Notes on the Best Lectures at MIT
This semester I took 18.404 ("Theory of Computation"). It's widely known as being among the best classes at MIT. 18.404 vis-a-vis 1100 other classesProf. Sipser teaches 18.404 in the standard format, with eighty minute lectures on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Perhaps it's because the format is standard that
Aug 12, 2022 · 4 min read Notes on the Best Lectures at MIT This semester I took 18.404 (“Theory of Computation”). It’s widely known as being among the best classes at MIT. 18.404 vis-a-vis 1100 other classes. "Adjusted ratings" means that ratings are adjusted to give more weight to large classes with high ratings; this reflects the intuition that 30 ratings averaging 6.9 gives more signal than one rating averaging 7.0. Prof. Sipser teaches 18.404 in the standard format, with eighty minute lectures on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Perhaps it’s because the format is standard that the rating is
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