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Udacity: Solve Real World Problems with Joern Loviscach
On September 3, 2012 Udacity is proud to release Joern Laviscach's new course Making Math Matter: Differential Equations in Action, as well as Andreas Zeller's Software Debugging: Automating Boring Tasks (more information on this class to come). In Making Math Matter, you will examine real world problems, like how to rescue the Apollo 13 astronauts, stop the spread of epidemics and fight forest fires using differential equations.Loviscach, as both a researcher and a professor, is interested in applying digital media to education -- he has published 1,800 video lectures on mathematics and computer science on his YouTube channel, and he is known as the Salman Khan of Germany.When asked why he wanted to teach a course at Udacity, Joern answered, "Given that German students love my style of diagramatical, common-sense reasoning, rather than strict proofs, I'd love to hear what international students think about it." He also hopes to share with the world what it means to…