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    Micro/Nano Engineering Laboratory

    Micro/Nano Engineering Laboratory

    This course encourages creative thinking through hands-on experience via building, observing and manipulating micro-and nano-scale structures. Students learn about underlying science and engineering principles and possible applications.

    Subjects:
    Mechanical Engineering
    Keywords:
    Microtechnology Nanotechnology
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
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    Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python

    Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python

    6.0001 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python is intended for students with little or no programming experience. It aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems and to help students, regardless of their major, feel justifiably confident of their ability to write small programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals. The class uses the Python 3.5 programming language.

    Subjects:
    Computing
    Keywords:
    Computer programming Computer science Python (Computer program language)
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
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    Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science

    Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science

    6.0002 is the continuation of 6.0001 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python and is intended for students with little or no programming experience. It aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems and to help students, regardless of their major, feel justifiably confident of their ability to write small programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals. The class uses the Python 3.5 programming language.

    Subjects:
    Computing
    Keywords:
    Computer programming Computer science Python (Computer program language)
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
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    Software Construction

    Software Construction

    6.005 Software Construction introduces fundamental principles and techniques of software development, i.e., how to write software that is safe from bugs, easy to understand, and ready for change. The course includes problem sets and a final project. Important topics include specifications and invariants; testing; abstract data types; design patterns for object-oriented programming; concurrent programming and concurrency; and functional programming.

    Subjects:
    Computing
    Keywords:
    Computer programming Computer software -- Development
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
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    Information Theory

    Information Theory

    This is a graduate-level introduction to mathematics of information theory. We will cover both classical and modern topics, including information entropy, lossless data compression, binary hypothesis testing, channel coding, and lossy data compression.

    Subjects:
    Computing and Mathematics and Statistics
    Keywords:
    Information theory Information theory in mathematics
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
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    System Safety

    System Safety

    This course covers important concepts and techniques in designing and operating safety-critical systems. Topics include the nature of risk, formal accident and human error models, causes of accidents, fundamental concepts of system safety engineering, system and software hazard analysis, designing for safety, fault tolerance, safety issues in the design of human-machine interaction, verification of safety, creating a safety culture, and management of safety-critical projects. Includes a class project involving the high-level system design and analysis of a safety-critical system.

    Keywords:
    System safety Industrial safety
    Resource Type:
    Courseware