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Rice University
An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 2)
This two-part course is designed to help students with very little or no computing background learn the basics of building simple interactive applications. Our language of choice, Python, is an easy-to learn, high-level computer language that is used in many of the computational courses offered on Coursera. To make learning Python easy, we have developed a new browser-based programming environment that makes developing interactive applications in Python simple. These applications will involve windows whose contents are graphical and respond to buttons, the keyboard and the mouse. In part 2 of this course, we will introduce more elements of programming (such as list, dictionaries, and loops) and then use these elements to create games such as Blackjack. Part 1 of this class will culminate in building a version of the classic arcade game "Asteroids". Upon completing this course, you will be able to write small, but interesting Python programs. The next course in the specialization will begin to introduce a more principled approach to writing programs and solving computational problems that will allow you to write larger and more complex programs.
Google Cloud
Protecting APIs with Apigee X and Cloud Armor
This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. In this lab, you use an Apigee X threat protection policy and Cloud Armor to protect your APIs.
University of Geneva
International Organizations for Interpreters
This course is primarily aimed at students of conference interpreting, or people who wish to begin studying conference interpreting. It is based on a long-standing lecture course given by the oldest interpreting school in the world, the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting at the University of Geneva. Our course looks at organizations from a viewpoint which very few people ever get to see; international organizations seen from the interpreting booth. You will learn about the history, development, structure and functions of international organizations, and of course the question of multilingualism. The purpose of this course is to help you, as a budding interpreter or translator, to gain basic knowledge about the institutions which may be your future employers, and to give you the essential tools that you will need to easily and efficiently prepare yourself for working at an international organization. Naturally, Geneva – renowned for its uniquely high concentration of international organizations – takes centre stage in this course. Throughout this course, we will take you with us to visit a number of these organizations, and to benefit from interviews with various experts who will give us an insider’s view of multilateralism, multilingualism and the other topics broached in the course.
Coursera
Principal Component Analysis with NumPy
Welcome to this 2 hour long project-based course on Principal Component Analysis with NumPy and Python. In this project, you will do all the machine learning without using any of the popular machine learning libraries such as scikit-learn and statsmodels. The aim of this project and is to implement all the machinery of the various learning algorithms yourself, so you have a deeper understanding of the fundamentals. By the time you complete this project, you will be able to implement and apply PCA from scratch using NumPy in Python, conduct basic exploratory data analysis, and create simple data visualizations with Seaborn and Matplotlib. The prerequisites for this project are prior programming experience in Python and a basic understanding of machine learning theory. This course runs on Coursera's hands-on project platform called Rhyme. On Rhyme, you do projects in a hands-on manner in your browser. You will get instant access to pre-configured cloud desktops containing all of the software and data you need for the project. Everything is already set up directly in your internet browser so you can just focus on learning. For this project, you’ll get instant access to a cloud desktop with Python, Jupyter, NumPy, and Seaborn pre-installed.
Google
Transform Engagement into Customers
In this course, you will study the importance of social media marketing in promoting a business or product. Next, you’ll explore common social media platforms used in digital marketing and how to choose the best platform for a campaign. Then, you’ll discover the five core pillars of social media marketing: strategy, planning and publishing, listening and engagement, analytics and reporting, and paid social media. By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Define social media marketing and describe its purpose - Describe the benefits of social media marketing - Identify the five core pillars of social media marketing: strategy, planning and publishing, listening and engagement, analytics and reporting, and advertising -Understand the difference between paid, owned, and earned social media marketing -Describe how social media marketing fits into the marketing funnel
Coursera
Clinic Operations: KPIs and Inventory
Did you know that 78% of healthcare facilities still rely on manual inventory tracking, leading to costly stockouts and expired supplies? This course transforms healthcare administration professionals into confident clinic operations specialists who can navigate organizational structures, decode performance metrics, and maintain critical supply levels. This Short Course was created to help health administration professionals accomplish seamless clinic operations through systematic organizational knowledge and inventory control. By completing this course, you'll be able to confidently identify the right personnel for any operational issue, discuss KPI trends with supervisors using precise terminology, and prevent supply disruptions through proactive inventory management that you can apply immediately in your daily work. By the end of this course, you will be able to: Navigate reporting structures to escalate issues appropriately. Interpret and communicate essential operational KPIs. Execute inventory procedures to maintain optimal stock levels. This course is unique because it combines organizational navigation, performance measurement, and supply management into one comprehensive foundation that mirrors real clinic workflows. To be successful in this project, you should have a background in healthcare environments and basic administrative experience.
