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Ana Bell

Lead Instructor for MIT's foundational Python programming courses

Ana Bell is a Lecturer in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, renowned for her foundational contributions to computer science education, particularly through her widely adopted Python programming courses.

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Introduction to Computer Science and Programming using Python

MIT · MIT 6.100L17 lectures · 17h

Systems & CS·introductory

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming using Python

This course introduces fundamental concepts of computation and programming using Python 3, targeting students with no prior programming experience. It covers problem-solving methodologies through computational thinking, enabling students to develop basic programming skills for practical applications.

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Introduction to Computation and Python Programming

Introduction to Computation and Python Programming

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming using Python · Lec 17·Python · Ana Bell · MIT

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Introduction to Computer Science and Programming using Python · Lec 8·Software Design & HCI · Ana Bell · MIT

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List Comprehension, Functions as Objects, Testing, and Debugging in Python

List Comprehension, Functions as Objects, Testing, and Debugging in Python

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming using Python · Lec 5·Python · Ana Bell · MIT

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1:15:46

Strings, Input/Output, and Branching in Python

Strings, Input/Output, and Branching in Python

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming using Python · Lec 16·Python · Ana Bell · MIT

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Aliasing and Cloning in Python

Aliasing and Cloning in Python

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming using Python · Lec 6·Algorithms & Data Structures · Ana Bell · MIT

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Lambda Functions, Tuples, and Lists in Python

Lambda Functions, Tuples, and Lists in Python

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming using Python · Lec 9·Algorithms & Data Structures · Ana Bell · MIT

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Iteration and Control Flow in Python

Iteration and Control Flow in Python

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming using Python · Lec 15·Syntax, Phonology & Generative Linguistics · Ana Bell · MIT

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Exceptions and Assertions in Python

Exceptions and Assertions in Python

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming using Python · Lec 4·Python · Ana Bell · MIT

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Modern Machine Learning Methods: Large Step-Size Optimization, Implicit Bias, and Benign Overfitting

Modern Machine Learning Methods: Large Step-Size Optimization, Implicit Bias, and Benign Overfitting

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming using Python · Lec 7·Statistical Learning & Generalization · Ana Bell · MIT

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Recursion on Non-numeric Data Structures

Recursion on Non-numeric Data Structures

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming using Python · Lec 3·Programming Languages · Ana Bell · MIT

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Introduction to Computer Science and Programming using Python · Lec 2·Software Architecture & Abstraction · Ana Bell · MIT

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Decomposition, Abstraction, and Functions

Decomposition, Abstraction, and Functions

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming using Python · Lec 11·Software Architecture & Abstraction · Ana Bell · MIT

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Functions as Objects

Functions as Objects

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming using Python · Lec 10·Software Design & HCI · Ana Bell · MIT

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Bisection Search and Newton-Raphson

Bisection Search and Newton-Raphson

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming using Python · Lec 12·Numerical Methods · Ana Bell · MIT

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Python Class Methods: Decomposition and Abstraction

Python Class Methods: Decomposition and Abstraction

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming using Python · Lec 1·Object-Oriented Programming · Ana Bell · MIT

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Floats and Approximation Methods

Floats and Approximation Methods

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming using Python · Lec 13·Randomized & Approximation Algorithms · Ana Bell · MIT

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Loops over Strings, Guess-and-Check, and Binary

Loops over Strings, Guess-and-Check, and Binary

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming using Python · Lec 14·Programming Fundamentals · Ana Bell · MIT

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