Second day at university
Written on January 25, 2008
The second day at university was so much better. First class was given by Prof. Smith about the Design and Analysis of Algorithms. This class covers exactly what I expected when I registered. So we will learn about NP-completeness, which is cool since I already know about it. Further we will learn how to approach these kind of problems using randomized and distributed algorithms and of course with approximation algorithms.
Next class was the real great thing. It was given by Qi (Tom) Zhang who works at google. He said that this is a job oriented class which will provide us with knowledge we can actually use in our later jobs. It covers all kind of topics related to XML and web services. I already learned about these things in Paderborn but here the emphasis is much more praxis related. Therefore we also have to write a little Mashup in a team of two. I am really excited about this class and can’t wait for the next session. I’ve never felt that way about a class before!
Dr. Zhang also showed us two cool web pages that you should check out:
- indeed.com: Here you cans search for jobs and see trends for the demand of certain qualifications. You also see the Salary that jobs requiring a certain qualification usually come with. Very interesting and useful!
- ning.com: Create your own facebook-like community with several mouse clicks. Haven’t tried it yet. But we will use it in class
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