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Master optimization techniques for improving system performance. Learn about linear programming, nonlinear optimization, and heuristic methods.

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    University of California, Irvine

    E-Marketing

    Skills you'll gain: Pay Per Click Advertising, Search Engine Marketing, Customer Retention, Persona Development, Digital Marketing, Marketing Analytics, Search Engine Optimization, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Target Audience, Keyword Research, Social Media Strategy, Digital Advertising, Marketing Effectiveness, Customer Acquisition Management, Customer experience improvement, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Customer Engagement, A/B Testing, Web Analytics, Social Media

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    399 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    Amazon Web Services

    Amazon Bedrock Customization, Optimization & Automation

    Skills you'll gain: Amazon Bedrock, LangChain, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Prompt Engineering, AWS SageMaker, Large Language Modeling, Automation, Data Processing, Performance Testing

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    15 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Advanced Git and GitHub – Optimization and Automation

    Skills you'll gain: Continuous Integration, Web Development Tools, Application Deployment, React.js, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    IBM

    IBM Relational Database Administrator with GenAI

    Skills you'll gain: Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, Extract, Transform, Load, Apache Airflow, Web Scraping, Linux Commands, Database Design, SQL, Database Administration, MySQL, Data Pipelines, Apache Kafka, Database Management, Bash (Scripting Language), Shell Script, Database Architecture and Administration, Data Store, Generative AI, Data Import/Export, Data Security

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    60K reviews

    Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    IBM

    Generative AI for Business Analysts

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Patterns, ChatGPT, Generative AI, Responsible AI, Business Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Business Process Automation, Stakeholder Communications, Business Requirements, AI Product Strategy, Requirements Elicitation, Requirements Analysis, Data Presentation, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Deep Learning, Business Strategy, Machine Learning

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    10K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Business Analytics with Excel: Elementary to Advanced

    Skills you'll gain: Risk Modeling, Operations Research, Regression Analysis, Microsoft Excel, Business Analytics, Risk Analysis, Business Process Modeling, Business Modeling, Data Modeling, Resource Allocation, Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Mathematical Modeling, Process Optimization, Financial Analysis, Statistical Methods, Predictive Analytics, Transportation Operations, Complex Problem Solving, Linear Algebra

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    4K reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Whizlabs

    AWS: Security and Cost Optimization strategies

    Skills you'll gain: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Disaster Recovery, Identity and Access Management, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Security, Cloud Management, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Data Security, Public Cloud, Infrastructure Security

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of California, Davis

    Introduction to Google SEO

    Skills you'll gain: Search Engine Optimization, Persona Development, Web Analytics and SEO, Keyword Research, Target Audience, Google Analytics, Digital Marketing, Content Strategy, Brand Awareness, Content Creation, User Research, Algorithms, Data Analysis, Business Reporting

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    10K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Glasgow

    Evolutionary Computation and its Applications

    Skills you'll gain: Engineering Practices, Engineering Calculations, Engineering Analysis, Engineering, Applied Mathematics

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    8 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    The Chinese University of Hong Kong

    离散优化算法篇 Solving Algorithms for Discrete Optimization

    Skills you'll gain: Operations Research, Process Improvement and Optimization, Process Optimization, Algorithms, Complex Problem Solving, Mathematical Modeling, Data Transformation, Computational Logic, Operational Efficiency, Performance Tuning, Business Logic, Programming Principles, Theoretical Computer Science, Linear Algebra

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    DeepLearning.AI

    Retrieval Optimization: Tokenization to Vector Quantization

    Skills you'll gain: Text Mining, Large Language Modeling, Performance Tuning, Generative AI

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Coursera

    Optimization of SQL query Tuning and Performance

    Skills you'll gain: SQL, Query Languages, Database Design, Performance Tuning, Database Management, Database Development, Databases, PostgreSQL, Data Access

    3.2
    Rating, 3.2 out of 5 stars
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    31 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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

  • E-Marketing: University of California, Irvine
  • Amazon Bedrock Customization, Optimization & Automation: Amazon Web Services
  • Advanced Git and GitHub – Optimization and Automation: Packt
  • IBM Relational Database Administrator with GenAI: IBM
  • Generative AI for Business Analysts: IBM
  • Business Analytics with Excel: Elementary to Advanced: Johns Hopkins University
  • AWS: Security and Cost Optimization strategies: Whizlabs
  • Introduction to Google SEO: University of California, Davis
  • Evolutionary Computation and its Applications: University of Glasgow
  • 离散优化算法篇 Solving Algorithms for Discrete Optimization: The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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