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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Fundamentals of Macroscopic and Microscopic Thermodynamics

    Skills you'll gain: Mechanical Engineering, Statistical Methods, Engineering, Physics, Probability Distribution, Physical Science, Chemistry, Calculus

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    265 reviews

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    IBM

    Build RAG Applications: Get Started

    Skills you'll gain: LLM Application, Prompt Engineering, Jupyter

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    89 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    École normale supérieure

    Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms and Computations

    Skills you'll gain: Sampling (Statistics), Physics, Simulations, Computational Logic, Numerical Analysis, Markov Model, Quantitative Research, Algorithms, Applied Mathematics, Linear Algebra, Integral Calculus

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    267 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Fractal Analytics

    GenAI for Everyone

    Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, ChatGPT, Responsible AI, Artificial Intelligence, AI Personalization, Operational Efficiency, Human Centered Design, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Application Development, Natural Language Processing, Strategic Thinking, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    447 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    SAS

    Machine Learning Under the Hood: The Technical Tips, Tricks, and Pitfalls

    Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Machine Learning, Data Ethics, Predictive Analytics, Statistical Modeling, Supervised Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Data Science, Machine Learning Algorithms, Decision Tree Learning, Data Analysis, Regression Analysis, Performance Analysis, Deep Learning, Artificial Neural Networks

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    64 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Michigan

    Programming in C

    Skills you'll gain: C (Programming Language), Programming Principles, C++ (Programming Language), Algorithms, Data Structures, Other Programming Languages, System Programming

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    61 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Health Informatics

    Skills you'll gain: Health Informatics, Clinical Informatics, Health Technology, Change Control, Health Systems, Health Policy, Informatics, Health Care, Medical Records, Health Care Administration, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, Health Information Management, Decision Support Systems, Solution Design, Health Information Management and Medical Records, IT Management, Electronic Medical Record System, Databases, Usability Testing, Data Science

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    953 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    University of Colorado System

    Clinical Data Models and Data Quality Assessments

    Skills you'll gain: Extract, Transform, Load, Data Modeling, Clinical Data Management, Database Design, Data Warehousing, Data Quality, Data Transformation, Data Integration, Health Informatics, Relational Databases, SQL

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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    66 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Johns Hopkins University

    COVID-19 Contact Tracing

    Skills you'll gain: Interviewing Skills, Rapport Building, Interpersonal Communications, Active Listening, Epidemiology, Healthcare Ethics, Infectious Diseases, Investigation, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Public Health, Health Technology, Community Health, Medical Privacy

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    95K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Linux Kernel Programming and Introduction to Yocto Project

    Skills you'll gain: System Programming, Embedded Software, Linux, Embedded Systems, Debugging, Operating Systems, Peripheral Devices, Build Tools, Shell Script, C (Programming Language), Development Environment, Command-Line Interface, Configuration Management

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    18 reviews

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Board Infinity

    Frontend for Java Full Stack Development

    Skills you'll gain: Angular, HTML and CSS, JavaScript Frameworks, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Front-End Web Development, Javascript, Software Design Patterns, Web Design and Development, Web Applications, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Maintainability, Web Development, UI Components

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    103 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    MathWorks

    Predictive Modeling and Machine Learning with MATLAB

    Skills you'll gain: Supervised Learning, Applied Machine Learning, Matlab, Regression Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Machine Learning, Feature Engineering, Predictive Analytics, Statistical Modeling, Data Processing, Sampling (Statistics)

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    119 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular cognitive science courses

  • Fundamentals of Macroscopic and Microscopic Thermodynamics: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Build RAG Applications: Get Started: IBM
  • Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms and Computations: École normale supérieure
  • GenAI for Everyone: Fractal Analytics
  • Machine Learning Under the Hood: The Technical Tips, Tricks, and Pitfalls: SAS
  • Programming in C: University of Michigan
  • Health Informatics: Johns Hopkins University
  • Clinical Data Models and Data Quality Assessments: University of Colorado System
  • COVID-19 Contact Tracing: Johns Hopkins University
  • Linux Kernel Programming and Introduction to Yocto Project: University of Colorado Boulder

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