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We are in the cognitive era. Enterprises and even nations are vying for a leadership position in AI/ML technology and applications.
With a great deal of attention given to Machine Learning (ML) and a wide spectrum of applications in real life, many are beginning to seek a better understanding of Machine Learning and the many benefits it offers to organizations globally. Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL), and Natural Language Processing (NLP) – are at the forefront of major innovations, some examples being image identification, marketing campaign customization, genomics, self-driving car navigation, and thousands of other applications from every possible domain.


In this course, you will learn the foundational concepts and business drivers related to solar panel technology and how to install, operate, and maintain this technology safely and optimally. Topics include Introduction to Solar, Solar Installation, Solar Operations & Maintenance, and Business Considerations.





- Teacher: Vidya Dumbla

This course is part of the ML Engineer Master Certificate. It provides the basics of AI, Data Science, Statistics, Python, and tools before you start studying Machine Learning.



Artificial Intelligence in general and Machine Learning in particular (AI/ML) have ushered a new era in many industries, especially in the last two years. This course gives you an overview of AI, its components like Machine-Learning, Natural Language Processing, Robotics, and Computer Vision. You will also explore various applications like Chat-BOTS, Self-driving-cars and many more. You will also debate the ethical concerns, and the topic of Man Vs Machine and collective-intelligence.

In this course, you will learn the foundational concepts and business drivers related to solar panel technology and how to install, operate, and maintain this technology safely and optimally. Topics include Introduction to Solar, Solar Installation, Solar Operations & Maintenance, and Business Considerations.

In this course you will learn about the water energy nexus of greywater use and its environmental and social benefits, as well as how to properly install and maintain a greywater system. Topics include Introduction to Greywater, Environmental Impacts, and Greywater System Installation.

In this course, you will learn how human urine can be used at the residential and commercial levels as a path to sustainable fertilizer production for agriculture as well as the associated economic, environmental, and social benefits and entrepreneurial opportunities it offers. Topics include Introduction to Urine Derived Fertilizers, Self-Adoption & Residential Uses, and Commercial Uses & Business Opportunities.

In this course, you’ll learn how to generate hydrogen power from water, including how to build and install a hydrogen generation system for personal and commercial use and emergency response. Topics include Introduction to Hydrogen Power & Use, Social & Economic Benefits, Hydrogen Generation Equipment, and Business Model.

In this course, you will learn the foundational concepts and business drivers related to mobile biorefinery technology and how to operate it safely and optimally. Topics include Introduction to Gasification, Introduction to Mobile Biorefinery Technology, Technology Operations & Real-World Impact, and Operator’s Guide.
Get an overview of the basic concepts of bioenergy and bioeconomy, Emphasis is given to different strategies to convert biomass to biofuels, available technologies and how these could meet the growing demand for energy in the future.

DEI program aims to create a positive work environment and educate employees on how to treat and integrate people of different backgrounds. This course helps to learn the definitions of DEI , explore its importance in the work place and discover effective ways to create diversity.

Bioenergy & Bioeconomy

The world is undergoing significant digital‐transformations, drastically changing the way we conduct business and carry out daily transactions. Cybersecurity assures the proper operation of everything from financial transactions to power generation, affects every size and scale of business, government, and everyday lives. It has become increasingly critical in the cyber-age.
Cyber-attacks can be extremely expensive, and cost lives, fortunes, and the future of nations.
Attacks are getting more sophisticated, more frequent, and reaching more people around the world.
That makes it important for you and everyone else to become aware of the effects of cybersecurity issues.
COURSE CURRICULUM:
Module-1: Basics of network operations and mechanisms:
- Physical and logical layers
- Protocols and IP, Sniffing, TCP, UDP, DNS
- How does the traffic flow?
- Governance, Flow of traffic and SMTP
- Live Lab-exercises, and Quiz
Module-2: Basics of network attack methods:
- Components, and attack mechanisms
- Attacker objectives, capabilities
- Attacker methods and mechanisms
- Defender's viewpoints and objectives
- Attack methodologies
- Starting position and attack progression
- Passive and active attack tools
- Design basis threat
- Live Lab-exercises and Quiz
Module-3: Basics of network attack detection mechanisms:
- The magnitude of the problem
- Attacks on Vs. through networks
- Detecting known attack sequences
- Live Lab-exercises and Quiz
Module-4: Automated detection tools, operational methodologies:
- A general approach to detection
- Loss of accountability
- Detection and response in a NOC
- Live Lab-exercises and Quiz
PROGRAM DELIVERY:
- Online remote with automated and semi-automated assistance
- Lectures via video from a cloud LMS platform
- Live Laboratory examples and experiments from the Cyber Labs
- Exams live online remote
- Total of around 75 hours, over 8 weeks (Can change depending on your background, schedule, etc.)
OUTCOME / BENEFITS:
Learn from a world‐class expert instructor, who first coined the term “computer virus” and invented the virus defense techniques, who is an (ISC)² Fellow with over 40 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry and academia
- Receive a Certificate upon successfully completing the course
- Hands‐on‐experience: Access iZen’s Innovation Lab during the course. Use lab exercises to reinforce the understanding of concepts. Learn by carrying out real-life use‐cases
- This is an “Outcome-based training” with a focus on employability. Courses are designed to prepare you for employment opportunities. For example, a certificate in “Network Attacks Detection” offers you the opportunity to work at a Network Operations Center. There are over 400,000 jobs currently open in the cybersecurity field, in the US alone, and similar demands exist in the rest of the world
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Fred Cohen

