English Courses

Stanford Seminar - Startup Ideas from the Philippines-SE Asia

Insights on startup ecosystems in Southeast Asia, focusing on the Philippines. Explores unique challenges, opportunities, and innovative ideas emerging from the region's entrepreneurial landscape.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Stanford Seminar - Impact Investing in Cleantech

Explore impact investing in cleantech with industry experts, discussing strategies, challenges, and opportunities for combining financial returns with positive environmental and social impact.

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

Stanford Seminar - Entrepreneurship Strengthens a Nation

Steve Blank discusses Silicon Valley's evolution as an innovation hub, the lean startup methodology, and how these principles are helping the U.S. government innovate in science, health, defense, and diplomacy.

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

Stanford Seminar - How a Facebook Designer Thinks - Julie Zhuo

Julie Zhuo shares insights on Facebook's product design process, focusing on identifying and solving real user problems through clear problem statements, measurable success criteria, and user-centric solutions.

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

Stanford Seminar - Expert Crowdsourcing with Flash Teams and Organizations

Exploring innovative frameworks for assembling expert crowdsourced teams and organizations to tackle complex, interdependent tasks in web development and design.

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

Stanford Seminar - Robotics in Our Everyday Lives - A Product Designer's Perspective

Explore the emergence of smart objects in daily life through a product designer's perspective, examining opportunities and challenges in creating meaningful, responsible, and innovative robotic entities.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Stanford Seminar - What Media Will Communicate Climate Change? - Greg Niemeyer

Greg Niemeyer explores how Eskimo and scientists communicate climate change through aesthetics, focusing on Barrow, Alaska's permafrost impact. He presents visual media to broaden understanding of environmental shifts.

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

Designing the iPhone's Magic Flute - Ge Wang

Explore the design and impact of Ocarina, an innovative iPhone app that blends musical expression, social interaction, and mobile technology, reshaping digital music creation and sharing.

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

Stanford Seminar - Rise of Renewable Energy Sources in Japan

Explore Japan's renewable energy landscape, focusing on TEPCO's partnership with United Wind. Learn about electricity reforms, market trends, and innovative wind energy solutions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Stanford Seminar - Returning With Real-World Wisdom

Four Stanford alumni entrepreneurs share insights on strategic decisions, success, failure, and leadership in VR, med-tech, and renewable energy industries, offering valuable lessons for aspiring innovators.

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

Stanford Seminar - A Tearful Tale of Biodesign

Michael Ackermann shares insights on med-tech entrepreneurship, discussing his journey from developing a tear-stimulation device to its acquisition by a pharmaceutical giant, and exploring opportunities in healthcare innovation.

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

Stanford Seminar - CEPT: A Startup Company's Solution for Desulfurization and CCS in China

Innovative seawater-based technology for reducing air pollution and carbon emissions in power plants and ships, with potential applications in ocean-based carbon capture and storage.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Stanford Seminar - Challenges in Secure Messaging

Explore challenges in secure messaging, including encryption, key distribution, and user adoption. Learn about modern tools and protocols like CONIKS for safeguarding communications against mass surveillance.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Stanford Seminar - The Time-Less Datacenter

Novel event-based protocol for datacenter communication eliminates conventional heartbeats and timeouts, enabling efficient recovery for distributed algorithms at scale and composing into graph-based distributed communications.

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

Runway - A New Tool for Distributed Systems Design

Introducing Runway: a comprehensive tool for designing distributed systems, combining specification, simulation, visualization, and model checking to evaluate correctness, availability, and performance.

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