Into the Unknown
Understanding Financial Statements: Company PositionUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign This is a beginner-level course about financial statements, particularly Balance Sheet. Being able to read and understand financial statements is probably the most essential skill you need to possess, no matter you are a professional investor or even a small business owner. It is amazing that…
Financial Engineering and Risk Management Part IIColumbia University I am thrilled to complete this wonderful course. Assuming you have fully comprehended the content in its preceding course, this one scuba-dives and show you the incredible underwater world. The underwater voyage starts from the assets and portfolios, you will find an amazing elaboration of Efficient Frontier,…
Corporate StrategyUniversity of London & UCL School of Management If the news of merger, acquisition, split or spin-off strain your eyes, and you wonder what is under the hood, then this course is for you! No hollow big talk, this inspiring course introduces fundamental concepts and approaches of analysis. It does not tell you what…
Getting started with TensorFlow 2Imperial College London Wow this is a wonderful course on Tensorflow! The professor and lecturers directly teach how to write code to complete certain tasks, piece-by-piece and step-by-step. Upon the moment of completing all programming assignments you would certainly gain Tensorflow skills and be confident in your next real job. You’d…
Building a Data Science TeamJohns Hopkins University This is a short but instructive course about how a data science team plays as a whole. A data science team appears similar to other kinds of research or development teams, after completing this course you definitely will notice it has its own peculiar characteristics. You probably will…
Foundations of Everyday LeadershipUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign To some, leadership is an advantage; meanwhile to some, leadership is a problem. This is a wonderful course elaborates what leadership is all about from theoretical perspective. It guides you to find the secrets why some people is so good at being a leader. To me, this…
Financial Engineering and Risk Management Part IColumbia University An amazing course from a prestigious university! This course touches the hard core of various financial concepts by deriving numerous math equations. It effectively demonstrated why Financial Engineering is a multidisciplinary field drawing from economics, statistics, and engineering. It usually costs me a few hours to fully…
A Crash Course in Data ScienceJohns Hopkins University As the pilot of the specialization “Executive Data Science”, this very short course provides a bird’s eye view of a few critical aspects for data science. The most impressive to me is the comparison between machine learning and traditional statistics. This is very interesting to realize there…
Contracts & Employment LawUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign This is a very useful course for non-experts, because we all do business every day. The course firstly introduced all elements of a valid contract, a little theoretical, but instructive to help identify the reasons why an agreement is not enforceable. Besides rules from common law, the…
Practical Reinforcement LearningHigher School of Economics I am very proud that I survived and completed this thorny but exciting journey with Honors. I spent nearly 1 month on this very challenging course, which covers enormous amount of knowledge. The lecture videos are all well-prepared, they not only help me consolidate my original understanding, but also…
Introduction to TensorFlowGoogle Quite a lot stuff of TensorFlow was distilled into this course, from the basics to advanced techniques. I guess some topics probably will make beginners confused, but will strike a chord with experienced developers. The course first introduced the layers of API, the very basic tensor and Variable. Then put much effort…
Introduction to Google SEOUniversity of California Davis This is a wonderful course about marketing by means of search engine optimization. Over the years, SEO is no longer as simple as following a checklist, it needs a holistic approach since there is a higher barrier of entry. The course covers a lot of material: what SEO…
Exploratory Data Analysis with MATLABMathWorks Even though Python, R and others are getting more and more popular, MATLAB is still irreplaceable and indispensable in some fields. If you are willing to refresh your MATLAB skill set, don’t miss this official course from MathWorks. It is quite easy to sign up an MathWorks account, get a…
How Google does Machine LearningGoogle Cloud There is no math, no Tensorflow, no algorithms in this short course – don’t be upset. It shared a lot valuable stuff : the enterprise know-how that Google have obtained over the years. I think In week 2 the lecture is rather wonderful and inspiring! The topics include the…
What is ComplianceUniversity of Pennsylvania The world today operates in a highly regulated environment. Failure to comply usually leads to catastrophic loss. The course case-studied quite a few companies which face serious reputational and economic harm: Enron, Google, Uber, Valkswagon, Facebook. Very interesting. In this is a short introductory course, but a few topics reminds…