I found this a tantalizing tour (although a bit too much of an insider's tour for my knowledge level) of a lot of the current state of the art in Machine Learning. Well worth a read if you have any interest in the topic.

I also looked at some of the videos in the course linked at the end, and found the teaching quality disappointing (not very clear, fast speech, mumbling.. though to be fair I only saw two different professors).

Does anyone know of a really great quality (meaning attention to good quality communication of concepts... not necessarily slow or "for dummies" but clear) online intro course to Machine Learning?