Coursera
TikTok Analytics: Optimize Performance
In this course, you'll unlock the power of data-driven content creation by working with TikTok's analytics tools. You'll learn to interpret key engagement metrics like views, shares, comments, and completion rates to understand what resonates with your audience. You'll discover how to identify your top-performing content patterns and use these insights to optimize future videos for greater reach and engagement. By the end of this course, you'll be able to make informed decisions about your content strategy based on real performance data rather than guesswork.
Amazon Web Services
Optimizing Foundation Models
In this course, you will explore two techniques to improve the performance of a foundation model (FM): Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and fine-tuning. You will learn about Amazon Web Services (AWS) services that help store embeddings with vector databases, the role of agents in multi-step tasks, define methods for fine-tuning an FM, how to prepare data for fine-tuning, and more.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Big Data: el impacto de los datos masivos en la sociedad actual
La digitalización, la informática e Internet han producido lo que se puede denominar una revolución en la acumulación y utilización de datos. Podemos almacenar y conservar más datos que nunca antes en la historia. Podemos estudiarlos y analizarlos para tomar decisiones y mejorar procesos. Esta nueva capacidad tiene un enorme impacto en todos los ámbitos de la vida social. A lo largo de este curso: • Conoceremos qué es el Big Data y cuáles son sus características fundamentales • Exploraremos el crecimiento continuo de datos, analizaremos el impacto potencial en muchos campos de la actividad humana y nos preguntaremos por los retos y desafíos que suponen en todos los órdenes de la vida social. • Conoceremos las características de cada una de las fases del procesamiento Big Data, adquiriendo un lenguaje adecuado para la descripción de los procesos. Dispondremos así de una visión de conjunto sobre sistema de tratamiento de grandes datos en la actualidad. • Conoceremos las principales áreas de aplicación de los datos masivos. Qué tipos de transformaciones están imponiendo en la organización del trabajo y en la gestión. Qué desafíos imponen en la gobernanza, la economía y el trabajo. Qué mejoras introducen y qué riesgos representan. • Estudiaremos las principales tecnologías e infraestructuras para el almacenamiento y procesado de grandes volúmenes de datos.
Google Cloud
Responsible AI: Applying AI Principles with GC - 日本語版
企業における AI と ML の利用が拡大し続けるなか、責任を持ってそれを構築することの重要性も増しています。多くの企業にとっての課題は、責任ある AI と口で言うのは簡単でも、それを実践するのは難しいということです。このコースは、責任ある AI を組織で運用化する方法を学びたい方に最適です。 このコースでは、Google Cloud が責任ある AI を現在どのように運用化しているかを、ベスト プラクティスや教訓と併せて学び、責任ある AI に対する独自のアプローチを構築するためのフレームワークとして活用できるようにします。
Google
Wireframes und Low-Fidelity-Prototypen Erstellen
„Wireframes und Low-Fidelity-Prototypen erstellen“ ist der dritte Kurs des Zertifikatsprogramms, mit dem Sie die nötigen Fähigkeiten erwerben, um sich für Einstiegspositionen im Bereich User Experience Design (UX-Design) zu bewerben. In diesem Kurs werden Sie damit fortfahren, eine mobile App für Ihr professionelles UX-Portfolio zu entwerfen. Sie beginnen mit dem Erstellen von Storyboards und machen sich mit den Grundlagen des Skizzierens vertraut. Anschließend erstellen Sie Wireframes auf Papier und digitale Wireframes mithilfe des Designtools Figma. Sie erstellen außerdem einen Prototyp aus Papier und einen digitalen Low-Fidelity-Prototyp in Figma. Der Kurs wird von aktuell von bei Google tätigen UX-Designschaffenden und UX-Forschenden geleitet. Bei praktischen Aktivitäten werden Sie reale UX-Designszenarien simulieren. Lernende, die die sieben Kurse dieses Zertifikatsprogramms absolvieren, können sich auf Einstiegspositionen im Bereich UX-Design bewerben. Nach Abschluss dieses Kurses können Sie: – eine Zielbeschreibung entwickeln. – zwei Arten von Storyboards erstellen: Big-Picture- und Close-up-Storyboards. – den Unterschied zwischen Low-Fidelity-Designs und High-Fidelity-Designs verstehen. – die Grundlagen des Skizzierens anwenden. – die Prinzipien der Informationsarchitektur zum Organisieren einer mobilen App anwenden. – Papier-Wireframes für das Design mobiler Apps entwickeln – digitale Wireframes im Designtool Figma entwickeln. – Prototypen aus Papier entwickeln, um Designs interaktiv zu gestalten. – einen Low-Fidelity-Prototyp in Figma entwerfen. – implizite Voreingenommenheit und irreführende Muster im Design erkennen. – an der Erstellung einer mobilen App weiterarbeiten, um sie in Ihr professionelles Portfolio aufzunehmen. Um diesen Kurs erfolgreich zu absolvieren, sollten Sie die beiden vorherigen Kurse dieses Zertifikatsprogramms abgeschlossen haben oder Nutzungsstudien durchführen können, um die Grundlage für die Erstellung von Empathy Maps, Personas, User Storys, User Journey Maps, Problembeschreibungen und Nutzenversprechen zu schaffen. Sie brauchen außerdem ein Blatt Papier und einen Stift.
