Recommender Systems Complete Course Beginner to Advanced

Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. Dive into the world of Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) with this in-depth course designed to equip you with essential knowledge and hands-on skills using TensorFlow. Start with an introduction to the core concepts of sequence data and time series forecasting, then progress to understanding and implementing autoregressive linear models. Discover how to apply simple RNNs to solve many-to-one and many-to-many problems, with practical coding sessions in TensorFlow 2. Move beyond basics with modern RNN units like GRU and LSTM, mastering their application in complex signal prediction and overcoming long-distance dependency issues. Learn the intricacies of RNN architecture and prepare to tackle more challenging tasks such as image classification and stock return predictions. The course emphasizes practical coding exercises, ensuring you can confidently implement these techniques in real-world scenarios. Finally, explore natural language processing (NLP) applications, including embeddings, text preprocessing, and text classification using LSTMs. This course is structured to provide a thorough understanding of RNNs, empowering you to apply these deep learning models effectively in various domains. This course is perfect for developers, data scientists, and tech enthusiasts who want to learn how to build and implement recommender systems. Basic knowledge of Python and machine learning concepts is recommended but not required.