Baidu, Chinese Internet company, hires Stanford artificial intelligence professor Andrew Ng Kylie Jue May 19, 2014 1 Comment On Friday, Chinese Internet company Baidu announced that it had hired Stanford researcher and previous computer science professor Andrew Ng ‘08 as its chief scientist. Ng is also the director of the... Read More »
Federal laws ban Coursera from users in Cuba, Iran and Sudan Kylie Jue March 4, 2014 0 Comments Coursera recently blocked access to users in Cuba, Iran and Sudan in order to comply with federal export regulations prohibiting massive open online course (MOOC) providers from operating in... Read More »
The Revolving Door Keeps Turning: Stanford’s Ties to Silicon Valley Roneil Rumburg February 9, 2014 0 Comments Stanford’s faculty and Silicon Valley are inseparably intertwined. Some have criticized this sort of revolving door between Stanford faculty and technology industry leaders as being detrimental to... Read More »
The rise of Stanford’s startup culture Nitish Kulkarni January 7, 2014 1 Comment The image of Stanford as a place for technological innovation and student-led ventures only recently grew to be pervasive on and off campus. Read More »
Coursera raises $43 million towards further expansion Marshall Watkins July 11, 2013 0 Comments Coursera, the online learning platform founded by Stanford computer science professors Daphne Koller Ph.D. ’94 and Andrew Ng, recently raised $43 million in venture capital funding, as the firm... Read More »
MOOCs face challenges in teaching humanities Cara Reichard June 4, 2013 1 Comment Even as massive open online courses (MOOCs) continue to assume an increasingly prominent role in education, regularly enrolling thousands of students from around the world in classes taught by... Read More »
Students question whether classes are using Coursera effectively Lucy Svoboda February 15, 2013 0 Comments Coursera, an online learning platform developed at Stanford, continues to assume an increasingly influential role in the field of online education, but its usage at Stanford has prompted concerns... Read More »
Five Coursera classes recommended for official college credit Olivia Moore February 6, 2013 0 Comments The American Council of Education (ACE) has recommended that five courses on Coursera, an online learning platform founded by Stanford professors, become eligible for official college credit. Read More »