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      Politecnico di Milano

      Being a researcher (in Information Science and Technology)

      Skills you'll gain: Research, Scientific Methods, Data Ethics, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Technical Writing

      4.8
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      190 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      ChatGPT for Beginners: Using AI for Market Research

      Skills you'll gain: ChatGPT, Market Research, Market Analysis, Marketing, Prompt Engineering, Language Interpretation, Translation, and Studies, Generative AI, Marketing Collateral, Content Marketing

      4.4
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      77 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      University of Colorado System

      Requirements Engineering: Secure Software Specifications

      Skills you'll gain: Requirements Elicitation, Software Design Documents, Requirements Analysis, Security Requirements Analysis, Mockups, User Story, Interviewing Skills, User Requirements Documents, Storyboarding, Functional Requirement, Goal Setting, Software Development Methodologies, Software Documentation, Agile Methodology, Business Requirements, Unified Modeling Language, Risk Management Framework, System Requirements, Functional Specification, Meeting Facilitation

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      847 reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      University of Maryland, College Park

      Financial Management for Product Leaders

      Skills you'll gain: Financial Statements, Financial Modeling, Proposal Writing, Corporate Finance, Business Metrics, Business Valuation, Capital Budgeting, Entrepreneurial Finance, Financial Management, Cost Benefit Analysis, Finance, Return On Investment, Accounting and Finance Software, Product Management, Presentations, Cash Flows

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      74 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      IBM

      Malware Analysis and Introduction to Assembly Language

      Skills you'll gain: Malware Protection, Cyber Threat Hunting, Cyber Security Assessment, Application Security, Threat Detection, Network Analysis, Virtual Machines, Code Review, Debugging, System Programming, Microsoft Windows, Windows PowerShell, Programming Principles, Computer Architecture, Excel Macros, Linux

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      81 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      MathWorks

      Modeling and Simulation with Simulink

      Skills you'll gain: Simulation and Simulation Software, Control Systems, Model Based Systems Engineering, Engineering Practices, Mathematical Modeling, Engineering Analysis, Systems Engineering, Systems Design, Performance Tuning, Matlab

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      32 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Glasgow

      Music Composition: Starting a Piece

      Skills you'll gain: Musical Composition, Instrumental Music, Music Theory, Music, Classical Music, Creativity

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Rice University

      Algorithmic Thinking (Part 1)

      Skills you'll gain: Graph Theory, Algorithms, Computational Thinking, Data Analysis, Data Structures, Theoretical Computer Science, Network Analysis, Analysis, Python Programming, Computer Programming

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      383 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Peking University

      计算机辅助翻译原理与实践 Principles and Practice of Computer-Aided Translation

      Skills you'll gain: Language Interpretation, Translation, and Studies, Quality Assurance, Information Technology, Natural Language Processing, Document Management, Technical Writing, Technology Solutions, Data Import/Export, Database Management

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      82 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      The Nuts and Bolts of Public Relations

      Skills you'll gain: Press Releases, Media Relations, Public Relations, Strategic Communication, Marketing Communications, Brand Strategy, Storytelling, Social Media, Branding, Writing

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      76 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Rice University

      Principles of Computing (Part 1)

      Skills you'll gain: Combinatorics, Probability, Programming Principles, Program Development, Computational Thinking, Computer Programming, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Development Testing, Software Testing, Applied Mathematics, Debugging, Algorithms, Python Programming, Game Design, Simulations

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      584 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Amazon Web Services

      Developing Applications in Python on AWS

      Skills you'll gain: Software Architecture, Amazon DynamoDB, Cloud Applications, Databases, Amazon Web Services, Event-Driven Programming, API Gateway, Relational Databases, Serverless Computing, Python Programming, Cloud API, Service Oriented Architecture, Microservices, Application Programming Interface (API), NoSQL, Application Development, Web Development, Automation

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      100 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular writing courses

    • Being a researcher (in Information Science and Technology): Politecnico di Milano
    • ChatGPT for Beginners: Using AI for Market Research: Coursera Project Network
    • Requirements Engineering: Secure Software Specifications: University of Colorado System
    • Financial Management for Product Leaders: University of Maryland, College Park
    • Malware Analysis and Introduction to Assembly Language: IBM
    • Modeling and Simulation with Simulink : MathWorks
    • Music Composition: Starting a Piece: University of Glasgow
    • Algorithmic Thinking (Part 1): Rice University
    • 计算机辅助翻译原理与实践 Principles and Practice of Computer-Aided Translation: Peking University
    • The Nuts and Bolts of Public Relations: University of Colorado Boulder

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