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Recommender Systems Specialization
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Recommender Systems Specialization

Build Advanced Recommender Systems with AI & ML. Build filtering systems, apply RNNs and LSTMs, and create real-world recommendation engines.

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Gain proficiency in building content-based and collaborative filtering recommender systems with Python.

  • Master deep learning models like RNNs, LSTMs, and GRUs to improve recommendation performance.

  • Implement advanced techniques like Restricted Boltzmann Machines and Autoencoders in recommender systems.

  • Develop real-world projects, including product recommendation systems using deep learning and TensorFlow.

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September 2025

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Specialization - 4 course series

What you'll learn

  • Understand the basics of AI-integrated recommender systems

  • Analyze the impact of overfitting, underfitting, bias, and variance

  • Apply machine learning and Python to build content-based recommender systems

  • Create and model a KNN-based recommender engine for applications

Skills you'll gain

Category: Machine Learning Algorithms
Category: Applied Machine Learning
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Taxonomy
Category: Matplotlib
Category: Deep Learning
Category: Unsupervised Learning
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Predictive Modeling
Category: Supervised Learning
Category: Data Mining
Category: Pandas (Python Package)

What you'll learn

  • Identify the fundamental concepts of sequence data and time series forecasting.

  • Explain the workings of autoregressive linear models and simple RNNs.

  • Implement GRU and LSTM units for various prediction tasks using TensorFlow.

  • Differentiate between simple RNNs, GRU, and LSTM units.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Tensorflow
Category: Deep Learning
Category: Predictive Modeling
Category: Artificial Neural Networks
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
Category: Machine Learning Algorithms
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Data Analysis
Category: PyTorch (Machine Learning Library)

What you'll learn

  • Learn about deep learning and recommender systems

  • Explore the mechanisms of deep learning-based approaches

  • Learn to implement a two-tower model and TensorFlow for recommender system

Skills you'll gain

Category: Deep Learning
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Artificial Neural Networks
Category: Data Visualization Software
Category: Predictive Modeling
Category: System Design and Implementation
Category: Applied Machine Learning
Category: Pandas (Python Package)
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Data Processing

What you'll learn

  • Evaluate and optimize recommender system performance using metrics like RMSE and MAE.

  • Master content-based and collaborative filtering techniques to build personalized recommendation engines.

  • Implement and tune matrix factorization and deep learning methods for scalable recommendation systems.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Fraud detection
Category: Machine Learning Algorithms
Category: AI Personalization
Category: Apache Spark
Category: Unsupervised Learning
Category: Data Processing
Category: Python Programming
Category: Applied Machine Learning
Category: AWS SageMaker
Category: Predictive Modeling
Category: Tensorflow
Category: Scalability
Category: Dimensionality Reduction
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)

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