Computer Trainer

Stanford School of Engineering started their Stanford Engineering Everywhere program which provides full computer science courses on a newly created website. This is not only useful to computer trainers but everyone who is interested in computer science in general.

The available courses are divided into three categories which are Introduction to Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Linear Systems and Optimization. Of those courses the Computer Science courses are aimed at beginners while the other two categories provide access to advanced courses.

Courses are made up of an introduction, the actual lessons, handouts, assignments, exams and software. The actual lessons are available as videos which can be watched online and as html / pdf transcripts that can be downloaded to the computer.

The video lessons require Microsoft Silverlight which has to be installed to be able to view them. Below is the list of available courses:

Introduction to Computer Science

• Programming Methodology CS106A
• Programming Abstractions CS106B
• Programming Paradigms CS107

Artificial Intelligence

• Introduction to Robotics CS223A
• Natural Language Processing CS224N
• Machine Learning CS229

Linear Systems and Optimization

• The Fourier Transform and its Applications EE261
• Introduction to Linear Dynamical Systems EE263
• Convex Optimization I EE364A
• Convex Optimization II EE364B

The lessons can also be viewed at Youtube, iTunes, Vyew or downloaded as wmv or mp4 torrents. There is unfortunately no complete package download of all the lessons and pdf documents. The mp4 torrents have a size of about 650 to 700 Megabytes while the wmv torrents a size of roughly 150 Megabytes.