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    Results for "independent thinking"

    • C

      Coursera Instructor Network

      Commercial Awareness

      Skills you'll gain: Strategic Decision-Making, Competitive Analysis, Sales Strategy, Strategic Thinking, Business Strategy, Business Leadership, Market Trend, Market Analysis, Business Marketing, Sales, Leadership, Business, Business Management, Financial Analysis, Marketing Strategies, Marketing, Market Dynamics, Business Economics, Consumer Behaviour

      4.3
      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      12 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • U

      University of Washington

      Designing Autonomous AI

      Skills you'll gain: Organizational Skills, Artificial Intelligence, Systems Design, Functional Design, Goal Setting, Verification And Validation, Reinforcement Learning, Functional Specification, Knowledge Transfer, Software Architecture, Interviewing Skills, Software Design Patterns, Decision Making

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      12 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
      E

      Edureka

      Machine Learning and NLP Basics

      Skills you'll gain: Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning, Predictive Modeling, Text Mining, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Machine Learning, Tensorflow, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning Algorithms, Supervised Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Unstructured Data

      3.4
      Rating, 3.4 out of 5 stars
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      25 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • U

      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Global Postharvest Loss Prevention: Fundamentals, Technologies, and Actors

      Skills you'll gain: Loss Prevention, Waste Minimization, Food and Beverage, Supply Chain Management, Market Dynamics, Economics, Capacity Planning, Stakeholder Management, Systems Thinking, International Relations, Education and Training, Innovation

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      173 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
      U

      University of Colorado Boulder

      Computational Vision

      Skills you'll gain: Computer Vision, Image Analysis, Artificial Neural Networks, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Computer Graphics, Computational Thinking, Deep Learning, Psychology

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      65 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • D

      Duke University

      Christian Virtues for Spiritual Growth

      Skills you'll gain: Personal Integrity, Compassion, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Optimism, Growth Mindedness, Resilience, Empathy, Social Justice, Self-Awareness

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      11 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • U

      Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

      Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems: the Nexus between Water, Energy and Food

      Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Data Literacy, Systems Thinking, Water Resources, Energy and Utilities, Analysis, Environmental Science, Policy Analysis, Social Sciences, Environment and Resource Management, Natural Resource Management, Economics

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      96 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • F

      Fractal Analytics

      Introduction to Vertex AI

      Skills you'll gain: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Applied Machine Learning, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Google Cloud Platform, Large Language Modeling, User Interface (UI), Cloud Computing

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      8 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free
      Free
      C

      Coursera Project Network

      Transfer Learning for NLP with TensorFlow Hub

      Skills you'll gain: Tensorflow, Natural Language Processing, Keras (Neural Network Library), Text Mining, Deep Learning

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      178 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    • E

      EIT Digital

      System Validation: Automata and behavioural equivalences

      Skills you'll gain: Verification And Validation, Theoretical Computer Science, System Testing, Embedded Software, System Software, Systems Design, Software Architecture

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      182 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: New
      New
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      Free Trial
      I

      IBM

      Introduction to Systems Analysis

      Skills you'll gain: Systems Development Life Cycle, Systems Analysis, Requirements Analysis, Business Systems Analysis, Requirements Elicitation, Unified Modeling Language, Agile Methodology, User Requirements Documents, Process Design, Problem Management, Systems Thinking, Business Process, Information Technology, Information Systems

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      8 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free
      Free
      C

      Coursera Project Network

      Tweet Emotion Recognition with TensorFlow

      Skills you'll gain: Tensorflow, Python Programming, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Neural Networks, Text Mining, Machine Learning Algorithms, Deep Learning, Data Processing

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      164 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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

    • Commercial Awareness: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Designing Autonomous AI: University of Washington
    • Machine Learning and NLP Basics: Edureka
    • Global Postharvest Loss Prevention: Fundamentals, Technologies, and Actors: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Computational Vision: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Christian Virtues for Spiritual Growth: Duke University
    • Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems: the Nexus between Water, Energy and Food: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
    • Introduction to Vertex AI : Fractal Analytics
    • Transfer Learning for NLP with TensorFlow Hub: Coursera Project Network
    • System Validation: Automata and behavioural equivalences: EIT Digital

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