
Great quote from his blog: "There are only two industries in which customers are called 'users' ".

71 points by pkrumins 18y ago

comatose_kid 18y ago

Very nice, especially the idea to share your lecture notes. The best way to really learn a subject is to teach others...

sri 18y ago

there is lots of content (mit open courseware, lectures from many universities in iTunes, free books being released online) available for self-learners. is there a "virtual university/classroom" website that helps different people to study together? something simple & free -- like craigslist.

corecirculator 18y ago
if it doesn't exist already, its a good idea for a startup.
jauco 18y ago
http://www.lecturefox.com/ http://www.lecturefox.com/

michael_dorfman 18y ago

I've watched this course online, and it's a great one. A few random comments: * It is a good idea to download the course materials from http://ocw.mit.edu/ans15436/ZipForEndUsers/6/6-046JFall-2005/6-046JFall-2005.zip http://ocw.mit.edu/ans15436/ZipForEndUsers/6/6-046JFall-2005... * The video lectures can be downloaded if you hack the URLs a bit. Full instructions at: http://amazingstuffs.blogspot.com/2007/10/download-data-structures-video.html http://amazingstuffs.blogspot.com/2007/10/download-data-stru..., but it doesn't bode well if you can't figure it out for yourself * The math gets significantly less heavy after the first few lectures. If you get lost, plow ahead and revisit the first few lectures after you've gotten further. * Erik Demaine rocks. He went straight to the top of my list of "computer scientists I'd like to have a beer with sometime..." * I found the discussions of Red-Black Trees and the graph theory "trilogy" to be especially enjoyable, but that could just be me.

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mamama 18y ago
However, Charles Leiserson is a pedantic douche.
pchristensen 18y ago
For anyone else interested in downloading MIT lectures, I wrote a way to do it without using realplayer. http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/ripping-and-encoding-streaming-rm-or-how-i-defeated-realplayer/ http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/ripping-and-encodi...
- sammyo 18y ago
  Just download the files direct: http://mit-ocw-thai.eng.chula.ac.th/OcwWeb/Global/OCWHelp/help.htm#26 http://mit-ocw-thai.eng.chula.ac.th/OcwWeb/Global/OCWHelp/he...
  - pchristensen 18y ago
    That still leaves you with a .rm file. Also, my method works on .rm streams that don't offer you a download option like MIT does.

lpgauth 18y ago

I watched these for one of my classes but I sould of just bought the book instead.

j2d2 18y ago

I'd like to hear more about the projects this guy works on. I recall he wrote a command line tool for navigating HN.

aswanson 18y ago

Great quote from his blog: "There are only two industries in which customers are called 'users' ".