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Re:Donald Knuth: Algorithms, Complexity, Life, and the Art o... by andreyk on Monday January 06, 2020 @04:30PM (#21973553)
Just a correction, he is not a professor - he is a research scientists who sometimes puts together and lectures in short classes (MIT has this weird 1 month quarter thing that has a bunch of optional classes). Or so it was when I last checked.
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Re:Donald Knuth: Algorithms, Complexity, Life, and the Art o... by ghaff on Monday January 06, 2020 @05:22PM (#21974118)
Pretty much. IAP (Independent Activities Period). He's doing a Deep Learning series this month.
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