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Pragmatic AI Labs
Production Governance and MLOps on Databricks
This intermediate course provides a practical, hands-on exploration of Databricks Governance, focusing on the essential tools and workflows for managing and securing your data lakehouse. You will learn to navigate and control access to your data assets using Unity Catalog, the foundation of Databricks governance. The course covers the core hierarchy of metastores, catalogs, schemas, and tables, and teaches you how to manage them programmatically using the Databricks Python SDK, CLI, and VS Code extension. Beyond foundational access control, you will master the skills to implement modern CI/CD and MLOps practices directly within the Databricks environment. You'll learn to integrate Databricks Repos with GitHub, automate notebook testing and deployment with GitHub Actions, and understand the architectural considerations for managing machine learning models in production. Finally, you will explore how to ensure ongoing data reliability by setting up and understanding Lakehouse Monitoring for data quality and freshness. This course is unique because it moves beyond theory, demonstrating how to apply these governance concepts with the actual tools and code used by data professionals. By the end, you'll be equipped to build, deploy, and monitor secure and reliable data pipelines and AI applications on the Databricks platform
Meta
Django Web Framework
It's time to build something bigger. In this course, you will use the Django web framework to build, secure and administer a web server. You will have the opportunity to create, design and configure a web app using the Django framework in-line with best practices. Explore the usage of models in Django and their relationship to databases. Use views to render requested data to meaningful template structures for a composed user interface (UI). Implement proactive security practices and mitigate common security risks. By the end of the course you will be able to: • Design a Django web application using Python, HTML and CSS. • Describe and implement the HTTP request response cycle by creting views, routes and templates. • Describe and build a data model to create database tabless and dynamic web forms. • Explore the Django Template Language to create dyanamic webpages that display data stored in a database. • Create, share and test your web application by using industry standard best practice and guidelines. To succeed in this course, you are required to have a fundamental knowledge of the following: HTML and CSS Python MySQL You also require basic internet navigation skills and an eagerness to get started with coding in Django!
Coursera
Calibrate and Serve Confident AI Predictions
Building trustworthy AI requires more than accurate predictions—it requires confidence scores that genuinely reflect reality. In this short, hands-on course, you will learn how to evaluate and improve model calibration, apply temperature scaling to produce reliable confidence estimates, and deploy a scalable batch-inference pipeline using AWS Lambda. Through practical exercises, you will compute calibration metrics, visualize reliability diagrams, and integrate calibrated predictions into a serverless architecture that automatically processes incoming data and stores results for analytics. By the end of the course, you will be able to design inference workflows that are reproducible, auditable, and ready for real-world decision-making. These skills help bridge the gap between model development and production deployment, enabling you to deliver AI systems that teams can understand, trust, and use confidently.
Alex Genadinik
SMART Goals And Beyond: Goal Setting Using Latest Research
Goal setting using Neuroscience, time management, and practical exercises to help you identify your most important goals, and get on your way to attaining them. Become a masterful sculptor of your life who gets every step right! RECENT UPDATE ADDED Biology to understand what hormones are released to make you feel passionate about your goals. Decision-making strategies for better goal setting. Planning to achieve the goals you choose. Exercises to help you identify your main goals. My experience helping thousands of entrepreneurs set and achieve their goals. My lifelong goal setting learning from some of the top personal development coaches like Tony Robbins, Brian Tracy, and Zig Ziegler Behavioral psychology for understanding of human behavior. "Self development goals" and "personal growth goals" that will help you achieve personal growth. