This comprehensive Rust Specialization from Coursera and Duke University, a top Data Science and AI program, provides software engineers, data scientists, and technical professionals with applied skills to leverage Rust’s speed, safety, and versatility for robust systems programming. Over five courses spanning foundational syntax to advanced machine learning integrations, master Rust programming through hands-on lessons and 20+ coding projects, then tackle real-world challenges like building a database migration tool, optimizing an ML pipeline, or creating a Linux automation script. Upon completion, you'll have portfolio-ready Rust abilities to apply for roles like Platform Engineer, MLOps Engineer, Data Engineer, Embedded Engineer, or Backend Developer.
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Rust Programming Specialization
Master Rust for Powerful Systems Programming. Learn to build robust and efficient software with Rust's unique safety and speed through projects in data engineering, Linux tools, DevOps, LLMs, Cloud Computing, and machine learning operations.
Instructors: Noah Gift
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Specialization - 5 course series
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Apply Rust's core concepts like ownership, borrowing, and lifetimes to write efficient, reliable, and safe code.
Use Rust's advanced features like enums, structs, traits, and generics to build robust applications.
Develop, document, test and debug Rust projects using Cargo, Rust Analyzer, and other tools in the Rust ecosystem.
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Apply DevOps principles and workflows to build, deploy, and operate applications using technologies like Rust, containers, logging, and monitoring.
Instrument applications with logging and monitoring using frameworks like ELK stack and Prometheus to gain observability into systems.
Automate system administration tasks like file parsing, command execution, and cron jobs using Rust to improve efficiency.
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Build powerful command line tools in Rust and Python
Use Python with Rust for building powerful tools
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Mastery in deploying Rust for intricate LLMOps workflows.
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