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High Performance Computing Courses

High Performance Computing courses can help you learn parallel processing, algorithm optimization, and data management techniques. You can build skills in performance tuning, workload balancing, and utilizing distributed systems effectively. Many courses introduce tools such as MPI, OpenMP, and CUDA, that support implementing high-performance applications and conducting simulations in fields like scientific computing and big data analysis.


Popular High Performance Computing Courses and Certifications


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    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Parallel programming (Scala 2 version)

    Skills you'll gain: Scala Programming, Data Structures, Distributed Computing, Programming Principles, Algorithms, Performance Tuning, Functional Design, Performance Testing, Computer Programming

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Rice University

    Principles of Computing (Part 1)

    Skills you'll gain: Combinatorics, Probability, Programming Principles, Program Development, Computational Thinking, Computer Programming, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Development Testing, Software Testing, Applied Mathematics, Debugging, Algorithms, Python Programming, Game Design, Simulations

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Illinois Tech

    Cloud Computing Technologies - Bachelor's

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud-Native Computing, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud Computing, Terraform, Cloud Storage, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Computing Architecture, Amazon S3, Cloud Deployment, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Database Management, Scalability, Virtual Machines, Databases, Virtualization, Command-Line Interface

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Advanced .NET with TPL & PLINQ: Conducting Performance Boost

    Skills you'll gain: .NET Framework, Performance Tuning, Debugging, Performance Testing, C# (Programming Language), Data-oriented programming, Application Development

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Reliability, Cloud Computing and Machine Learning

    Skills you'll gain: Data Warehousing, Apache Hadoop, Databases, Transaction Processing, Distributed Computing, Database Systems, Database Management Systems, Relational Databases, Database Management, Database Architecture and Administration, Cloud Computing, Big Data, Machine Learning Software, Data Processing, Machine Learning, Scalability, Data Integrity, Disaster Recovery

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google Cloud

    Serverless Data Processing with Dataflow: Foundations - 日本語版

    Skills you'll gain: Dataflow, Serverless Computing, Identity and Access Management, Data Pipelines, Data Infrastructure, Data Processing, Cloud Security, Apache Hadoop, Google Cloud Platform, Containerization, Scalability

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Whizlabs

    Azure Compute and Application Architecture Solutions

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Azure, Real Time Data, Serverless Computing, Cloud Applications, Virtual Machines, Cloud Computing Architecture, Microservices, Event-Driven Programming, Solution Architecture, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Cloud Services, Containerization, Application Programming Interface (API)

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google Cloud

    Distributed Image Processing in Cloud Dataproc

    Skills you'll gain: Apache Spark, PySpark, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Management, Cloud Computing, Distributed Computing, Package and Software Management

    Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    University of Leeds

    How to Get Into Cloud Computing

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud Computing, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Platforms, Cloud Solutions, Cloud Development, Cloud Applications, Cloud Services, Cloud Computing Architecture, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Software As A Service, Platform As A Service (PaaS), Scalability

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    High-Availability Scaling with Kubernetes: Web Services

    Skills you'll gain: Load Balancing, Kubernetes, Scalability, Application Deployment, Cloud-Native Computing, Disaster Recovery, Containerization, YAML, Capacity Management, Servers, System Monitoring

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Johns Hopkins University

    YARN MapReduce Architecture and Advanced Programming

    Skills you'll gain: Apache Hadoop, Data Processing, Distributed Computing, Performance Tuning, Big Data, Software Architecture, Scalability

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Google Cloud

    Accelerating Analytical Queries using the AlloyDB Columnar Engine

    Skills you'll gain: Performance Tuning, Operational Databases, PostgreSQL, Test Data, Database Systems, Database Management, Database Architecture and Administration, Test Case

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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

  • Parallel programming (Scala 2 version): École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  • Principles of Computing (Part 1): Rice University
  • Cloud Computing Technologies - Bachelor's: Illinois Tech
  • Advanced .NET with TPL & PLINQ: Conducting Performance Boost: Coursera
  • Reliability, Cloud Computing and Machine Learning: Johns Hopkins University
  • Serverless Data Processing with Dataflow: Foundations - 日本語版: Google Cloud
  • Azure Compute and Application Architecture Solutions: Whizlabs
  • Distributed Image Processing in Cloud Dataproc: Google Cloud
  • How to Get Into Cloud Computing: University of Leeds
  • High-Availability Scaling with Kubernetes: Web Services: Coursera

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