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON GOAL SETTING This course highlights the work of some of the top scientists and researchers from some of the top universities in the world. You can trust and rest assured that the information on goal setting is the most authoritative information on this topic because it does not come from options or guessing. The information in this course is all based on Scientific research. WHY GOAL SETTING IS IMPORTANT Your goals are the foundation of everything you do in your personal and professional life. Everything you do is based on your goals. So setting the right goals and focusing on the right goals for you is monumentally important. Imagine looking back at your life and realizing that you pursued wrong goals or mis-goals. It would be a mis-life. Don't let that happen to you. Sign up for this course, understand the ideas behind goal setting, learn to identify your correct goals, and get on your way to achieving them. CONTEXT: SMART GOALS VS. ABC GOALS VS. GENERAL GOAL SETTING In the world of goal setting, you may hear about different strategies like SMART goals, ABC goals, and other techniques. There are a few themes in goal setting that unite these concepts. They are very related. SMART goals is just an acronym. It stands for: S - Specific M - Measurable A - Actionable R - Relevant T - Time bound UNLOCK TRUE FULFILLMENT AND MOTIVATION If you can't seem to get motivated to do your work or don't feel fulfilled by it, the reason is likely that you had not done proper goal setting before, and are on a path to achieve mediocre goals. With proper goal setting, you increase your chances to find the true goals that are most important for your life, and get all your motivation and fulfillment from working towards those goals. Create personal development plans and personal work goals to have a clear vision towards which to strive. MANAGING DIFFERENT KINDS OF GOALS Goal setting is a big concept. Within goal setting there are smaller categories like professional development goals, personal development goals, self development goals, personal work goals, and personal growth goals. The course will show you how to achieve work-life-balance and a feeling of fulfillment by balancing all those goals. INSTRUCTOR EXPERIENCE I've been an entrepreneur for 20+ years, have coached 1,000+ entrepreneurs, taught 850,000+ students, impacted millions of entrepreneurs worldwide creating 6 and 7-figure businesses in the process, and I would love to help you. I've helped hundreds of coaching clients specifically with goal setting to make sure they identify the right goals and get on a path to achieving what's truly important for them, and I'd love to help you with goal setting too. WORLD-CLASS STUDENT SUPPORT: RESPONSIVE AND CARING INSTRUCTOR If you have questions, know that I am here to help! I answer 99% of student questions within 24 hours. Many students tell me that other instructors don't respond. Well, I do because: 1) I care about my students. 2) I feel a responsibility to make sure that students get their money's worth from the course. MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE The goal setting course comes with an unconditional, Udemy-backed, 30-day money-back guarantee. This is not just a guarantee, it's my personal promise to you that I will go out of my way to help you succeed just like I've done for thousands of my other students. Invest in your future. Enroll now, set the right goals, and set your sails towards the horizon of achievement.
EDUCBA
SPSS: Apply & Evaluate Cluster Analysis Techniques
This foundational course equips learners with the conceptual knowledge and practical skills needed to perform cluster analysis—an essential unsupervised machine learning technique—using SPSS. Through a blend of theoretical exploration and hands-on implementation, learners will define, differentiate, apply, and evaluate key clustering methodologies, including hierarchical methods, k-means clustering, and Two-Step cluster analysis. In Module 1, learners will examine the fundamental concepts of cluster analysis, understand how different clustering algorithms work, and explore their respective strengths through illustrative examples and comparisons. Emphasis is placed on developing the ability to identify appropriate use cases and interpret clustering structures such as dendrograms and scree plots. In Module 2, learners will implement clustering techniques in SPSS, including preprocessing strategies such as listwise and pairwise deletion. The module emphasizes analyzing and evaluating clustering outputs, understanding statistical model criteria (e.g., BIC/AIC), and using diagnostic tools like the silhouette coefficient for validating cluster quality. By the end of this course, learners will be able to apply clustering techniques to real-world datasets, analyze results critically, and make informed decisions in data segmentation tasks using SPSS.