Dr. Cohen has a long history of being ahead of the curve. Following are some of the highlights of his accomplishments:
- First defined the term "Computer Virus" and invented most of the widely used computer virus defense techniques
- Won several international awards for his work in Cybersecurity
- Led the team that defined the information assurance problem as it relates to critical infrastructure protection
- Did seminal researcher in the use of deception for information protection
- His "Deception for Protection" series of papers is widely cited, and the techniques he pioneered are now in global use
- A leader in advancing the science of digital forensic evidence examination
- Top-flight information protection consultant and industry analyst for many years
- Authored more than 200 invited, refereed, and other scientific and management research articles
- Wrote monthly articles on cyber since 1995 and wrote several books on information protection
- His "Enterprise Information Protection Architecture", "Challenges to Digital Forensic Evidence", and "Digital Forensic Evidence Examination" are used in graduate classes and other venues worldwide
- Leading security practitioners around the globe have used his "Chief Information Security Officers ToolKit" series of books and booklets
- His "Frauds Spies and Lies and How to Defeat Them" book has been the subject of radio talk shows
- The research community has widely used his series of "Infosec Baseline" studies as stepping off points for further research
- His "50 Ways" series is very popular among practitioners looking for issues to be addressed
- His "World War 3 ... Information Warfare Basics" is highly regarded among the thinkers in this arena
- Founded the College Cyber Defenders program at Sandia National Laboratories that ultimately led to the formation of the CyberCorps program
- Taught and testified on issues of digital forensics as an admitted expert in local, State, Federal, and other courts in criminal and civil matters
- Was named the "most famous hacker" of all time by ABC news in 2009
Dr. Cohen has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (University of Southern California), MS in Information Sciences (University of Pittsburgh), and a BS in Electrical Engineering (Carnegie‐Mellon University).

