Sam Danielson

This is awesome: aduni.org

There are twelve courses complete with video lectures, handouts, problems, and exams. So far I’ve had time to view the first six lectures in Theory of Computation covering regular grammars, finite state machines, context-free grammars, pushdown machines, Chomsky Normal Form, and a whole bunch of things I’ve forgotten. I can’t yet wield lex or yacc like a pro but understanding some of the rigor behind scanning and parsing really opens the door to some neat things. Other courses cover discrete math, probability, networks, algorithms, memory, pipelining, object orientation, web programming, artificial intelligence, and of course the “Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs”.

Shai Simonson is an excellent lecturer. In a way it’s like watching Jeopardy but instead of trying to guess the correct answer-question, I try to guess what Shai will write next on the blackboard. I’m sure the other courses are just as interesting but I’ve only skimmed their contents as of yet. The materials are licensed under Creative Commons.