VideoLectures.net
Encyclopedia
VideoLectures.NET is a website for academic talks launched February 6, 2007. It is based at the Jozef Stefan Institute in Slovenia, Europe. It functions as a training portal for many Networks of Excellence, Integrated Projects and STReP
s. All content is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 and offers to the scientific, research, business and general public the largest collection of content quality, peer-reviewed videos that are enriched with slides. In 2009 it has won the World Summit Award
in the category of e-Science and Technology. The vast majority of talks are from the subject of Computer Science
, specifically from Data Mining, Semantic Web
, Machine learning
and also Complex systems
coming from conferences around the world such as ICML
, NIPS, ECML PKDD, SIGKDD. It hosts free online video lectures from open learning incentives such as MIT OpenCourseWare, and many others. Its videos are from research subjects of Astronomy
, Biology
, Chemistry
, Economics
, Engineering
, Mathematics
, Medicine
, Philosophy
, Physics
, and mostly Computer Science
. There has been extensive talks within the research community about the usefulness of such a video website with positive outcomes.
in early 2001 with an enthusiastic pace
by Marko Grobelnik and Sebastjan Mislej, where the main idea was to record and provide
online a weekly section of Solomon seminars held at the institute
.
Strep
Strep or STReP may refer to:*An abbreviation for Streptococcus, a bacterial genus*An abbreviation for Streptococcal pharyngitis, an infectious disease...
s. All content is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 and offers to the scientific, research, business and general public the largest collection of content quality, peer-reviewed videos that are enriched with slides. In 2009 it has won the World Summit Award
World Summit Award
The World Summit Award is a global initiative for selecting and promoting the world's best electronic media and applications. It sees the bridging of the digital divide and narrowing of the "Content Gap" as its overall goal and, as of 2006, involves representatives from 168 countries on each...
in the category of e-Science and Technology. The vast majority of talks are from the subject of Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
, specifically from Data Mining, Semantic Web
Semantic Web
The Semantic Web is a collaborative movement led by the World Wide Web Consortium that promotes common formats for data on the World Wide Web. By encouraging the inclusion of semantic content in web pages, the Semantic Web aims at converting the current web of unstructured documents into a "web of...
, Machine learning
Machine learning
Machine learning, a branch of artificial intelligence, is a scientific discipline concerned with the design and development of algorithms that allow computers to evolve behaviors based on empirical data, such as from sensor data or databases...
and also Complex systems
Complex systems
Complex systems present problems in mathematical modelling.The equations from which complex system models are developed generally derive from statistical physics, information theory and non-linear dynamics, and represent organized but unpredictable behaviors of systems of nature that are considered...
coming from conferences around the world such as ICML
ICML
The International Conference on Machine Learning is the leading international academic conference in machine learning, attracting annually about 500 participants from all over the world...
, NIPS, ECML PKDD, SIGKDD. It hosts free online video lectures from open learning incentives such as MIT OpenCourseWare, and many others. Its videos are from research subjects of Astronomy
Astronomy
Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
, Biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
, Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, Economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, Engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, Medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
, Philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
, Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
, and mostly Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
. There has been extensive talks within the research community about the usefulness of such a video website with positive outcomes.
History
The pilot project seminars.ijs.si was started by Department for Knowledge Technologies at Jožef Stefan InstituteJožef Stefan Institute
The Jožef Stefan Institute , is the largest research institute in Slovenia. The main research areas are physics, chemistry, molecular biology, biotechnology, information technologies, reactor physics, energy and environment...
in early 2001 with an enthusiastic pace
by Marko Grobelnik and Sebastjan Mislej, where the main idea was to record and provide
online a weekly section of Solomon seminars held at the institute
Jožef Stefan Institute
The Jožef Stefan Institute , is the largest research institute in Slovenia. The main research areas are physics, chemistry, molecular biology, biotechnology, information technologies, reactor physics, energy and environment...
.