Creo Incubator
ريادة الأعمال: الثقافة المالية وتمويل الشركات
تدعم دورة ريادة الأعمال: الثقافة المالية وتمويل الشركات روّاد الأعمال والمؤسسين في المراحل المبكرة في بناء الفهم المالي والاستعداد اللازمين للتعامل بفاعلية مع المستثمرين وشركاء التمويل. وتقدّم الدورة المفاهيم المالية الأساسية ذات الصلة بالشركات الناشئة، وتشرح كيفية عمل أدوات ووسائل التمويل المختلفة عبر مراحل نمو المشاريع الريادية. يستكشف المشاركون موضوعات رئيسية تشمل أساسيات الإدارة المالية، وخيارات التمويل، وتوقعات المستثمرين، وهيكل عملية جمع التمويل. كما تتناول الدورة دور الثقافة المالية في تحسين جودة اتخاذ القرار وتعزيز وضوح التواصل مع المستثمرين. ويطوّر المتعلمون أيضًا فهمًا لكيفية تهيئة مشاريعهم لعملية جمع التمويل، بما في ذلك صياغة الاحتياجات المالية، وافتراضات النمو، وآليات خلق القيمة. ومن خلال أمثلة تطبيقية وأطر عملية، تمكّن الدورة المشاركين من التعامل مع جمع التمويل بدرجة أعلى من الوضوح والثقة والاستعداد، مع فهم الفرص والمفاضلات المرتبطة بمسارات التمويل المختلفة. بنهاية هذه الدورة، ستكون قادرًا على: -شرح المفاهيم المالية الأساسية ذات الصلة بالمشاريع في مراحلها المبكرة -التمييز بين أدوات جمع التمويل الشائعة ومراحل التمويل المختلفة -تقييم خيارات التمويل الأنسب لاحتياجات المشروع وأهدافه -الاستعداد لمحادثات وجلسات جمع التمويل مع المستثمرين -وصف الخطوات الرئيسية والتوقعات المرتبطة بعملية جمع التمويل المتطلبات المسبقة: -لا يُشترط وجود خبرة سابقة في مجال التمويل أو جمع الاستثمارات. هذه الدورة مناسبة لروّاد الأعمال الطموحين والمؤسسين في المراحل المبكرة الراغبين في تعزيز الثقافة المالية والاستعداد لجمع التمويل.
Packt
Scene Optimization, Landscaping, and Final Rendering
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. Immerse yourself in the creative and technical journey of crafting a stunning, optimized Aztec city environment in Blender. From fixing mesh artifacts to designing intricate torch details, you'll gain hands-on experience with modeling, texturing, lighting, and scene composition techniques. Whether you're looking to polish your asset pipeline or create an atmospheric environment, this course delivers a complete guide. The course begins by resolving complex Boolean mesh issues and creating realistic torch and brazier models. It progresses into texturing, fire effects using geometry nodes, and decorative additions to enhance immersion. Next, you’ll explore foliage placement, environmental sculpting, and natural asset integration to bring the Aztec city to life with lush, detailed terrain. Advanced optimization strategies and large-scale scene organization are covered in the final sections, culminating in the design of a full day and night lighting system, skydome setup, and cinematic camera work. The course ends with compositing workflows, rendering techniques, and post-processing to finalize your visuals. Ideal for intermediate 3D artists, game developers, or environment designers looking to elevate their Blender scenes. A working knowledge of Blender's interface and basic modeling tools is recommended. By the end of the course, you will be able to model, optimize, light, and render a complete cinematic 3D environment using Blender’s full toolset.
Politecnico di Milano
Artificial Intelligence: An Overview
The course will provide a non-technical overview of the artificial intelligence field. Initially, a discussion on the birth of AI is provided, remarking the seminal ideas and preliminary goals. Furthermore, the crucial weaknesses are presented and how these weaknesses have been circumvented. Then, the current state of AI is presented, in terms of goals, importance at national level, and strategies. Moreover, the taxonomy of the AI topics is presented.
