Into the Unknown
I just got my 50th coursera certificate!! 4 years ago I started my first course “Machine Learning” taught by Andrew Ng on Coursera. In the last 4 years, Coursera keeps me company almost every day. I often stay up late until 2 AM to fix a program. I am so crazy about it. ?Now I have…
Entrepreneurship 1: Developing the OpportunityUniversity of Pennsylvania Can entrepreneurship be taught? You must learn, because It is your survival skills. You can NOT live without it in this world. ☠️ My career life is full of innovations. I work hard to make it real, then present and sell. Failed? Dust off and start over.This course truly has taught something important you won’t understand…
Introduction to Applied Machine LearningAlberta Machine Intelligence Institute This course looks at machine learning in a different light: business. Fanciful ideas and hypes are still almost everywhere nowadays, but clear-headed people remembers the motto “no silver bullet”.This course introduced many fundamental knowledge without too many technical terminology. To me, the most impressive section is the Machine Learning Process Lifecycle.This…
Introduction to Mechanics SpecializationRice University Now I am ready to try more advanced physics courses. Thank you very much Rice University! My Specialization Certificate Courses I am Kesler Zhu, thank you for visiting. Checkout all of my course reviews at http://KZHU.ai
Physics 101 – Rotational Motion and GravitationRice University This is a top-notch course! No doubt! The concepts like rotational kinematics, moment of inertia, torque, angular momentum, etc are all elaborated wonderfully. Impressive and unforgettable. The quizzes are challenging, ⚠️ lots, lots of calculation. You need to be creative, be patient, be prudent. Some of questions really have got me pulling my hair…
Introduction to HTML5University of Michigan This entry-level course truly touched my heart because it is shocking to know that nearly 1/5 people in the US lives with a disability. This is also my first time to know there are Web Accessibility Laws ADA and standards “aimed at making sure anyone suffering from these disabilities have the same right…
Introduction to Self-Driving CarsUniversity of Toronto Self-driving cars! I am thrilled to pass this tough course. You have to implement a few kinematic and dynamic models, and the BIG FINAL challenge is to use CARLA simulator to drive a ‘real’ car! Very exciting!Familiarize yourself with physics, mechanics, classic control techniques, and optimization, otherwise you will have difficulties when understanding equations.I am proud to…
Agile Software DevelopmentUniversity of Minnesota I have been practicing a few software development methodologies in my career. There are lots of debates and quarrels about them.I started this course long time ago, when I was in a global project. To be honest, my bumpy experience told me Agile looks simple and tamable, but in reality it is quite challenging, particularly when it comes to the cost of communication in…
Introduction to AWS Identity and Access ManagementAWS Nowadays I urgently need to understand cloud security better for my work. This short-but-sweet AWS IAM course is a fairly good starting point. Jesus Christ, actually I have been using AWS EC2 for years for personal use, but never thought about IAM seriously. I just always use `root` user (very very bad practice). It is…
Understanding Financial MarketsUniversity of Geneva Let’s talk money! With 15+ years of investment experience, this course really struck a chord in my heart. Equities, bonds, hedge funds, forex and central banks. Hear! Hear! They remind me lots of moments and memories. Mr. Michel Girardin made this course vivid and wonderful. I am impressed by the demonstration of duration of…
Physics 101 – Energy and MomentumRice University Oh, I ❤️ physics! Good old days revisited. Energy and momentum are truly fundamental, it helped me refine my knowledge a lot. Thank you Prof. Jason Hafner for I had a great time in the classroom of Rice University. The experiments and quiz are very joyful and inspiring. This is an excellent course for university…
Reinforcement Learning SpecializationUniversity of Alberta Anyone who loves reinforcement learning should not miss this specialization. Thank you University of Alberta! My Specialization Certificate Courses I am Kesler Zhu, thank you for visiting. Checkout all of my course reviews at http://KZHU.ai
A Complete Reinforcement Learning System (Capstone)University of Alberta For moon landing, let’s build a complete Deep RL system. You will get hands dirty in an expected SARSA agent using neural networks as function approximation and Adam as optimizer, also don’t forget softmax and replay buffer, and later parameter study! What an achievement! But meanwhile – as Prof. Martha White and Prof. Adam White pointed out – this is only the “first step towards learning…
Ancient Philosophy: Plato & His PredecessorsUniversity of Pennsylvania Highly recommend! This course is elegant, classy and mind-blowing. It was like a short trip to School of Athens. The words I read, the articulation I heard are sometimes like thunders and storm making me shocked and tongue-tied; sometimes like nocturne and lullaby making my life easy and…
Prediction and Control with Function ApproximationUniversity of Alberta This course reaches the apex of the entire reinforcement learning specialization! Don’t even bother ? if you are not ready for supervised learning and neural networks. The last topics policy parameterization and Actor-Critic algorithm are really the shiny pearls of the crown. Love it. A round of applause to Prof. Martha White and Prof. Adam White. Thank you very…