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- 1. Learning Emerging Technologies in the age of MOOC
- 2. Reads 500 to 1000 pages per day Upto 2 books in a weekend 50 Books a Year
- 3. Motivation to Daily Learning • Enhances the functioning and the efficiency of the brain • Opens new doors, new opportunities to innovate • Help others
- 4. © 2014 PayPal Inc. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary. Major Disruptors 4
- 5. Refresher Course • Free course • Where: Udacity • Covers Descriptive and Inferential Statistics basics • Linear Algebra and Calculus • Khan Academy • https://www.khanacademy.org/math/linear-algebra • https://www.khanacademy.org/math/multivariable-calculus
- 6. • Course: Machine Learning • Where: Coursera • Instructor: Andrew Ng’s • Covers the Mathematics part of the Machine learning • Tool: MATLAB • One of the best course in the online industry • 11 Weeks course • Course: Analytics Edge • Where: EDX • Tool: R & Python • Basics of all machine learning concepts • 9 Weeks course • Course: Principles of Machine Learning • Where: EDX • Tool: Azure ML • Basics of all machine learning concepts • 9 Weeks course AI
- 7. • Course: Introduction to Machine Learning • Offered by : IIT Kharagpur • Tool: Python • Certification offered in-person exam by IIT • 8 Weeks course • Course: 5 course Deeplearning Specialization • Where: coursera • Tool: Python • Framework: Tensorflow, Keras • One of the best in the industry • Course: deeplearning • Where: fast.ai • Tool: Python • Very hands on approach • No certification • Watch out for the Cloud utilization and bills AI
- 8. • Analytics Vidya • Datascience central • Linkedin • Medium Other Channels
- 9. • Course: 4 Course Blockchain Specialization • Where: Coursera • Instructor: University of Buffalo • Tool: Ethereum • Course: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency technologies • Where: Coursera • Basics of the Blockchain technology and architecture and bitcoin/crypto • 11 Weeks course • Course assignments in Java • Course: Blockchain Architecture Design and Use Cases • Where: NPTEL ( IIT Kharagpur + IBM ) • Tool: Hyperledger Fabric • Architecture of Blockchain and implementation of simple smart contract • Certification offered by IIT after in-person exam • 12 Weeks course Blockchain
- 10. • Course: Blockchain A to Z • Where: Udemy • Tool: Python • Simplifies very complex concepts. Covers the width of the subject • Programming a basic Blockchain, cryptocurrency and a smart contract Blockchain
- 11. • Articles - Medium • Discussion Forums – Bitcointalk Other Channels
- 12. • Course: Data Engineering on Google Cloud Platform • Where: Coursera • 5 course specialization • Covered: Big data, Structured and Unstructured data, Machine Learning and AI API’s • Course: BigData Specialization • Where: Coursera • University of California Bigdata and Cloud Computing • Course: BigData Refresher • Where: Udemy • Covers the width of the Bigdata space
- 13. Some Tips • Take your own class notes • Replay the videos until clear • Learn in Sprints • Use your Commute • Use your weekends • Go Mobile • Maintain a Journal • Motivate your friends to join with you • Train your friends • Mentor projects • Don’t get lost in the links • Take only 1 or 2 skills/courses at the same time • Take it easy
- 14. Thank you!