course-nlp VS missing-semester

fast.ai also has an NLP course.

fastai already has a course that covers traditional nlp as well

My question: How do you think high-quality online resources such as https://missing.csail.mit.edu/, https://fullstackopen.com/en/, http://allendowney.github.io/ThinkBayes2/, https://www.fast.ai/2019/07/08/fastai-nlp/ compare to the online education from OMSCS? Do any of my reasons above ring false for you?

8 - Code-First Introduction to Natural Language Processing - fast.ai

fast.ai are doing the best work democratizing AI (machine learning and neural networks), including natural language

Can't recommend the course enough and it's incredible that such a quality resource is available for essentially zero cost

https://github.com/fastai/course-nlp

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtmWHNX-gukKocXQOkQju...

fastai nlp course

[1] Chapter on LSI from Introduction to Information Retrieval [2] A Code-First Approach to Natural Language Processing by fast.ai [3] Computational Linear Algebra by fast.ai [4] https://www.cc.gatech.edu/~hpark/papers/nmf_book_chapter.pdf

NLP

The missing semester of your cs education

https://missing.csail.mit.edu/

You mentioned having issues with accessory concepts so perhaps this might help: https://missing.csail.mit.edu/. There's also a chapter on git

https://missing.csail.mit.edu/ is a good way to pass the Dec-Jan break if you want to prep for CS2030S + some more general stuff.

Reflecting a little bit more I don't think it was replit's fault, per-say. But that change should have been made together with a larger adjustment to the program. Like adding a class/unit in the style of [the missing semester](https://missing.csail.mit.edu/) to make sure people came away with a good range of intuitions.

From MJD's post: I think CS curricula should have a class that focuses specifically on these issues, on the matter of how do you actually write software?

But they never do.

FWIW, MIT's "The Missing Semester of Your CS Education" attempts to deal with this lack, though, even there, it's an unofficial course taught between terms, during MIT's IAP -- Independent Activities Period[1] -- and not an actual CS course.

[0] https://missing.csail.mit.edu/

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditions_and_student_activit...

Link to the "missing semester of your CS degree" course by MIT.

Rightly called The Missing Semester (of Your CS Education), this class from MIT will teach you how to use some of the tools that are fundamental to the software engineering ecosystem. From shell scripting to the fundamentals of information security—spanning around 12 lectures—you can add a bunch of practical skills to your toolbox.