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      University of California, Davis

      DevOps Culture and Mindset

      Skills you'll gain: DevOps, CI/CD, Process Mapping, Culture Transformation, Continuous Improvement Process, Lean Methodologies, Risk Management, Process Improvement, Organizational Structure, Kanban Principles, Operational Efficiency, User Feedback, Systems Thinking

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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      The Chinese University of Hong Kong

      Basic Modeling for Discrete Optimization

      Skills you'll gain: Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Modeling, Problem Solving, Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Decision Support Systems, Computational Thinking, Data Modeling

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      454 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of California San Diego

      Human-Centered Design: an Introduction

      Skills you'll gain: Interaction Design, Usability, Human Centered Design, Mockups, Storyboarding, User Experience Design, Design Thinking, Prototyping, User Interface (UI) Design, User Research, Interviewing Skills

      4.7
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      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Google

      Accelerate Your Job Search with AI

      Skills you'll gain: Interviewing Skills, Professional Development, Google Gemini, Generative AI, LLM Application, Prompt Engineering, Problem Solving, Planning, Communication

      4.8
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      2K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Northwestern University

      Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control

      Skills you'll gain: Machine Controls, Control Systems, Automation Engineering, Mathematical Modeling, Mathematical Software, Simulation and Simulation Software, Engineering Calculations, Engineering, Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Applied Mathematics, Engineering Analysis, Automation, Virtual Environment, Robotic Process Automation, Torque (Physics), Graph Theory, Matlab, Numerical Analysis

      4.7
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      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Erasmus University Rotterdam

      Innovation Management

      Skills you'll gain: Innovation, Creativity, Brainstorming, Process Development, Design Thinking, Organizational Leadership, Product Development, Diversity and Inclusion, Product Lifecycle Management, Team Management, Business Strategy, Lean Methodologies

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Amazon Web Services

      AWS Cloud Technology Consultant

      Skills you'll gain: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudFormation, Amazon DynamoDB, Software Development Life Cycle, CI/CD, Amazon Web Services, Professional Networking, IT Automation, Cloud Computing, Amazon S3, Extract, Transform, Load, DevOps, Software Architecture, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Management, Data Management, Problem Solving, Teamwork

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      4.8
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      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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      University of California, Irvine

      Learn English: Advanced Academic Speaking and Listening

      Skills you'll gain: Verbal Communication Skills, Presentations, Public Speaking, Discussion Facilitation, Non-Verbal Communication, Oral Comprehension, English Language, Active Listening, Communication, Social Skills, Constructive Feedback, Communication Strategies, Interpersonal Communications, Persuasive Communication, Driving engagement, Student Engagement, Collaboration, Planning, Critical Thinking, Vocabulary

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Business Strategy

      Skills you'll gain: Business Strategy, Organizational Strategy, Strategic Leadership, Strategic Thinking, Business Management, Business Modeling, Strategic Decision-Making, Competitive Analysis, Value Propositions, Market Analysis, Innovation, Analysis

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      4.8
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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of California, Davis

      Computational Social Science

      Skills you'll gain: Social Network Analysis, Network Analysis, Data Wrangling, Natural Language Processing, Web Scraping, Social Sciences, Data Ethics, Databases, Artificial Intelligence, Research, Simulations, Big Data, Systems Thinking, Trend Analysis, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Research Methodologies, Machine Learning, Data Collection, Agentic systems

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      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Pearson

      Introduction to Transformer Models for NLP: Unit 3

      Skills you'll gain: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Large Language Modeling, Computer Vision, Image Analysis, Natural Language Processing, Application Deployment, Deep Learning, Cloud Hosting, Restful API

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of California San Diego

      Introduction to Graph Theory

      Skills you'll gain: Graph Theory, Combinatorics, Network Analysis, Data Structures, Network Routing, Algorithms, Theoretical Computer Science, Program Development

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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular algorithmic thinking courses

    • DevOps Culture and Mindset: University of California, Davis
    • Basic Modeling for Discrete Optimization: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    • Human-Centered Design: an Introduction: University of California San Diego
    • Accelerate Your Job Search with AI: Google
    • Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control: Northwestern University
    • Innovation Management: Erasmus University Rotterdam
    • AWS Cloud Technology Consultant: Amazon Web Services
    • Learn English: Advanced Academic Speaking and Listening: University of California, Irvine
    • Business Strategy: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Computational Social Science: University of California, Davis

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    Graph Theory (10)
    Image Processing (10)
    Linear Algebra (10)
    Reinforcement Learning (10)

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