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    • Status: Free Trial
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      University of Colorado System

      Software Design as an Abstraction

      Skills you'll gain: Database Design, Software Design, Usability Testing, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Software Architecture, Software Design Patterns, Database Management, Systems Design, Application Security, Design Strategies, Operating Systems

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      134 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      UX and Interface Design for Embedded Systems

      Skills you'll gain: User Research, User Experience Design, User Experience, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Usability, Verification And Validation, UI/UX Research, Human Computer Interaction, Persona (User Experience), Usability Testing, User Centered Design, Embedded Systems, Wireframing, Prototyping, Unified Modeling Language

      4.3
      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      16 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Ball State University

      Cybersecurity and Secure Software Design

      Skills you'll gain: Cryptography, Application Security, Encryption, Authentications, Cybersecurity, Data Encryption Standard, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Email Security, Network Security, Information Systems Security, Key Management, Application Development, Public Key Infrastructure, Data Integrity

      Build toward a degree

      5
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      6 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Modeling and Debugging Embedded Systems

      Skills you'll gain: Debugging, Failure Analysis, Embedded Systems, Systems Engineering, Simulation and Simulation Software, Technical Communication, Engineering Management, Engineering Practices

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      243 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of California San Diego

      Input and Interaction

      Skills you'll gain: Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors, User Interface (UI), Usability, Interaction Design, Human Machine Interfaces, User Experience Design, Prototyping

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      719 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

      Designing data-intensive applications

      Skills you'll gain: Data Mining, Database Design, Scalability, Database Systems, Relational Databases, Unstructured Data, Transaction Processing, Databases, Systems Design, Big Data, Data Architecture, NoSQL, Data Processing, Maintainability, Software Design, SQL, Apache Hadoop

      4.3
      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      39 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Colorado System

      Software Design as an Element of the Software Development Lifecycle

      Skills you'll gain: Software Design, Software Development Life Cycle, Application Security, Technical Design, Software Architecture, Software Development Methodologies, Conceptual Design, Requirements Analysis

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      253 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

      Designing User Interfaces and User Interactions

      Skills you'll gain: User Experience, Information Architecture, User Experience Design, Interaction Design, User Flows, Persona (User Experience), Usability, User Centered Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Wireframing, User Research, Conceptual Design, Persona Development, Mockups, Ideation

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      LearnQuest

      Designing Robust Information System Security Architectures

      Skills you'll gain: Threat Modeling, IT Security Architecture, Secure Coding, Application Security, Security Testing, Security Strategy, Security Requirements Analysis, Solution Architecture, Software Development Methodologies, Software Development Life Cycle, Systems Architecture, Penetration Testing, Business Risk Management, Compliance Management

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Politecnico di Milano

      FPGA computing systems: Partial Dynamic Reconfiguration

      Skills you'll gain: Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Computer Architecture, Microarchitecture, Hardware Architecture, Cloud Infrastructure, Systems Design, Embedded Systems, System Design and Implementation, Software Design, Cloud Computing

      4
      Rating, 4 out of 5 stars
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      9 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Politecnico di Milano

      Developing FPGA-accelerated cloud applications with SDAccel: Theory

      Skills you'll gain: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Development, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing Architecture, Hardware Architecture, Cloud Applications, Performance Tuning, Computer Architecture, Distributed Computing, Development Environment, Software Development Tools, System Design and Implementation, Programming Principles

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      77 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of California San Diego

      Designing, Running, and Analyzing Experiments

      Skills you'll gain: Statistical Analysis, Experimentation, Usability Testing, A/B Testing, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Data Analysis, UI/UX Research, R Programming, User Experience, Probability & Statistics, Human Computer Interaction, Statistics, Statistical Modeling, Regression Analysis

      3.6
      Rating, 3.6 out of 5 stars
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      595 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular computer design courses

    • Software Design as an Abstraction: University of Colorado System
    • UX and Interface Design for Embedded Systems: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Cybersecurity and Secure Software Design: Ball State University
    • Modeling and Debugging Embedded Systems: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Input and Interaction: University of California San Diego
    • Designing data-intensive applications: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
    • Software Design as an Element of the Software Development Lifecycle: University of Colorado System
    • Designing User Interfaces and User Interactions: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
    • Designing Robust Information System Security Architectures: LearnQuest
    • FPGA computing systems: Partial Dynamic Reconfiguration: Politecnico di Milano

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