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    Understand information theory for data communication and processing. Learn about entropy, coding, and data compression.

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      Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

      Determining AI Needs

      Skills you'll gain: AI Product Strategy, Artificial Intelligence, Project Scoping, Decision Making, Usability Testing, Needs Assessment, Project Planning, Data Quality, Performance Metric, Resource Planning, Data Security

      4.1
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      31 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Edureka

      Data Integration and ETL with Talend

      Skills you'll gain: Extract, Transform, Load, Data Integration, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Data Cleansing, Data Pipelines, Data Quality, Data Migration, Data Mapping, Database Management, Data Transformation, File Management, Data Manipulation, Data Processing, Metadata Management, JSON, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Debugging

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      PySpark Foundations: Process, analyze, and summarize data

      Skills you'll gain: PySpark, Apache Spark, Data Visualization Software, Data Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Cleansing, Data Processing, Data Manipulation, Big Data, Jupyter, Pandas (Python Package), People Analytics

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Practical Methodology and Ethics in AI

      Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Data Ethics, Deep Learning, Debugging, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Bayesian Statistics, Applied Machine Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Information Privacy, Case Studies

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      IE Business School

      Marketing Management Essentials: Market Analysis

      Skills you'll gain: Market Opportunities, Market Analysis, Competitive Analysis, Marketing Management, Market Intelligence, Strategic Decision-Making, Customer Analysis, Marketing Strategies, Marketing, Marketing Planning, Strategic Thinking, Business Strategy, Analysis, Business Analysis, Strategic Planning

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      6 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Maryland, College Park

      Environmental Project Management: Stakeholder Outreach

      Skills you'll gain: Presentations, Stakeholder Management, Data Visualization, Persuasive Communication, Stakeholder Communications, Stakeholder Analysis, Verbal Communication Skills, Communication, Storytelling, Public Speaking, Strategic Communication, Technical Communication, Project Management

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Whizlabs

      AWS: Task Automation and Network Integration

      Skills you'll gain: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Amazon Web Services, Network Infrastructure, AWS CloudFormation, Network Routing, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Network Security, Load Balancing, Automation

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Emerging Approaches for Measuring Population Health

      Skills you'll gain: Surveys, Data Collection, Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Equity, Health Informatics, Health Policy, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Health Care, Data Integration, Chronic Diseases

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Google Cloud

      BigQuery Machine Learning using Soccer Data

      Skills you'll gain: Analytics, Statistical Machine Learning, Advanced Analytics, Google Cloud Platform, Big Data, Applied Machine Learning, Data Analysis, Predictive Modeling

      Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      BiteSize Python for Absolute Beginners: Essentials

      Skills you'll gain: Python Programming, Programming Principles, Scripting, Jupyter, Computer Programming Tools, Data Storage

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      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Università di Napoli Federico II

      Machine Learning e Data Mining in R

      Skills you'll gain: Unsupervised Learning, Supervised Learning, R Programming, Artificial Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Exploratory Data Analysis, Deep Learning, Predictive Modeling, Ggplot2, Regression Analysis, Dimensionality Reduction, Data Analysis, Data Manipulation, Data Modeling

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Digital Marketing Institute

      Data and Digital Strategy Execution

      Skills you'll gain: Data-Driven Decision-Making, Marketing Strategies, Data Ethics, Customer Analysis, Strategic Marketing, Strategic Decision-Making, Digital Marketing, Business Analytics, Marketing Analytics, Performance Measurement, MarTech, Data Analysis, Pay Per Click Advertising, Data Management, Web Analytics and SEO, Marketing Automation, Cross-Channel Marketing, Target Audience, Smart Goals

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular information theory courses

    • Determining AI Needs: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
    • Data Integration and ETL with Talend: Edureka
    • PySpark Foundations: Process, analyze, and summarize data: Coursera Project Network
    • Practical Methodology and Ethics in AI: Johns Hopkins University
    • Marketing Management Essentials: Market Analysis: IE Business School
    • Environmental Project Management: Stakeholder Outreach: University of Maryland, College Park
    • AWS: Task Automation and Network Integration : Whizlabs
    • Emerging Approaches for Measuring Population Health: Johns Hopkins University
    • BigQuery Machine Learning using Soccer Data: Google Cloud
    • BiteSize Python for Absolute Beginners: Essentials: University of Colorado Boulder

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