English Courses

Hydroelectric Power: Systems, Operations, and Environmental Impacts

Explore the mechanics, history, and environmental impacts of hydropower systems through a comprehensive examination of energy transformation, facility operations, and sustainability challenges.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Modeling Humans for Humanoid Robots - A Two-Level Learning Framework

Explore a groundbreaking framework for humanoid robots that combines vision-language-action models and low-level control skills to achieve human-like mobility and manipulation capabilities across diverse tasks.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Solar Energy: Technology, Growth Trends, and Environmental Impact

Discover the fundamentals of solar photovoltaic technology, from basic principles to economic implications, exploring growth trends, environmental impacts, and latest industry developments.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) - How It Works, Risks, and Global Developments

Explore carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, including direct air capture, potential risks, and global projects in this comprehensive lecture by Stanford professor Lynn Orr.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Oil 10 Minute Take - Significance, Markets, and Environmental Impacts

Explore oil's significance, markets, characteristics, transportation, refining, and environmental impacts in this concise overview by Diana Gragg from Stanford University.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Interest-based and Ideological Biases in Online Content Consumption: Problems and Solutions

Explore how social media algorithms influence content consumption, political polarization, and democratic threats, with insights from computational interventions designed to promote quality news exposure.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Climate Change - The Science, Social Will, and Solutions

Explore the science of climate change, its energy connections, and solutions in this lecture by Kirsten Stasio, examining both the technical aspects and social challenges of addressing global warming.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Privacy and the Power of Unknowing

Explore the ethical dimensions of oblivion and privacy with Lowry Pressly as he challenges conventional views on privacy's value, arguing for its role in protecting essential forms of unknowing.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 9 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

AI Audits and Autonomy in Sociotechnical Systems

Explore how sociotechnical systems are shaped by invisible governance structures, and learn methods to uncover these mechanisms, understand the illusion of control, and amplify silenced voices to reshape our relationship with technology.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Running Injuries: Update on Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

Discover prevention and treatment strategies for common running injuries with Dr. Michael Fredericson, who covers the "Big Six" injuries including hamstring tendinopathy, patellofemoral pain, and more.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Protein Palooza: Bars, Shakes, and More

Discover how to prepare protein-rich recipes, demystify supplements, and enhance everyday meals with quality protein sources on any budget, with guidance from a registered dietitian nutritionist.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Don't Miss a Beat: What Everyone Needs to Know about Heart Rhythm Problems

Discover how abnormal heart rhythms are detected, diagnosed, and treated with Dr. Paul Wang, an internationally recognized expert who shares current treatments and discusses future innovations for arrhythmias.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Stanford Seminar - Audio Research: Transformers for Applications in Audio, Speech and Music

Explore audio research using Transformers, covering applications in music, speech, and acoustic scene understanding. Learn about advanced techniques and architectures for audio synthesis and analysis.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Stanford Seminar - Transformers in Language: The Development of GPT Models Including GPT-3

Explore the evolution of language models from 3-Gram to GPT-3, examining their capabilities in various tasks and discussing the potential of unsupervised learning in AI development.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Computational Design of Compliant, Dynamical Robots - Cynthia Sung

Explore computational design for compliant robots, covering topology optimization, hybrid aerial vehicles, soft arm optimization, and origami-inspired fabrication techniques for dynamic and adaptable robotic systems.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course