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Re:Introduction to Algorithms (2020) by debanjan16 on Saturday September 17, 2022 @04:48AM (#32875889)
What courses did you use from CMU and which major?
Re:Introduction to Algorithms (2020) by oxff on Saturday September 17, 2022 @04:57AM (#32875950)
I basically followed this: http://coursecatalog.web.cmu.edu/schools-colleges/schoolofco...

- but "took" more courses than necessary for my self-learning (I think I read through all of Logic / Language courses, insanely fascinating topic).

- I would not recommend a self-learner to follow it rigorously. Like if you are a working programmer, look for material that will help you at your work. Idea is to apply the knowledge.

- Some courses have assignments shared so that's great if you have the time check them out too. Definitely great for their database courses.

Re:Introduction to Algorithms (2020) by debanjan16 on Saturday September 17, 2022 @08:24AM (#32876948)
CMU courses doesn't have videos, atleast for most of the core courses. Was that a hurdle to your learning?
Re:Introduction to Algorithms (2020) by oxff on Saturday September 17, 2022 @08:52AM (#32877126)
No, because I dislike videos as a source of information. They usually have absolute top tier lecture notes freely available. Like the Constructive Logic course.
Re:Introduction to Algorithms (2020) by debanjan16 on Saturday September 17, 2022 @09:59AM (#32877589)
Yes, even for their intro course 15-122 the course notes are excellent.
Re:Introduction to Algorithms (2020) by georgecmu on Saturday September 17, 2022 @11:56AM (#32878526)
Here's a comment I left on a different thread a few months ago, which you may find useful if you're looking for CS contents:

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There are a lot of book recommendations, but I would not focus on books if I wanted to get the equivalent of a solid CS education. Instead I would work through university lecture slides, assignments, and exams -- basically fast forward through a CS undergrad leveraging what you already know. I'm partial to CMU's CS syllabus for obvious reasons, but I find that it's also one of the most open and available resources on the web; i.e. not locked in on an intranet, etc.

With pre-existing background in software development the basic syllabus is more than doable in a 3-4 months. There are two sequences below: programming and theoretical fundamentals; you can do them in parallel.

Programming:

15-211: Introduction to Data Structures. Used to be in C++; now looks like it's in Java. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjs/121/lectures.html

15-212: Principles of Programming. Still in ML. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~me/212/schedule.html | https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~fp/courses/96-212/ (unlocked assignment pages)

15-213: Intro to Computer Systems. I hesitate to recommend this; 90% of the value in this course is in the labs and assignments, so it's difficult to do on one's own, but I would at least go through the slides and try to work through exams. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~213/schedule.html

Theoretical:

15-251: Great Ideas in Theoretical Computer Science. Used to be Discrete Math with a heavy CS lean; it may have evolved. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~15251/schedule.html

15-451: Algorithms. Here's a decade worth of lectures, exams and assignments - take your pick: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~15451/ The 2013 course looks pretty complete: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/academic/class/15451-f...

Next steps:

Since you are interested in VR, etc, you should probably look into the Computer Graphics courses. Note that the undergrad and grad courses are combined; the only difference is the expectations:

15-462: Computer Graphics http://15462.courses.cs.cmu.edu/fall2020/ Exam problems and solutions are gold: http://15462.courses.cs.cmu.edu/fall2020content/exams/finals...

15-463: Computational Photography http://graphics.cs.cmu.edu/courses/15-463/

15-464: Technical Animation http://graphics.cs.cmu.edu/nsp/course/15464-s21/www/syllabus... http://graphics.cs.cmu.edu/nsp/course/15464-s21/www/assignme...

Hope this helps. Good luck!