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      Edureka

      Mastering Multithreading with Go

      Skills you'll gain: Go (Programming Language), Distributed Computing, Software Design Patterns, System Programming, Performance Tuning, Scalability, OS Process Management, Application Performance Management, Algorithms, Debugging, Data Structures, Operating Systems, Web Development

      3.3
      Rating, 3.3 out of 5 stars
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      9 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

      Introduction to Computing Systems

      Skills you'll gain: Microarchitecture, Computer Architecture, Computational Logic, Computer Systems, Computer Science, Programming Principles, Computer Engineering, Embedded Systems, Computer Hardware, Computational Thinking

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Cloud Computing Concepts: Part 2

      Skills you'll gain: Distributed Computing, File Systems, Cloud Computing, Operating Systems, Transaction Processing, Network Security, Data Centers, Authorization (Computing), Apache Hadoop, Data Store, Authentications, Cryptography, NoSQL, Algorithms

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      319 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Cloud Computing Applications, Part 2: Big Data and Applications in the Cloud

      Skills you'll gain: Big Data, Apache Spark, Data Storage Technologies, Apache Hadoop, Distributed Computing, Data Storage, Data Processing, NoSQL, Apache Kafka, Cloud Computing, Real Time Data, Databases, Analytics, Deep Learning, Scalability, Machine Learning Algorithms, Graph Theory, Machine Learning, Live Streaming

      4.3
      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      342 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Johns Hopkins University

      CUDA at Scale for the Enterprise

      Skills you'll gain: Image Analysis, Event-Driven Programming, Scalability, C and C++, Distributed Computing, Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, System Programming, Data Processing, Software Development, Performance Tuning, Hardware Architecture, Data Structures, Algorithms

      3.2
      Rating, 3.2 out of 5 stars
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      19 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Rice University

      Distributed Programming in Java

      Skills you'll gain: Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop, Distributed Computing, Java, Middleware, Scala Programming, Servers, Network Protocols

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      502 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Packt

      Python Programming for Quantum Computing

      Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Structures, Python Programming, Data Manipulation, Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Software Installation, Development Environment, Jupyter, Integrated Development Environments

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      14 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of California San Diego

      Social Computing

      Skills you'll gain: Collaborative Software, Telecommuting, Human Computer Interaction, Social Network Analysis, Remote Access Systems, Interaction Design, Social Sciences, Driving engagement, Research and Design, Digital Communications

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      818 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      Advanced .NET with TPL & PLINQ: Conducting Performance Boost

      Skills you'll gain: .NET Framework, Performance Tuning, Debugging, Health Informatics, Performance Testing, C# (Programming Language), Application Development

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Politecnico di Milano

      FPGA computing systems: A Bird’s Eye View

      Skills you'll gain: Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Computer Systems, System Configuration, System Design and Implementation, Computer Architecture, Hardware Architecture, Computer Hardware, Embedded Systems, Systems Design, Automation, Computational Logic, Configuration Management, Performance Tuning

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      35 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Whizlabs

      AWS: Compute and Storage

      Skills you'll gain: Amazon Web Services, Serverless Computing, Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, API Gateway, AWS CloudFormation, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Storage, Data Security, Application Deployment, File Systems, Data Encryption Standard

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Computing for Cancer Informatics

      Skills you'll gain: Computer Systems, Informatics, Data Processing, Data Sharing, Computing Platforms, Health Informatics, Bioinformatics, Data Storage, Computer Architecture, Computer Literacy, Computer Hardware, Big Data, Capacity Management, Data Centers, Cloud Computing

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      15 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular parallel computing courses

    • Mastering Multithreading with Go: Edureka
    • Introduction to Computing Systems: Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
    • Cloud Computing Concepts: Part 2: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Cloud Computing Applications, Part 2: Big Data and Applications in the Cloud: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • CUDA at Scale for the Enterprise: Johns Hopkins University
    • Distributed Programming in Java: Rice University
    • Python Programming for Quantum Computing: Packt
    • Social Computing: University of California San Diego
    • Advanced .NET with TPL & PLINQ: Conducting Performance Boost: Coursera Project Network
    • FPGA computing systems: A Bird’s Eye View: Politecnico di Milano

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