Overview:
The world is undergoing significant digital‐transformations, drastically changing the way we conduct business and carry out daily transactions. Cybersecurity assures the proper operation of everything from financial transactions to power generation, affects every size and scale of business, government, and everyday lives. It has become increasingly critical in the cyber-age.
Cyber-attacks can be extremely expensive, and cost lives, fortunes, and the future of nations.
Attacks are getting more sophisticated, more frequent, and reaching more people around the world.
That makes it important for you and everyone else to become aware of the effects of cybersecurity issues.
COURSE CURRICULUM:
Module-1: Basics of Cybersecurity:
- Basic issues & implications
- What to do about them?
- How the business works, Duty to protect
- Risk-management, Security-management
- Control-architecture, and Technical security-architecture
- Decision-Process
- Cyber-Lab Sample
- Quiz
Module-2: Dimensions of Cybersecurity:
- Critical-Infrastructure
- IT Versus OT
- Management Versus Technology
- Quiz
Module-3: Vertical Drill-downs, Case-studies:
- Medical-Healthcare Case Study
- Water Case Study
- City-power and Tribal-investments case-study
- City Government Case Study
- Banking & Financial Services
- Cyber Board Game Startup Case Study
- Quiz
Module-4: Global Perspectives from Guest lecturers:
- Chris Blask: Organizing-Cybersecurity
- Dr. Jennifer Bayuk: Risk-Analysis
- Prof. Lucina Duranti: Records Management
- Quiz
PROGRAM DELIVERY:
- Online remote with automated and semi-automated assistance
- Lectures via video from a cloud LMS platform
- Live Laboratory examples and experiments from the Cyber Labs
- Exams live online remote
- Total of around 45-60 hours, over 8 weeks (Can change depending on your background, schedule, etc.)
OUTCOME / BENEFITS:
- Learn from a world‐class expert instructor, who first coined the term “computer virus” and invented the virus defense techniques, who is an (ISC)² Fellow with over 40 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry and academia
- Receive a Certificate upon successfully completing the course
- Hands‐on‐experience: Access iZen’s Innovation Lab during the course. Use lab exercises to reinforce the understanding of concepts. Learn from real-life use‐cases
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Fred Cohen
Dr. Cohen has a long history of being ahead of the curve. Following are some of the highlights of his accomplishments:
- First defined the term "Computer Virus" and invented most of the widely used computer virus defense techniques
- Won several international awards for his work in Cybersecurity
- Led the team that defined the information assurance problem as it relates to Critical-Infrastructure Protection
- Did seminal researcher in the use of deception for information protection
- His "Deception for Protection" series of papers is widely cited, and the techniques he pioneered are now in global use
- A leader in advancing the science of digital forensic evidence examination
- Top-flight information protection consultant and industry analyst for many years
- Authored more than 200 invited, refereed, and other scientific and management research articles
- Wrote monthly articles on cyber since 1995 and wrote several books on information protection
- His "Enterprise Information Protection Architecture", "Challenges to Digital Forensic Evidence", and "Digital Forensic Evidence Examination" are used in graduate classes and other venues worldwide
- Leading security practitioners around the globe have used his "Chief Information Security Officers ToolKit" series of books and booklets
- His "Frauds Spies and Lies and How to Defeat Them" book has been the subject of radio talk shows
- The research community has widely used his series of "Infosec Baseline" studies as stepping off points for further research
- His "50 Ways" series is very popular among practitioners looking for issues to be addressed
- His "World War 3 ... Information Warfare Basics" is highly regarded among the thinkers in this arena
- Founded the College Cyber Defenders program at Sandia National Laboratories that ultimately led to the formation of the CyberCorps program
- Taught and testified on issues of digital forensics as an admitted expert in local, State, Federal, and other courts in criminal and civil matters
- Was named the "most famous hacker" of all time by ABC news in 2009
Dr. Cohen has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (University of Southern California), MS in Information Sciences (University of Pittsburgh), and a BS in Electrical Engineering (Carnegie‐Mellon University).

This course will help you with a basic understanding of the Big-Data landscape. Big-Data analytics helps uncover hidden patterns, unknown correlations, market trends, customer preferences, and other useful information - from large and variety of data-sets.


Bioenergy & Bioeconomy

En este curso, aprenderá los conceptos fundamentales y los impulsores comerciales relacionados con la tecnología de paneles solares y cómo instalar, operar y mantener esta tecnología de manera segura y óptima. Los temas incluyen Introducción a la energía solar, instalación solar, operaciones y mantenimiento solar y consideraciones empresariales.


En este curso, aprenderá sobre el nexo agua-energía del uso de aguas grises y sus beneficios ambientales y sociales, además de cómo instalar y mantener adecuadamente un sistema de aguas grises. Los temas incluyen introducción a las aguas grises, impactos ambientales e instalación del sistema de aguas grises.

En este curso, aprenderá cómo la orina humana puede usarse a nivel residencial y comercial como un camino hacia la producción sostenible de fertilizantes para la agricultura y los beneficios económicos, ambientales y sociales asociados. Los temas incluyen introducción a los fertilizantes derivados de la orina, auto-adopción y usos residenciales, y usos comerciales y oportunidades comerciales.

En este curso, aprenderá cómo generar energía de hidrógeno de agua, incluido cómo construir e instalar un sistema de generación de hidrógeno para uso personal y comercial y respuesta a emergencias. Los temas incluyen introducción a la energía y el uso del hidrógeno, beneficios sociales y económicos, equipos de generación de hidrógeno y modelo comercial.

En este curso, aprenderá los conceptos fundamentales y los impulsores comerciales relacionados con la tecnología de biorrefinería móvil y cómo operarla de manera segura y óptima. Los temas incluyen Introducción a la Gasificación, introducción a la tecnología de biorrefinería móvil, operaciones tecnológicas e impacto en el mundo real y guía del operador.
