It was BariJo who told me about "Coursera". Having had extensive programming exposure in the past still found the concepts and algorithms behind Stamford U's "Machine Learning" to be quite challenging yet presented in a very thorough manner!
They were using "Octave" (Matlab), a high powered GUI that solves "equations with linear algebra operations on vectors and matrices." Best part? Can "audit" full class for free and/or sign up for "Certificate Credit" anytime!
Did you know -> nobody has ever been able to "hand code" "voice recognition" until they figured out a way to get computers to do it by itself, totally unassisted? Professor Andrew Ng is writing his own book and students are able to pre-view chapters via download . . .
Quote from: Because we need more "AI is the new electricity" puns:
Q: What mantra should an AI researcher repeat when meditating?
A: OHM
More chapters on Bias/Variance coming soon!