Stanford – Insight Sciences

Stanford professors create startup to expand high quality university education online

April 19, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy, Systems Science

English: Apple's headquarters at Infinite Loop... — English: Apple’s headquarters at Infinite Loop in Cupertino, California, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Stanford professor whose online computer science course went viral is now at it again..

From Silicon Valley, A New Approach To Education : All Tech Considered : NPR.

Stanford University Students Launch Sites By Hand, A Social Business for Global Development of Personal Websites and Effective Web Solutions (prweb.com)
Menlo Ventures’ Pishevar and Goldman’s Stanford to Found Sherpa, a Startup Aimed at Making New Startups (allthingsd.com)
Coursera Wins “Best New Startup Of 2012?, Get Schooled (techcrunch.com)
Startups fighting unemployment: Work for America (mobileworks.com)
Here’s The Coolest New Startup From The Kids At Stanford (businessinsider.com)
The Rise of the Heartland (blogs.wsj.com)
Rackspace Startup Program Spotlight On WiFiSLAM: Indoor Positioning On Your Smartphone (building43.com)

Stanford artificial intelligence e-learning course draws four times the entire student body

August 22, 2011 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Knowledge Management

There is currently no consensus on how closely... — There is currently no consensus on how closely the brain should be simulated. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Inspired by Khan Academy a new Stanford e-learning course on AI has triggered a huge volume of interest (4 times the size of the entire student body!)

Stanford Artificial Intelligence course draws avalanche of sign-ups.

Artificial Intelligence (unrealengine.com)
Using Artificial Intelligence (And A Little Scolding) To Reduce Energy Use (fastcoexist.com)
Artificial intelligence (cyberleague.wordpress.com)
Random and Inconclusive Thoughts on What It Means to Be Human (mraybould.wordpress.com)
Artificial Intelligence Goes Mobile to Create Context-Aware Business Users’ Assistants by ClickSoftware (sys-con.com)