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[D. Evans] Hi, I'm Dave Evans, a professor at the University of Virginia

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[S. Thrun] And I'm Sebastian Thrun. I'm a research professor at Stanford University and a Google fellow.

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So you probably remember me from AI class

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that attracted over 100 000 students.

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And we're teaching a new class now together with David.

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So David, what's this course all about?

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[David] So the course is an introduction to computer science: building a search engine.

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There's no previous programming experience required

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and we're going to teach you some of the most exciting ideas in computer science.

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And you'll learn how to read and write programs

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and by the end of the course you will build your own search engine

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[Sebastian] So you can build a search engine in seven weeks?

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[David] Indeed you can

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By the end of the class you will build your own search engine

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[Sebastian] So I have quite a few friends who do search engines

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and I asked one of them, Sergey Brin, who's co-founder of Google

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"Why should you take this class and learn all about computing?"

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[Sergey] I think computer science is really an enabler

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for you to do pretty much anything.

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So much of our life today

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is about information

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or electronics

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or some sort of computation.

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Whether we're talking about a microwave oven

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or whether we're talking about elections, for example.

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Kind of any range of life, it always involves some sort of computing today.

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And to be able to understand that deeply

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and to be able to control it and to be able to innovate in that field

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is what lets you innovate in almost any field.

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[David] I'm thrilled to have a chance to introduce you all to computer science.

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I'll hope you'll join us.

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[Sebastian] And we'll see you in class.

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[CS 101: Building a search engine]

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[Taught by Professor David Evans & Professor Sebastian Thrun]