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AI, Empathy & Ethics (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/ai-empathy-ethics This nontechnical course provides an overview of artificial intelligence advancements and the ethical challenges we now face as we navigate the development, implementation, and ubiquitous global use of AI. |
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Bayesian Statistics (CourseraSpecs) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/bayesian-statistics Offered by University of California, Santa Cruz. Bayesian Statistics for Modeling and Prediction. Learn the foundations and practice your ... |
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Bayesian Statistics: From Concept to Data Analysis (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/bayesian-statistics This course introduces the Bayesian approach to statistics, starting with the concept of probability and moving to the analysis of data. We will learn about the philosophy of the Bayesian approach as well as how to implement it for common types of data. We will compare the Bayesian approach to the more commonly-taught Frequentist approach, and see some of the benefits of the Bayesian approach. In particular, the Bayesian approach allows for better accounting of uncertainty, results that have mor |
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Bayesian Statistics: Mixture Models (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/mixture-models Bayesian Statistics: Mixture Models introduces you to an important class of statistical models. The course is organized in five modules, each of which contains lecture videos, short quizzes, background reading, discussion prompts, and one or more peer-reviewed assignments. Statistics is best learned by doing it, not just watching a video, so the course is structured to help you learn through application. Some exercises require the use of R, a freely-available statistical software package. A br |
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Bayesian Statistics: Techniques and Models (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/mcmc-bayesian-statistics This is the second of a two-course sequence introducing the fundamentals of Bayesian statistics. It builds on the course Bayesian Statistics: From Concept to Data Analysis, which introduces Bayesian methods through use of simple conjugate models. Real-world data often require more sophisticated models to reach realistic conclusions. This course aims to expand our “Bayesian toolbox” with more general models, and computational techniques to fit them. In particular, we will introduce Markov chain M |
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Bayesian Statistics: Time Series Analysis (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/bayesian-statistics-time-series-analysis This course for practicing and aspiring data scientists and statisticians. It is the fourth of a four-course sequence introducing the fundamentals of Bayesian statistics. It builds on the course Bayesian Statistics: From Concept to Data Analysis, Techniques and Models, and Mixture models. Time series analysis is concerned with modeling the dependency among elements of a sequence of temporally related variables. To succeed in this course, you should be familiar with calculus-based probability, |
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C for Everyone: Programming Fundamentals (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/c-for-everyone This course is for everyone. In the new world we live in, coding is a universally valuable skill, whether you're a scientist, artist, or a humanist. Algorithms are everywhere, and we all have to understand how they work. The C language is particularly well suited as an introduction to coding: It's a tried-and-true language, and it allows you to understand computing processes at a deep level. No prior knowledge of coding is needed for this course. We'll start at the beginning. The time estimated |
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C for Everyone: Structured Programming (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/c-structured-programming In the new world we live in, coding is a universally valuable skill, whether you're a scientist, artist, or a humanist. Algorithms are everywhere, and we all have to understand how they work. The C language is particularly well suited as an introduction to coding: It's a tried-and-true language, and it allows you to understand computing processes at a deep level. You will also get an introduction to more advanced programming in C++ in the final module. This is a continuation of C for Everyone: |
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C++ For C Programmers, Part A (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/c-plus-plus-a This course is for experienced C programmers who want to program in C++. The examples and exercises require a basic understanding of algorithms and object-oriented software. |
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C++ For C Programmers, Part B (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/c-plus-plus-b This course is for experienced C programmers who want to program in C++. The examples and exercises require a basic understanding of algorithms and object-oriented software. |
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Children Acquiring Literacy Naturally (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/children-literacy In this short course you will explore the possibility that children might acquire written language in a way that is similar to how they acquire spoken language—without instruction. You will encounter various aspects of behavioral science and technology that are relevant to this proposition. You will have the opportunity to learn the the perceptual, cognitive, and neurological capacities of children during their first years of life. You will advance your understanding of children and how they lea |
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Coding for Everyone: C and C++ (CourseraSpecs) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/coding-for-everyone Offered by University of California, Santa Cruz. Beginner to Programmer — Learn to Code in C & C++. Gain a deep understanding of computer ... |
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https://www.coursera.org/learn/conspiracy-planet This course is for anyone interested in conspiracy theories. Millions of people around the world believe in conspiracy theories like The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, or that AIDS was deliberately created by governments and pharmaceutical companies, or that on September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center complex was downed not by airplanes, but by a “controlled demolition” masterminded by the United States national security state. What are we to make of these claims? What do they say about our |
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Cyber-Physical Systems: Modeling and Simulation (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/cyber-physical-systems-1 Cyber-physical systems (CPS for short) combine digital and analog devices, interfaces, networks, computer systems, and the like, with the natural and man-made physical world. The inherent interconnected and heterogeneous combination of behaviors in these systems makes their analysis and design an exciting and challenging task. CPS: Modeling and Simulation provides you with an introduction to modeling and simulation of cyber-physical systems. The main focus is on models of physical process, fin |
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Ecosystems of California (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/california-ecosystems This course surveys the diversity, structure and functioning of California’s ecosystems through time and the ways they have influenced and responded to human activities and stewardship. Topics include ecosystem drivers such as climate, soils, and land use history; human and ecological prehistory of the state; comparative marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystem dynamics; and managed ecosystems such as range, fisheries and agriculture in California. The course also emphasizes important skill |
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Feminism and Social Justice (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/feminism-social-justice "Feminism and Social Justice" is an adaptation of Distinguished Professor Bettina Aptheker's long-running course at UC Santa Cruz. In the course, Professor Aptheker presents a broad definition of feminism that serves to frame three significant events in the history of feminism and social justice: the Empire Zinc strike of 1951, the 1971-1972 trial of Angela Davis, and the #metoo Movement. |
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Odesa: Jews in the Modern World (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/odesa In this course, Peter Kenez and Murray Baumgarten, both emeritus professors at UC Santa Cruz, tell the story of the Jews of the Black Sea port of Odesa. Kenez and Baumgarten include music, literature, and history in their analysis of a city like no other. The course is for anyone with an interest in the history and culture of the Jewish people. |
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Russian History: from Lenin to Putin (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/russian-history-lenin-putin In this course, Peter Kenez, Professor Emeritus at UC Santa Cruz, explains the events of modern Russian history and introduces its most significant actors—from Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin. |
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The History of Medicine: Philosophy, Science, and Psychology (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/history-of-medicine "History of Medicine" provides an accessible historical and interdisciplinary perspective on medicine, focused primarily upon therapy and practice, to achieve better understanding of the scope, practice, and limits of medicine. Medicine is defined as the treatment of disease. Human attempts to understand and treat disease will be seen as evolving from the spiritual and mystical practices of the distant past, to the rational approach of the Classical World, and finally to the scientific thinking |
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The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-holocaust The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry is an adaptation of an on-campus course that has been co-taught by Murray Baumgarten, Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature (Literature Department), and Peter Kenez, Professor Emeritus (History Department), for over 20 years at UC Santa Cruz. In this course, you will explore the Holocaust from the overlapping perspectives of literature and history—through memoirs, historical documents, poetry, documentary footage, filmic |