ERIK DEMAINE: I mean, I was really happy with how
the class came out.
Even though I was learning the material as I went
things came together pretty well.
There are a couple of the topics where,
because I was just learning as I was teaching it,
I might have selected the topics a little differently.
Now that I have a bigger sense of the picture
I would maybe focus in on some of the more interesting
subtopics within-- approximation algorithms
was one where it's such a huge field it was hard for me
to learn all of it and then pick out the best examples.
So I learned a big part of it and then
picked out some examples.
But I would probably, now that I have more experience with it,
I would do it a little differently.
And, of course, there are more topics that I didn't get to.
So next time I teach the class I'll probably add in a few more
additional topics.
And kick out a few others, which are still
available in video forms, so they're not gone.