Our teacher (Kenny) have asked us this, and I think it's a really good question.

It is a course that has numerous applications in many areas of computer science like algorithms, machine learning, simulation, graphics and much more.

It is also a very nice course form, where students get much time with the teachers and can ask questions and discuss with them. People are encouraged to participate rather than being passive listeners like in so many other courses, which - I believe - greatly improves the learning rate.

Why do you think no one are interested in the course? Bad information? Not interesting? Too much math? Bad "marketing"? Or something different?

asked 18 Jan '12, 18:49

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I'll consider taking it this fall then :-)

(29 Jan '12, 04:00) ptrf ptrf's gravatar image

I took it and I liked it ;)

(31 Jan '12, 21:39) brinchj brinchj's gravatar image

My guess is this:

  • Nobody knows what "Constrained Continuous Optimization" is.
  • The course contents read like a justification towards teachers, lecturers and faculty. The marketing is not pointed toward the students who will take the course.
  • The course contents contains dangerous words that people don't understand. They hence think the course is math-heavy and avoids it because "it is only for people who will do robotics".

I'll consider renaming it but keeping the contents the same. "Robot Lab" is self-describing to most people in a way CCO isn't.

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answered 29 Jan '12, 12:31

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From what I hear it's a nice supplement to Statistical Methods for Machine Learning. My experience is that people find that course to be one of the most challenging mandatory courses on the Master's line. Not necessarily in terms of passing, which seems easy, but in terms of understanding the material. I suppose that could be what scares some away.

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answered 01 Feb '12, 18:39

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