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    Vanderbilt University

    Android App Components - Intents, Activities, and Broadcast Receivers

    Skills you'll gain: Git (Version Control System), Android Development, Android Studio, Mobile Development, Java Programming, Java, Application Development, Event-Driven Programming, Computer Programming

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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    801 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    EIT Digital

    Introduction to Architecting Smart IoT Devices

    Skills you'll gain: Unified Modeling Language, Embedded Systems, Internet Of Things, Software Development Life Cycle, Systems Architecture, Systems Design, Technical Design, Software Systems, Prototyping, Requirements Analysis

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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    311 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    IBM

    Monitoring and Observability for Development and DevOps

    Skills you'll gain: Grafana, System Monitoring, Prometheus (Software), Application Performance Management, DevOps, Continuous Monitoring, Docker (Software), Cloud-Native Computing, Containerization, Kubernetes, Microservices, Debugging, Distributed Computing, Data Management

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    95 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Linear Algebra: Matrix Algebra, Determinants, & Eigenvectors

    Skills you'll gain: Linear Algebra, Applied Mathematics, Algebra, Advanced Mathematics, Graph Theory, Geometry, Applied Machine Learning, Markov Model, Probability

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    74 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Tel Aviv University

    Understanding Plants - Part II: Fundamentals of Plant Biology

    Skills you'll gain: Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Biology, Anatomy, Food and Beverage, Environmental Science

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    1.2K reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Fundamentals of Software Architecture for Big Data

    Skills you'll gain: Service Level, Software Engineering, Software Architecture, Data Architecture, Distributed Computing, Microservices, Transaction Processing, Software Design, Database Systems, Blockchain, Big Data, Data Structures, Test Driven Development (TDD), System Monitoring

    Build toward a degree

    3.5
    Rating, 3.5 out of 5 stars
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    87 reviews

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    The University of Edinburgh

    Know Thyself - The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge: The Unconscious

    Skills you'll gain: Self-Awareness, Child Development, Cognitive flexibility, Psychology, Decision Making, Scientific Methods

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    821 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Detecting COVID-19 with Chest X-Ray using PyTorch

    Skills you'll gain: PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Image Analysis, Deep Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Medical Imaging, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, X-Ray Computed Tomography

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    339 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Politecnico di Milano

    Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

    Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Social Studies

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    261 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Titanic Survival Prediction Using Machine Learning

    Skills you'll gain: Feature Engineering, Data Cleansing, Predictive Modeling, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Applied Machine Learning, Data Processing, Data Manipulation, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Supervised Learning, Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning Algorithms, Data Science, Python Programming

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    19 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Unsupervised Text Classification for Marketing Analytics

    Skills you'll gain: Unsupervised Learning, Unstructured Data, Text Mining, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning Methods, Deep Learning, Marketing Analytics, Machine Learning, JSON, Data Science, Natural Language Processing, Data Processing, Python Programming

    Build toward a degree

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

    Organic Solar Cells - Theory and Practice

    Skills you'll gain: Laboratory Testing, Materials science, Sustainable Technologies, Chemistry, Manufacturing Processes, Electrical Power, Product Lifecycle Management, Technical Standard, Product Testing

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    1.2K reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Android App Components - Intents, Activities, and Broadcast Receivers: Vanderbilt University
  • Introduction to Architecting Smart IoT Devices: EIT Digital
  • Monitoring and Observability for Development and DevOps: IBM
  • Linear Algebra: Matrix Algebra, Determinants, & Eigenvectors: Johns Hopkins University
  • Understanding Plants - Part II: Fundamentals of Plant Biology: Tel Aviv University
  • Fundamentals of Software Architecture for Big Data: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Know Thyself - The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge: The Unconscious: The University of Edinburgh
  • Detecting COVID-19 with Chest X-Ray using PyTorch: Coursera
  • Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: Politecnico di Milano
  • Titanic Survival Prediction Using Machine Learning: Coursera

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