Free Computer Science courses online

Date: 2009-06-30 | Modified: 2009-07-08 | Tags: algorithms, preferences | 2 Comments

I found out there is a video lecture series to go along with my new book The Algorithm Design Manual. The audio level is really low, but I think it will complement my book reading nicely. There are also lecture notes and homework assignments. It also turns out MIT has a huge collection of free courses online. Not all of them have video though. I listed some interesting Computer Science related courses with video below. After more searching, I found UC Berkeley also has a number of free courses online, including four Computer Science courses with video. The final source I found was ArsDigita University. They have a good number of Computer Science video lectures as well, but I had a hard time connecting. Let me know if I am missing other good sources.

Update 2009-7-8: I've updated the list to include Stanford's online courses. They have 3 Introduction to Computer Science courses with video lectures and 3 Artificial Intelligence courses with video lectures.

Stony Brook University Courses

CSE 373 Analysis of Algorithms
Professor: Steven Skiena
Textbook: The Algorithm Design Manual
When: 2007
Primary Language used: C
Video: 26 lectures
Slides: 26 PDF documents
Syllabus: PDF

MIT Courses

6.046J / 18.410J Introduction to Algorithms
Professor: Charles Leiserson with Erik Demaine
Textbook: Introduction to Algorithms
When: Fall 2005
Video: 23 lectures
Lecture Notes: 23 PDF files
Syllabus: Web page
6.189 Multicore Programming Primer
Instructor: Saman Amarasinghe
When: January 2007
Video: 18 lectures
Lecture Notes: 18 PDF files
Syllabus: Web page
6.033 Computer System Engineering
Professors: Hari Balakrishnan and Samuel Madden
Textbook: The Mythical Man-Month among others
When: Spring 2005
Video: 22 lectures
Lecture notes: 22 PDF files
Syllabus: Web page
6.035 Computer Language Engineering (SMA 5502)
Professors: Saman Amarasinghe and Martin Rinard
Textbooks: Optional choices
When: Fall 2005
Primary language used: Java
Video: 7 lectures + 1 Recitation
Lecture Notes: 18 PDF files
Syllabus: Web page
6.001 Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Instructors: Hal Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman
Textbook: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
When: Video is from July 1986
Primary language used: Lisp (Scheme)
Video: 20 lectures
Lecture notes: 30 PDF files
Syllabus: Web page

UC Berkeley Courses

CS 162 Operating Systems and System Programming (Fall 2008)
CS 61A The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (Fall 2008)
CS 61B DATA STRUCTURES (Fall 2008)
CS 61CL Machine Structures (Fall 2008)

Stanford Courses

2 Comments

#1 Nathan commented on 2009-09-06:

Just thought I'd drop you a note, BY FAR the best video lectures site on the net is http://videolectures.net/, their lectures for algorithms, data structures, machine learning and other advanced CS topics is unmatched. In machine learning particularly, they have lectures and workshops from ALL the top people in the field.

Best of luck with your self education!

Nathan

#2 Eliot commented on 2009-10-05:

Nathan, Thanks for the feedback. http://videolectures.net seems to be a very comprehensive site. I will have to explore this further in the future.


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