A Stanford-quality Masters in Computer Science online for $2000

By Vasudev Ram - dancingbison.com | @vasudevram | jugad2.blogspot.com

Just saw this tweet by Dr. Sebastian Thrun ( http://twitter.com/#!/SebastianThrun ):

"Who here would love to get a CS Master's degree online, if it is of Stanford quality and only costs $2000 in tuition? Please reply."

Link to the tweet, in original form (not shortened):

http://twitter.com/#!/SebastianThrun/status/112397835370115072

Looks like he may be planning to organize and offer such a course if there is enough interest. The online AI Class (
http://www.ai-class.com ) to be taught by him and Peter Norvig (this fall / autumn), and which will also be based on the same content as taught to that class at Stanford, has gotten a huge number of signups - over 50 or 70 thousand or maybe even over a 100 thousand by now - I saw reports earlier of 50K (sure) and 70K (IIRC), but that was some days ago and I did not track it after that.

So reply to that tweet of his if you are interested - the more people indicate interest, the more likely that the course will happen.

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- Vasudev Ram @ Dancing Bison

Free Stanford Online AI Class - Official Registration is open

By Vasudev Ram - dancingbison.com | @vasudevram | jugad2.blogspot.com

I had blogged earlier about the Free Online Stanford AI Class to be taught this fall (autumn) by Peter Norvig and Sebastian Thrun.

This may be the largest class in the world.

I just saw on Hacker News that the official registration for the course is now open.

Note: According to the FAQ ( see http://www.ai-class.com/registration/faq ), it is not enough that you signed up earlier with your name and email address - the earlier signup was only to show that you were interested. You still have to go through the official registration at this page:

https://www.ai-class.com/registration

Also see current Hacker News thread about this news:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2941185

There is also a Twitter account for the AI class: @aiclass

There is also a subreddit for the AI class:

http://www.reddit.com/r/aiclass

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Free Stanford online AI class by Peter Norvig and Sebastian Thrun

By Vasudev Ram - dancingbison.com | @vasudevram | jugad2.blogspot.com

Seen on Hacker News - http://news.ycombinator.com

Stanford University - http://stanford.edu - is going to offer a free online course on AI (Artificial Intelligence), taught by Peter Norvig and Sebastian Thrun. You can read more details about the course offering, the instructors,
and sign up for it, all at: http://www.ai-class.com/

Excerpts:

[ The class runs from Sept 26 through Dec 16, 2011. While this class is being offered online, it is also taught at Stanford University, where it continues to be a popular intro-level class on AI. For the online version, the instructors aim to offer identical materials, assignments, and exams, and to use the same grading criteria. ]

[ Peter Norvig is Director of Research at Google Inc. He is also a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence and the Association for Computing Machinery. Norvig co-authored Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, which is the world's most popular text book on Artificial Intelligence. ]

[ Sebastian Thrun is a Research Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, a Google Fellow, a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the German Academy of Sciences. Thrun is best known for his research in robotics and machine learning. ]

- Vasudev Ram @ Dancing Bison