Natural language processing (NLP) is one of the most important technologies of the information age. Understanding complex language utterances is also a crucial part of artificial intelligence. Applications of NLP are everywhere because people communicate most everything in language: web search, advertisement...

Computer Vision has become ubiquitous in our society, with applications in search, image understanding, apps, mapping, medicine, drones, and self-driving cars. Core to many of these applications are visual recognition tasks such as image classification, localization and detection. Recent developments...

Provides a firm grounding in the foundations of probability and statistics, the course focuses on real examples from the medical literature and popular press. Overview About This Course This course aims to provide a firm grounding in the foundations of probability and statistics. Specific topics include...

Overview About This Course This course provides an overview of women's health and human rights, beginning in infancy and childhood, then moving through adolescence, reproductive years and aging. We consider economic, social, political and human rights factors, and the challenges women face in maintaining...

Discover the amazing adaptability of the human body to environmental stressors. Watch and learn as we put our bodies through extreme cold, heat, stress, age, altitude, and pressure! Overview About The Class Class under construction. Registration will resume in February 2015! Welcome to the class! We...

Overview About The Class Welcome to the class! We are excited that you want to explore your body's place in the world. Your body is an amazing machine that is equipped with the capacity to deal with the world's great stressors. This course may be different from other courses you may have taken online...

Tensorflow is a powerful open-source software library for machine learning developed by researchers at Google Brain. It has many pre-built functions to ease the task of building different neural networks. Tensorflow allows distribution of computation across different computers, as well as multiple CPUs...

Learn about Databases, one of the most prevalent technologies underlying internet and computing applications today. Overview About This Course "Introduction to Databases" was one of Stanford's inaugural three massive open online courses in the fall of 2011 and was offered again in early 2013. January...

Overview About This Course This course aims to provide a firm grounding in the foundations of probability and statistics. Specific topics include: 1. Describing data (types of data, data visualization, descriptive statistics) 2. Statistical inference (probability, probability distributions, sampling...

An introduction to the study of first-order logic and deductive reasoning, with attention to the relationships between formal and informal reasoning. ($10 Materials Fee) Overview Materials fee Completion of this course requires purchase of the Language, Proof and Logic courseware package (including the...

Overview Welcome to Palliative Care Always! We are excited to have you join our community of participants interested in improving quality of life for patients and families experiencing serious illness. About This Course Palliative care can help ease suffering and improve wellbeing in people living with...

An introductory computer networking course focusing on how the Internet works and the principles of designing networks and network protocols. Overview About This Course This is an introductory course on computer networking, specifically the Internet. It focuses on explaining how the Internet works, ranging...

Overview About This Course This course is not currently running, but you are welcome to explore the materials. We plan on having a self-paced version of the course up shortly, in which you will be able to earn a Statement of Accomplishment. I have been living at the nuclear brink for all of my adult...

This interdisciplinary course addresses a wide range of geomechanical problems that arise during the development of oil and gas reservoirs. Overview Please Note: This is an archived course. You are no longer able to submit assignments for a grade or receive a Statement of Accomplishment for this version...

Have you ever wondered what are the chips and components inside your smartphone? how much they cost ? And how they are manufactured? Take this course to learn that and much more Overview About This Course We are all too familiar with our iPhones, iPads, and other smartphones and tablets that we use every...

Overview About This Course This 9 week course aims to teach quantum mechanics to anyone with a reasonable college-level understanding of physical science or engineering. Quantum mechanics was once mostly of interest to physicists, chemists and other basic scientists. Now the concepts and techniques...

Natural language processing (NLP) is one of the most important technologies of the information age. Understanding complex language utterances is also a crucial part of artificial intelligence. Applications of NLP are everywhere because people communicate most everything in language: web search, advertisement...

Overview PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived course. This course is provided as a resource which you are welcome to access as you see fit, but it is not possible to earn a Statement of Accomplishment at this time. If you would like to earn a Statement of Accomplishment, a newer offering may be provided...

Overview Please select one of the BioLab course sessions below. Interactive Microbiology and Foundations of Scientific Practice Homepage Welcome to the Stanford Online Mini Course Interactive Microbiology and Foundations of Scientific Practice. In this course you will learn about some fascinating phenomena...

Overview About This Course This course teaches scientists to become more effective writers, using practical examples and exercises. Topics include: principles of good writing, tricks for writing faster and with less anxiety, the format of a scientific manuscript, and issues in publication and peer review...