Edureka
Incident Response and Cyber Forensics
This program equips SOC analysts, incident responders, forensic investigators, and security operations professionals with the operational frameworks and investigative skills required to detect, analyze, contain, and recover from cybersecurity incidents. You will begin by exploring security monitoring principles, SIEM correlation workflows, and endpoint telemetry analysis to transform alerts into structured investigations. Through applied demonstrations, you will learn how to differentiate baseline activity from malicious behavior and interpret abnormal network patterns. Building on monitoring foundations, you will analyze denial-of-service and distributed denial-of-service attack patterns using packet capture tools such as Wireshark. You will investigate traffic anomalies, identify flooding behavior, and apply mitigation strategies to protect network availability. Next, the program advances into structured incident response planning. You will examine incident lifecycle stages, define roles and responsibilities, classify and prioritize incidents, and develop coordinated response playbooks. Through readiness simulations and structured exercises, you will learn how effective planning reduces response time and improves accountability. The course then introduces digital forensic principles, including evidence integrity, log and file analysis, timeline reconstruction, and memory capture simulations. You will learn how to document investigations, preserve evidence, and reconstruct events to support defensible reporting. Finally, you will integrate detection, response, forensic analysis, containment, eradication, and recovery processes in an end-to-end incident simulation project, demonstrating full lifecycle incident management aligned with enterprise standards. By the end of this program, you will be able to: -Apply SIEM correlation and endpoint monitoring techniques. -Detect and analyze DoS and DDoS attack patterns. -Structure incident classification and prioritization workflows. -Develop and test incident response procedures and playbooks. -Conduct forensic log and artifact analysis with proper documentation. -Implement containment and eradication strategies. -Validate recovery processes and measure resilience improvements. -Execute full lifecycle incident response operations. This course is designed for SOC analysts, blue-team defenders, cybersecurity engineers, forensic practitioners, and security operations professionals seeking structured incident handling expertise. Join us to develop the operational readiness, investigative precision, and resilience-building capabilities required to manage real-world cyber incidents effectively.
UBITS
Adelántate a la crisis: elabora el BIA de tu negocio
Si estás encargado de asegurar la continuidad de tu organización, este curso es para ti. Aquí aprenderás a evaluar riesgos, priorizar procesos críticos y documentar estrategias de recuperación, lo que te brindará herramientas prácticas para enfrentar la incertidumbre y fortalecer la resiliencia operativa en tu ámbito profesional. Al finalizar este curso, estarás capacitado para implementar un análisis de impacto del negocio (BIA) de manera efectiva.
California Institute of the Arts
Introduction to Game Design
Welcome! This course is an introduction to the primary concepts of gaming, and an exploration of how these basic concepts affect the way gamers interact with our games. In this course you will understand what defines a “game” and the mechanics and rules behind different types of games. Through four linked assignments you'll learn ways to create and describe a game concept, and specifically what makes a compelling game. This course focuses on the conceptual underpinnings of games, and all assignments can be completed with a pencil and paper – no previous programming knowledge is required.
Google Cloud
Responsible AI: Applying AI Principles with GC - Português
Quanto maior é o uso da inteligência artificial empresarial e do machine learning, mais importante é desenvolvê-los de maneira responsável. Para muitos, falar sobre a IA responsável pode ser mais fácil, mas colocá-la em prática é um desafio. Se você tem interesse em aprender a operacionalizar a IA responsável na sua organização, este curso é para você. Nele, você vai aprender como o Google Cloud faz isso hoje, além de analisar práticas recomendadas e lições aprendidas, a fim de criar uma base para elaborar sua própria abordagem de IA responsável.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Asia Oriental en el s. XX: introducción desde la Historia
¿Por qué es importante conocer la región de Asia Oriental? Hoy en día recibimos información de todo tipo sobre el desarrollo económico, la situación internacional, la economía mundial o los logros tecnológicos que ocurren en China, Japón, Corea del Norte y del Sur y Taiwán. Paralelamente, la llegada de la cultura del entretenimiento a través de las redes sociales y los medios de comunicaciones está cada vez más presente en nuestro día a día en este mundo globalizado. La distancia real entre las diferentes regiones, lenguas y culturas ya no suponen un obstáculo, existiendo en la actualidad muchos instrumentos que nos facilitan recortar esa “distancia” a través del conocimiento mutuo. Este curso ofrece conocer la región de Asia Oriental a través de la historia. Todo ello adquiriendo conocimiento adecuados para aproximarse a los diferentes procesos y fases de los fenómenos modernos de los países de Asia Oriental. De un modo comparativo es posible observar las características similares de la identidad cultural en Asia Oriental, siendo su cosmovisión tradicional un elemento distintivo y diferenciador en su devenir histórico con respecto a otras regiones. Después de finalizar este curso el usuario obtendrá las claves históricas más importantes de todos los países de Asia Oriental (Japón, China, las dos Coreas y Taiwán) desde 1945 hasta la actualidad. Todo ello con el objetivo de conocer la importancia y el significado de estos hechos en el relato histórico de cada país y su interconexión en el concierto mundial geopolítico nacido tras finalización de la II Guerra Mundial y la Guerra Fría. Vamos a: • Analizar las diferentes perspectivas historiográficas del siglo XX. • Aplicar las habilidades necesarias para la valorar el conocimiento histórico. • Capacidad de seguir aprendiendo en el futuro de forma autónoma, profundizando en los conocimientos adquiridos o iniciándose en nuevas áreas relacionadas con el marco de Asia Oriental. • Comparar críticamente entre sí las evoluciones de las grandes áreas regionales que se abordan en la materia. Esperemos que los contenidos sean de su interés y que este proceso de aprendizaje sobre Asia Oriental sea fructífero y enriquecedor.
