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      University of Toronto

      Motion Planning for Self-Driving Cars

      Skills you'll gain: Graph Theory, Reinforcement Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Computer Vision, Simulations, Data Structures, Spatial Data Analysis, Predictive Modeling

      4.8
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      Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Measuring and Maximizing Impact of COVID-19 Contact Tracing

      Skills you'll gain: Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Public Health, Technical Communication, Program Management, Data Analysis Software, Data Management

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of California San Diego

      Genome Assembly Programming Challenge

      Skills you'll gain: Bioinformatics, Graph Theory, Computational Thinking, Algorithms, Combinatorics, Molecular Biology, Programming Principles, Program Development

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Stanford University

      Probabilistic Graphical Models 3: Learning

      Skills you'll gain: Bayesian Network, Statistical Machine Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Supervised Learning, Machine Learning, Markov Model, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Methods, Graph Theory, Probability & Statistics, Probability Distribution, Algorithms

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      303 reviews

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      IBM

      AI Workflow: AI in Production

      Skills you'll gain: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Unit Testing, IBM Cloud, Workflow Management, Kubernetes, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Application Deployment, Business Metrics, Performance Analysis, Containerization, Continuous Monitoring, Business Analysis, Machine Learning, Python Programming, Data Science

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      51 reviews

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Health Data Science Foundation

      Skills you'll gain: Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Health Informatics, Deep Learning, Medical Records, Machine Learning, Health Care, Artificial Neural Networks, Predictive Modeling

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      28 reviews

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      IBM

      AI Workflow: Enterprise Model Deployment

      Skills you'll gain: Apache Spark, Data Pipelines, PySpark, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Application Deployment, AI Personalization, IBM Cloud, Docker (Software), Machine Learning, Data Science, Scalability, Python Programming, Performance Tuning

      4.2
      Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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      55 reviews

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Approximation Algorithms and Linear Programming

      Skills you'll gain: Operations Research, Theoretical Computer Science, Numerical Analysis, Algorithms, Applied Mathematics, Graph Theory, Linear Algebra, Mathematical Modeling, Python Programming, Computational Thinking, Combinatorics

      Build toward a degree

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      46 reviews

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      IBM

      AI Workflow: Feature Engineering and Bias Detection

      Skills you'll gain: Feature Engineering, Unsupervised Learning, Data Ethics, Dimensionality Reduction, Anomaly Detection, Text Mining, Applied Machine Learning, Data Transformation, Data Cleansing, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Data Quality, Machine Learning Algorithms, Python Programming

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      74 reviews

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      L&T EduTech

      Mastering Geospatial Analysis with QGIS

      Skills you'll gain: GIS Software, Spatial Data Analysis, Spatial Analysis, Geographic Information Systems, Geospatial Mapping, Building Information Modeling, Image Analysis, Network Analysis, Data Mapping, Data Import/Export, Unsupervised Learning, Software Installation, User Interface (UI), Supervised Learning

      4.1
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      25 reviews

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Corporate Finance Institute

      Advanced Tableau

      Skills you'll gain: Tableau Software, Data Modeling, Technical Analysis, Star Schema, Extract, Transform, Load, Dashboard, Market Data, Business Intelligence, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Warehousing, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Data Integration, Business Metrics, Data Presentation, Data Transformation, Tree Maps, Data Analysis, Analysis, Data Visualization

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      19 reviews

      Advanced · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Duke University

      Virtualization, Docker, and Kubernetes for Data Engineering

      Skills you'll gain: Containerization, Docker (Software), Kubernetes, Virtualization, Cloud Engineering, Apache Airflow, Virtual Machines, CI/CD, Cloud Development, Application Deployment, DevOps, Microservices, Scalability, GitHub, Cloud-Based Integration

      3.9
      Rating, 3.9 out of 5 stars
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      40 reviews

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular big data courses

    • Motion Planning for Self-Driving Cars: University of Toronto
    • Measuring and Maximizing Impact of COVID-19 Contact Tracing: Johns Hopkins University
    • Genome Assembly Programming Challenge: University of California San Diego
    • Probabilistic Graphical Models 3: Learning: Stanford University
    • AI Workflow: AI in Production: IBM
    • Health Data Science Foundation: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • AI Workflow: Enterprise Model Deployment: IBM
    • Approximation Algorithms and Linear Programming : University of Colorado Boulder
    • AI Workflow: Feature Engineering and Bias Detection: IBM
    • Mastering Geospatial Analysis with QGIS: L&T EduTech

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