I'm also working through Game Theory II on Coursera right now, as well as Social and Economic Network Analysis (presented by Matt Jackson, the Stanford contributor to Game Theory II).
I'm planning on starting Discrete Optimisation in March, but it looks like quite a high workload, and I have other study commitments around then, including exams, so may bail out of it at a moment's notice.
Uh...wanna hang out? :-)
I took Game Theory I on Coursera, but one stupid late-night decision (involving football and strippers) made me forget to take the final on time. I was thinking about doing Game Theory II, but I don't know if I'll have time to finish with my current workload (see my top level comment above). However, I'm finding that watching a weeks worth of Game Theory videos actually helps me switch contexts and recharge vs. doing hard math, so I may try to work my way through it (I've completed week 1 already and it didn't really take very long).
If you and Markas are interested, we can have a little 3-way mailing group or something
For reasons mentioned in So8res article as well as for other reasons: studying with a partner can be very good. In November, Adele_L had posted an article for people wanting to find a study partner. It got 17 comments, but only 1 since November 16th. So I thought we (I) should make a monthly thread on this instead of constantly going back to an old article which people might (seem to) forget about. If people seem to agree with that, I will make a post about it every month.
So if you're looking for a study partner for an online course or reading a manual (whether it's in the MIRI course list or not) tell others in the comment section.