Packt
Jetson Nano Starter to Pro - A Computer Vision Course
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. In this course, you will explore the fascinating world of computer vision and artificial intelligence through the NVIDIA Jetson platform. By working through various modules, you'll gain a strong understanding of how to set up and optimize Jetson for AI tasks, with hands-on projects and practical applications of Jetson's capabilities. The course covers everything from basic image processing with OpenCV to advanced AI tools like YOLO, TensorRT, and DeepStream, helping you to develop cutting-edge computer vision applications. You will start by learning the basics of Jetson setup, moving on to installing essential libraries such as OpenCV and PyTorch, and applying them to create powerful image processing workflows. The course then takes you through object detection, deep learning, and AI optimization using tools like TensorRT, showcasing real-world applications like vehicle tracking and automatic number plate recognition. The final modules focus on integrating multiple cameras with DeepStream, enabling the creation of sophisticated surveillance systems. This course is ideal for those who wish to dive into the world of AI on edge devices, whether for robotics, surveillance, or other real-time applications. It is suitable for learners with basic programming knowledge and an interest in computer vision and AI development. By the end of the course, you will be equipped to build and deploy AI-powered computer vision systems using Jetson Nano.
Google Cloud
Agen AI Generatif: Mentransformasi Organisasi Anda
Agen AI Generatif: Mentransformasi Organisasi Anda adalah kursus kelima dan terakhir dari jalur pembelajaran Pemimpin AI Generatif. Kursus ini membahas cara organisasi menggunakan agen AI generatif kustom untuk membantu mengatasi tantangan bisnis tertentu. Anda akan mendapatkan praktik langsung dalam membangun agen AI generatif dasar, sambil mempelajari komponen agen ini, seperti model, loop penalaran, dan alat.
DeepLearning.AI
Custom Models, Layers, and Loss Functions with TensorFlow
In this course, you will: • Compare Functional and Sequential APIs, discover new models you can build with the Functional API, and build a model that produces multiple outputs including a Siamese network. • Build custom loss functions (including the contrastive loss function used in a Siamese network) in order to measure how well a model is doing and help your neural network learn from training data. • Build off of existing standard layers to create custom layers for your models, customize a network layer with a lambda layer, understand the differences between them, learn what makes up a custom layer, and explore activation functions. • Build off of existing models to add custom functionality, learn how to define your own custom class instead of using the Functional or Sequential APIs, build models that can be inherited from the TensorFlow Model class, and build a residual network (ResNet) through defining a custom model class. The DeepLearning.AI TensorFlow: Advanced Techniques Specialization introduces the features of TensorFlow that provide learners with more control over their model architecture and tools that help them create and train advanced ML models. This Specialization is for early and mid-career software and machine learning engineers with a foundational understanding of TensorFlow who are looking to expand their knowledge and skill set by learning advanced TensorFlow features to build powerful models.