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KTH Royal Institute of Technology

KTH Royal Institute of Technology is Sweden’s largest technical research and learning institution and home to students, researchers and faculty from around the world dedicated to advancing knowledge. Our educational programmes foster a new generation of engineers, architects, teachers and undergraduate engineers. We focus on research and education for a brighter, more sustainable tomorrow. We assess the impact of our efforts in society and contribute with the intellectual resources of our students and researchers to create new approaches to some of the most critical challenges of our times.

Business Implications of AI: A Nano-course

Today's ever-growing AI technology offers many different business opportunities. However, starting an AI project and maximizing the balance between business impact and resources is still a challenging task, requiring a thorough understanding of what AI can and cannot do for your business. This free course will give you an introduction to: What you can use artificial intelligence for How you as a business leader should approach AI from a business strategy perspective What key strategic decisions you need to make upfront What skills you need to succeed How you should start and proceed with different steps of your project The course was developed in collaboration with EIT Digital. See all free online courses that KTH offers

Business Implications of AI: Full course

Today's ever-growing AI technology offers many different business opportunities. However, starting an AI project and maximizing the balance between business impact and resources is still a challenging task, requiring a thorough understanding of what AI can and cannot do for your business. This free course will give you an introduction to: What you can use artificial intelligence for How you as a business leader should approach AI from a business strategy perspective What key strategic decisions you need to make upfront What skills you need to succeed How you should start and proceed with different steps of your project The course was developed in collaboration with EIT Digital. See all free online courses that KTH offers

Enforcing Sustainable Development

What can we do to address the sustainability challenges we face? In this course, you will gain insight into how individuals, organisations and societies approach sustainability challenges in different ways. In various parts of the world different challenges are prioritized and thereby, various approaches and solutions are needed. You will learn about the considerations needed to make decisions of how to prioritize sustainable development. You will also be introduced to different strategies for changing values, attitudes and behaviours. The course introduces enforcements that are applied to influence individuals within companies and in the society at large, including different incentives and instruments to ensure more sustainable behaviours. This course is relevant to professionals working in industry, policymakers, or students in engineering. What you'll learn Identify and prioritize solutions based on different perspectives About how the values, attitudes and behaviours for sustainable development are connected About different environmental management tools How to implement organizational learning, incentives and instruments to change behaviours for sustainable development Concepts used in the current sustainability debate See all free online courses that KTH offers

Impact from digital transformation: A Nano course

During this free course you will learn what to do when digital transformation is rapidly changing your work life. You will learn how to manage the disruptive process that often occurs due to digitalization and how the new business landscape evolves as a consequence. This course gives you an introduction to: New business opportunities and the need for reorganization The impact of digitalization on customers and on external and internal processes Digital trends changing value creation for your customers How to master strategies, methods and approaches for you and your business when tackling digital transformation Sorting mechanisms for better prioritization The course was developed in collaboration with EIT Digital. See all free online courses that KTH offers

Impact from Digital Transformation: Full course

During this free course you will learn what to do when digital transformation is rapidly changing your work life. You will learn how to manage the disruptive process that often occurs due to digitalization and how the new business landscape evolves as a consequence. This course gives you an introduction to: New business opportunities and the need for reorganization The impact of digitalization on customers and on external and internal processes Digital trends changing value creation for your customers How to master strategies, methods and approaches for you and your business when tackling digital transformation Sorting mechanisms for better prioritization The course was developed in collaboration with EIT Digital. See all free online courses that KTH offers

Introduction to Materials in a circular society

This course is taught in Swedish. The circular economy can now be considered an established part of the transition to a sustainable society. But what does it really mean and what is new? This course will give you an introduction to the circular economy with a focus on materials. You will learn what the circular economy is, how it relates to sustainable development and the key principles of the circular economy. Adding on to this introductory course, there is a course on recycling and a course on metals in a circular society. Materials in a circular society - Recycling Materials in a circular society - Metals The course is free of charge, taught online with no scheduled meetings and can be followed at your own pace. You can take the course without any subject-specific prior knowledge. You will be continuously examined by answering questions related to each part. Examination is through automatically corrected questions and reflection tasks. To pass, you must answer all questions correctly. There is no limit to the number of times you can answer the questions. The reflection questions allow you to stop and give answers from your own perspective. These are not graded. See all free online courses that KTH offers

Introduction to Sustainable Development

In this course package you will get a basic introduction to the concept of sustainable development. Among other things, we will discuss: The three pillars of sustainability (economic, social and ecological sustainability) Planetary boundaries Resource management  You will also learn about key competences for sustainability such as systems thinking and values thinking, and get an overview of the basic mechanisms of Earth’s climate and climate change. See all free online courses that KTH offers

Materials in a circular economy - Metals

This course is taught in Swedish. This course is an extension to the course Introduction to materials in a circular society. The course gives you basic insights into the circular economy and the recycling of metals. You will also gain an understanding of the recycling of the most common metals and their role in a sustainable society in a circular economy. During the course we will review: The basics of the properties of the most common metals and their different uses The basics of the production of the most common metallic materials Recycling of metals and their environmental footprint The basics of the circular economy The course is completely free of charge, taught online with no scheduled sessions, and can be followed at your own pace. You can take the course without subject-specific prior knowledge. The course consists of five parts: Introduction to metals Properties of metals Classification of major metals Preparation of the most common metals Recycling and environmental perspectives  You will be examined continuously by answering questions related to each part. The examination is based on questions that are automatically corrected. To pass, you must answer all questions correctly. There is no limit to the number of times you can answer the questions. After passing the course you will have learned to: Explain the characteristics of metallic materials and describe the properties, uses and production processes of the most common metallic materials. Reason insightfully about the strengths and weaknesses of different metallic materials from both a user and sustainability perspective. Explain the process for recycling different metals in a circular economy with low environmental impact. Explain what a circular economy is and explain key circular economy concepts. Other courses about the circular economy: Introduction to materials in a circular society Materials in a circular society - Recycling See all free online courses that KTH offers

Materials in a circular society - Recycling

This course is taught in Swedish. This course is an extension to the course Introduction to materials in a circular society. The course summarises the state of the art in circular economy and recycling of materials. The course includes the following elements: What is recycling? Different materials and processes for recycling Open and closed systems for recycling Standards and recycling in a circular society The course is completely free of charge, taught online with no scheduled meetings, and can be followed at your own pace. You can take the course without subject-specific prior knowledge. You will be continuously examined by answering questions related to each part. Examination is by automatically corrected questions and reflection tasks. To pass, you must answer all questions correctly. There is no limit to the number of times you can answer the questions. The reflection questions allow you to stop and give answers from your own perspective. These are not graded.  Other courses about the circular economy: Introduction to materials in a circular society Materials in a circular society - Metals See all free online courses that KTH offers

Under the Hood of Machine Learning

During this free course, you will learn the basics of AI, machine learning and Neural Networks. You will learn about important concepts such as Gradient Descent, Backpropagation and Activation Functions. Common metrics are presented as well as problems such as overfitting and underfitting. Among other topics, we go in-depth on: What are Neural Networks and how are they trained? How do Neural Networks analyze images and text? How important is data? See all free online courses that KTH offers