Road to Computer Science

Merry Christmas to everyone!  Here i am writing again on this blog. I had a bit of troubles trying to follow my std routine of studying and exams during the last months, and i really need to go back on track and keep my bachelor going, so this lil article is probably one of the most important articles i've ever written on this blog. What exams should i do? My bachelor is strangely odd right now. I've got several uncompleted exams that have to be completed, so i can review them and go on. Right now i've started physics at yale, Programming Languages and Databases at stanford. Those exams are now SCREAMING to be completed, so i must end them What now? Well, those exams are in check (remember that Programming languages in a 3 part course). What i want to study right now is also computer architecture , also done on coursera. For now, at least. February bring me statistic from MITx (and i must do it on time based on the new Edx Schedule), and i've got a lo...

Here i am writing on this blog again. This is a really important post, expecially for me, to keep track of how my bachelor is going on. After completing the second part of the design & analysis course, my mind just got blank, and suddenly i'm not really sure to keep going. " I need a recap. Now " - I thought, so, that's my recap Back to Basics In my previous similar posts, i took my first table/schedule, and looked what i've accomplished, and what i've to do. Right now, i've completed 7 courses (Algorithms (composed of part 1 and 2), Single Variable Calculus, Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, Introduction to CS and a focus on statistic with OOP programming in python, and brief starting in Physics, on Udacity). That's not bad for sure, but i'm really far off to complete my objective. I've also started 3 courses: 1) Physics at Yale, 2) Databases at Stanford and 3) Circuits and Electronics at MIT. Great courses indeed, b...

H ola everyone! It's a me, Filippo! (from Italy as you, obviously, damn mustached plumper) Finally, i've ended another exam, and it was a tough one, the second (and last) part of the Design & Analysis of Algorithm done by Stanford ( here ) Course Overview The course i took is literally the same i previously started on coursera, but with a substantial difference. The OpenEdx platform, compared to the one built by Andrew Ng, was more challenging, leaving only 2 tries for each theory question and 10 trials for the practice programming exercises, which are notoriously hard (mainly due to the size of the input). The second part f the course covert MST (minimum spanning trees), dynamic programming, SSSP and APSP, NP-complete problems and heuristic. The MOOC has also a final exam, which covers all the material previously seen. The course instructor is tim roughgarden, which is a great tutor imo, as altready discussed. The course covers the topics listed above during the...

The internet is full of really interesting courses, but mostly are related to comp science and programming and not many of them are related to biology and life science subjects. Luckily, nptel comes in handy and solves really a lot of problems (at least for me). Many other interesting courses however on edx coursera. As i'm and undergraduate, i'm looking for courses with are somewhat interesting for a graduate, and i'll list'em here! Note: in this article i'm not listing computational neuroscience and/or bioinformatics Nanobiotechnology https://nptel.ac.in/syllabus/118107015/ Bio inorganic chemistry https://nptel.ac.in/syllabus/104105031/ Biocatalizzatori https://nptel.ac.in/syllabus/104105032/ Eucaryotic gene expression https://nptel.ac.in/syllabus/104108056/ Biochemical Engineering https://nptel.ac.in/syllabus/103105054/ Nanotechnology systems https://nptel.ac.in/syllabus/118102003/ Principles of synthetic biology https...

Hi everyone. Long time no see So, guess what, i'm back, and i've got some really spicy updates. First of all, my disease got better. I'm still sick, but now it's manageable Second, i'm still (obviously) studying comp sci, but, due to my gradutation (yep, i'm now an undergratue in biotechnology) i'm a little bit less consistent (i promise i'll be back on track) What to do right now Well, right now, what i wanna keep on going with my bachelor. Many exams are waiting for me (i'm currently studying stanford design and analysis of algorithms, which is a tough course), like differential equations, statistics, software construction and many others. Right now, i think what i wanna study more is differential equations, due to some strong connections to some biological things and models, so it's really interesting to me. Another thing that's really nice is functional programming, mostly for learning really well programming fundamentals Due...

Rieccomi, periodicamente a scrivere su questo blog. Auguri di buone feste ad ogni lettore, italiano e non. Perche' sto scrivendo in italiano? Beh, molto semplice. Perche' ho terminato l'unico altro corso nella mia lingua madre presente nel mio curriculum, ergo multivariable calculus, o per quello non anglofoni, analisi 2 (mi accontento anche delle battutine sul deretano, forse rendono anche meglio l'idea). Il corso, come per quello precedente di analisi 1 e' stato tenuto dal Prof. Massimo Gobbino, dell'universita' di Pisa. E niente , il corso e' uno spettacolo. Come sempre. Premetto che scrivo questa recensione senza aver ancora studiato realmente per l'esame finale, che ovviamente faro', e postero' tempo, foto e correzzioni relative, ergo questa parte verra' in seguito. Andiamo cosi' per punti 1) Le lezioni Come per il precedente corso di analisi, le lezioni tenute dal professor Gobbino (link che puo' essere trovat...