Coursera
Backend Web Development with Go: Build an E-Manual Server
In this 1.5-hour long guided project, you will create a web server that serves electronic manual pages with Golang's built-in packages. Go (also known as Golang) is a programming language that is created, supported, and used by Google and many major organizations. It is particularly suitable for internet applications thank to its ready-to-use packages. We will cover serving HTML contents with HTTP protocols, as well as preventing malicious access with regular expressions. This course is aimed at learners who are proficient with core Golang (variables, data types, flow control, functions, packages) and experience with HTML. Knowledge of HTTP protocol is helpful but not required. "Golang for Beginners: Data Types, Functions, and Packages" highly recommended as a prerequisite.
Google Cloud
Görüntü Üretmeye Giriş
Bu kursta, görüntü üretme alanında gelecek vadeden bir makine öğrenimi modelleri ailesi olan "difüzyon modelleri" tanıtılmaktadır. Difüzyon modelleri fizikten, özellikle de termodinamikten ilham alır. Geçtiğimiz birkaç yıl içinde, gerek araştırma gerekse endüstri alanında difüzyon modelleri popülerlik kazandı. Google Cloud'daki son teknoloji görüntü üretme model ve araçlarının çoğu, difüzyon modelleri ile desteklenmektedir. Bu kursta, difüzyon modellerinin ardındaki teori tanıtılmakta ve bu modellerin Vertex AI'da nasıl eğitilip dağıtılacağı açıklanmaktadır.
University of Amsterdam
Big History - From the Big Bang until Today
Welcome to this Big History course! In this course, renowned scientists and scholars from the University of Amsterdam and beyond will take you on a journey from the Big Bang until today while addressing key questions in their fields. After completing this journey you will have developed a better understanding of how you and everything around you became the way they are today. You will also have gained an understanding of the underlying mechanisms that have helped shape the history of everything and how they wil help shape the future. Last but not least, you will have developed the skill to use this knowledge to put smaller subjects into a bigger perspective with the aid of the little big history approach, which can help you develop some new ideas on these smaller subjects.
Packt
Strapi Plugin Development, Admin Customization, & Deployment
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 comprehensive course, you’ll dive deep into Strapi plugin development, customization of the admin panel, and the deployment of your Strapi project. By the end of the course, you'll have the knowledge and skills to create a fully functional plugin, customize the Strapi admin interface, and successfully deploy your project in production. The course provides a hands-on approach with practical examples and detailed instructions. You'll begin by learning how to configure and customize the Strapi admin panel, including admin server settings, translations, logos, and color schemes. Next, the course moves on to creating a Strapi plugin. You will be guided through integrating third-party APIs, creating content types, managing data, and implementing advanced features like bulk actions, RBAC (Role-Based Access Control), and error handling. Finally, you will explore the best practices for deploying Strapi in a production environment, covering deployment architectures, environment configurations, and integrating tools like Cloudinary. This course is ideal for developers who want to extend Strapi with plugins and efficiently deploy Strapi projects. Whether you're a beginner or intermediate web developer, this course will provide the practical skills you need to work with Strapi in real-world scenarios.
Yonsei University
Gender, Family, and Social Change in Contemporary South Korea
This course examines the transformation of Korean society beginning around the turn of the 20th century to contemporary times. In particular, it explores how shifting categories of masculinity, and by contrast, femininity have impacted upon, and in turn been influenced by social, cultural, and political change. Using multiple disciplinary lenses, we will critically examine how gender intersects with political, social, and economic developments starting with the Confucianization of Korean society during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) up to the contemporary moment of globalization and neoliberal reform. The class will draw on a variety of topics such as traditional views of women, religion, race, class, education, patriarchy, sexuality, imperialism, modernity, war, globalization, the diaspora, among others. Special attention will be placed on the historical, transnational and transdisciplinary connections.