Into the Unknown
Understanding Modern Physics I: Relativity and CosmologyThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology I am thrilled to share my 100th course certificate. My journey to Coursera started in 2017, it has been 5 years since I got my first certificate. For this 100th certificate, I deliberately chose this course “Understanding Modern Physics”. I would…
Customising Your Models with TensorFlow 2Imperial College London I highly recommend this course to everyone who is willing to be using TensorFlow 2. I have been using TensorFlow for years, but I still learnec a lot from it. One caveat is that this course actually is not an easy one, it won’t teach your what…
Startup Valuation MethodsDuke University Hey, new business owners, this wonderful course is for you! You probably have already learned a lot about financing and accounting, you already know how to prepare tax and negotiate with banks. But this course offers one more perspective: how much is your business worth in the eyes of investors? Or…
Introduction to Recommender Systems: Non-Personalized and Content-BasedUniversity of Minnesota In modern society, the recommender systems are everywhere and people even won’t survive without them. There are sorts of companies mining data of your behavior and creating profiles for you. They know you better than you do, and they affect almost all kinds of decisions you…
Management of Fashion and Luxury CompaniesUniversit脿 Bocconi Are you learning French or Italian as a foreign language? Certainly, everybody has their own reasons. To me, one of the reasons is fashion and luxury. Every time when I was in department stores, shopping malls or outlets, those shiny display windows catch my eyes. The handbags, clothes,…
Fundamentals of Network CommunicationUniversity of Colorado System Computer networking and communication are shockingly complicated. It takes years or decades to become an expert. This is a great course that covers most of the important concepts for you. The course begins with history. It is amazing to find out that telegraph was invented about 200 years…
Machine Learning Algorithms: Supervised Learning Tip to TailAlberta Machine Intelligence Institute There are many other courses that teach you some aspects of supervised learning, but this one gives you the big picture. Classification and Regression are closely related, it’s likely to get lost in the details. The course begins with the Decision Trees and k-Nearest…
Networking in Google Cloud: Defining and Implementing NetworksGoogle Cloud In the era when everything goes virtual, private networks in public cloud is one of the most essential and attractive part of cloud computing. They usually have a fancy name “Virtual Private Cloud” or VPC, available in the catalog of almost all Cloud service providers. This…
Introduction to Virtual RealityGoldsmiths, University of London Recently, Metaverse is a buzz on the Internet. Quite a lot people talk about it. There are interest, concerns, dismissal, criticism, or whatever. It is one’s personal taste. Once my out-of-fashion understanding of Virtual Reality was no more than gaming console. But this course opened my eyes to…
Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine: FoundationsGoogle Kubernetes and its ecosystem provide all the capabilities needed to address key concerns of any microservice architecture. It is hot ever since its debut in 2014 from Google, and now is widespread and be supported by many big companies. I have been working on Kubernetes and Redhat’s distribution Openshift Container…
CryptographyUniversity of Maryland College Park This course is definitely one of the best that you shouldn’t miss out on. It is a wide-ranging course covering tons of topics, meanwhile many of them are taught in depth. I love the syllabus, the pace, and the internal logic among different modules. Learning this course is an amazing…
Federal Taxation I: Individuals, Employees, and Sole ProprietorsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign I believe taxation is the negotiation between the governors and the governed. Yep, most of people don’t like taxes, however it is really rewarding if you know how the intricacies work. This is an “WOW” course that deserves your attention. Lots of stuff…
The Introduction to Quantum ComputingSaint Petersburg State University This wonderful, challenging and inspiring course covers lots of topics. You will find that in the path of becoming a quantum computing expert, not only quantum mechanics is required, but also the knowledge of thermodynamics, computer science, optics and many more are needed. The course starts with…
Google SEO FundamentalsUniversity of California Davis I have been using WordPress for a while, blogging on this platform is really a joyful experience. However search engine optimization (SEO) is never as easy as installing a few “magic” plugins. Those excellent plugins can help you, only if you have obtained sufficient background knowledge of SEO. This…
Fundamentals of Macroscopic and Microscopic ThermodynamicsUniversity of Colorado Boulder This is is course about physics. But why do you, as an IT practitioner, need to learn thermodynamics? If the notion of information still seems intangible, unreal, and ephemeral. This course probably will be the winds to howl, blowing away the spooky fog, because energy is…