Linear Algebra resouces for engineers

Linear Algebra Resources

Linear algebra is very useful in engineering. Usually in school is taught as a dry subject. The problems seem to be solved by mechanically following some rules without much intuition behind them.
 
I've watched a short course on youtube that has good insights about geometrical intuition behind linear algebra concepts. I highly recommend it.

Linear algebra is very useful in engineering. Usually in school it's a dry subject. The problems seem to be solved by mechanically following some rules without much intuition behind them.
Catalin Tiseanu recommended a short course on youtube with very good insights about geometrical intuition behind  linear algebra concepts. I've enjoyed watching it and I highly recommend it.

'Essence of linear algebra':https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDPD3MizzM2xVFitgF8hE_ab

 
Thanks Catalin Tiseanu for suggesting it.

Thanks Catalin!

For a Machine Learning view of Linear Algebra you can go through chapter 2 of the Deep Learning Book available online
'Deep Learning, Chapter 2: Linear Algebra':http://www.deeplearningbook.org/contents/linear_algebra.html

I recently attended a Q&A session about this chapter and deep learning in general given by Yaroslav Bulatov (Open Ai, previously Google Street View). It's pretty good both for beginners and more advanced people.

I recently attended a Q&A session about this chapter and deep learning in general given by Yaroslav Bulatov (OpenAi, previously Google Street View). It has interesting content for all levels. You might even hear my voice asking tons of questions :).

'Yaroslav Bulatov (OpenAi) Q&A Deep Learning Book, Chapter 2: Linear Algebra':https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMhK2A_N0Nc

The best resource is Gilbert Strang's Linear Algebra course taught MIT. He explains things very clearly and with a lot of simple examples. It's all available on yotube!

The best introductory linear algebra resource is Gilbert Strang's course taught MIT. He explains things very clearly and with a lot of simple examples. It's all available on youtube!

'Gilbert Strang MIT Linear Algebra Video Lectures':https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-06-linear-algebra-spring-2010/video-lectures/
You may want to play it at 1.5 or 2x speed though :). There are a lot of lectures, you can skip to the ones you're interested in.

There are lots of applications of linear algebra:
- Pagerank, the algorithm behind Google's success is based on eigen values and eigen vectors

- The winning entry in the Netflix Prize was based on Singular Value Decomposition

- the winning entry in the Netflix Prize was based on Singular Value Decomposition

- 3D games use matrix multiplications for computing rotations, translations, shearing transforms

- in machine learning figuring out if your data is well conditioned for Stochastic Gradient Descent corresponds to having a small ratio between the min and max eigen value of the hessian matrix
- and of course they are sometime used in coding contest competitions :)

- in machine learning figuring out if the function you are learning is well conditioned for Gradient Descent corresponds to having a small ratio between the min and max eigen value of the hessian matrix
- again in machine learning figuring out if you're in a saddle point, local minima or local maxima can be done by looking at the signs of the eigen values of the hessian in the current point
- and of course they are sometime used in coding contest competitions :) (fast matrix exponentation, gaussian elimination etc)

Have fun!