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Free, hands-on courses in AI, Deep Learning, DevOps, Robotics and Quantum Physics. Structured courses with worked examples and hands-on labs, by Dr. Abedal-Kareem Al-Banna.

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Structured courses

18+

In-depth tutorials

18

Learning roadmaps

270+

Lessons & labs

Structured Courses

Numbered modules, worked examples and a practical lab in each. Mark modules complete to track your progress and earn a certificate.

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

An 8-module foundational AI course: intelligent agents, uninformed and informed search, A*, adversarial search with Minimax, constraint satisfaction and optimisation.

AvailableBeginner8 modules

From linear algebra and numerical computation to perceptrons, backpropagation, optimisation, CNNs and RNNs, with hands-on PyTorch labs on MNIST and CIFAR-10.

AvailableIntermediate9 modules

DevOps Lab: Learn DevOps by Doing

A 13-module hands-on path through Linux, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, infrastructure as code and monitoring, deploying a real application to the cloud.

AvailableBeginner13 modules

Data Analyst with Python (Advanced)

A 14-topic programme covering Python, NumPy, Pandas, SQL and data visualisation, with 140+ practice questions aligned to the PCED certification.

AvailableIntermediate14 modules

ROS2 Robotics Programming

Robotics programming with ROS2 Jazzy and Python: nodes, topics, services, actions, TF, simulation, projects, quizzes and an assessment.

AvailableIntermediate9 modules

Scrum Methodology

An 8-module Agile course: Scrum roles, events and artifacts, sprint planning, estimation, Jira and scaling Scrum in real teams.

AvailableBeginner8 modules

Programming Language 1 (Java)

Java programming fundamentals following the Liang textbook: syntax, control flow, methods, arrays, objects, classes and inheritance.

AvailableBeginner18 modules

Computing Systems for Data Science & AI

A 16-week university course on the systems behind modern AI: transformers, large language models, agents and mixture-of-experts architectures.

AvailableAdvanced1 modules

Quantum Physics for Beginners

A gentle, maths-light introduction to quantum physics: photons, wave-particle duality, the double-slit experiment and the quantum world, in English and Arabic.

AvailableBeginner4 modules

Englishعربي

Vibe Coding, Shipped Right

Build and ship a real React + NestJS application with AI coding assistants like Claude Code, to a professional DevOps standard: tests, containers, CI/CD, deployment and monitoring. 12 modules, English and Arabic.

AvailableIntermediate12 modules

Englishعربي

AI Administrator: Agentic Workflows & Automation

A 14-module, no-code track on designing agentic workflows and automations: workflow mapping, agents and automation with n8n, and controls with human-in-the-loop design. 28 hours, labs and a certificate.

AvailableBeginner14 modules

Quantum Computing

Qubits, gates, circuits and the first quantum algorithms. In preparation.

Coming 2026 Q4Intermediate

Englishعربي

Available in English and Arabic · متاح بالعربية

Full Arabic (RTL) versions with the same figures, equations and labs. Switch language from the bar at the top of any page.

Quantum Physics for Beginners

A gentle, maths-light introduction to quantum physics: photons, wave-particle duality, the double-slit experiment and the quantum world, in English and Arabic.

AvailableBeginner4 modules

Englishعربي

Vibe Coding, Shipped Right

Build and ship a real React + NestJS application with AI coding assistants like Claude Code, to a professional DevOps standard: tests, containers, CI/CD, deployment and monitoring. 12 modules, English and Arabic.

AvailableIntermediate12 modules

Englishعربي

Mixture of Experts in LLMs

Sparse mixture-of-experts architectures: routing, load balancing, and how MoE scales large language models. English and Arabic.

AvailableAdvanced

Englishعربي

Transformers Step by Step

A worked, number-by-number walk through a transformer forward pass. English and Arabic.

AvailableIntermediate

Englishعربي

Getting Started with Django

Models, views, templates and the admin: build your first Django web application. English and Arabic.

AvailableBeginner

Englishعربي

Tutorials & Guides

Focused deep-dives on one topic each: LLM agents, MCP, transformers, LangChain, Django, Git and more.

LLM Agents Guide

How autonomous LLM agents plan, use tools and act: architectures, memory, tool calling and evaluation.

AvailableIntermediate

Building ReAct Agents

Implement the Reason + Act (ReAct) agent loop in Python step by step, with tool use and traces.

AvailableIntermediate

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

An interactive guide to MCP: servers, clients, tools, resources and how LLM applications connect to external systems.

AvailableIntermediate

Agent-to-Agent Protocols (A2A)

How AI agents discover each other and collaborate across vendors with the A2A protocol.

AvailableAdvanced

Mixture of Experts in LLMs

Sparse mixture-of-experts architectures: routing, load balancing, and how MoE scales large language models. English and Arabic.

AvailableAdvanced

Englishعربي

LLAMA 4: Meta's Most Advanced AI Models

Architecture, training and capabilities of Meta's Llama 4 family of mixture-of-experts models.

AvailableIntermediate

Understanding Transformer Architecture

Attention, positional encoding, encoder and decoder blocks explained with PyTorch code.

AvailableIntermediate

Transformers Step by Step

A worked, number-by-number walk through a transformer forward pass. English and Arabic.

AvailableIntermediate

Englishعربي

Transformer Q&A

Frequently asked questions and interview-style answers about transformer models.

AvailableIntermediate

Text Classification with Transformers

Fine-tune a Hugging Face transformer for text classification end to end in PyTorch.

AvailableIntermediate

Understanding Diffusion Models

How diffusion models generate images: forward noising, reverse denoising, and training objectives.

AvailableAdvanced

Getting Started with LangChain

Chains, prompts, memory and agents with LangChain, from first script to a working assistant.

AvailableBeginner

Chat with Databases using LangChain

Build a natural-language interface over SQL databases with LangChain SQL agents.

AvailableIntermediate

Getting Started with Django

Models, views, templates and the admin: build your first Django web application. English and Arabic.

AvailableBeginner

Englishعربي

Django on IIS (Windows Server 2019)

Deploy a Django application on Windows Server 2019 with IIS, FastCGI and wfastcgi.

AvailableIntermediate

Git and GitHub Complete Interactive Tutorial

Version control from the ground up: commits, branches, merges, pull requests and collaboration on GitHub.

AvailableBeginner

Automate workflows without code using n8n: triggers, nodes, integrations and AI-powered flows.

AvailableBeginner

OpenManus Architecture

A deep dive into the OpenManus open-source agent framework: architecture, planning, tools and execution flow.

AvailableAdvanced

Practice & Roadmaps

Coding problems, timed exams and step-by-step learning paths.

TorchCode: PyTorch Interview Practice

44 hands-on PyTorch coding problems, from tensors and autograd to attention and transformer blocks, with solutions and explanations.

AvailableIntermediate44 problems

Interactive Learning Roadmaps

18 interactive, step-by-step learning roadmaps for role-based and skill-based paths: Frontend, Backend, DevOps, Python, AI Engineer, Machine Learning, Deep Learning and more.

AvailableAll levels

Timed practice exams and tests for the PCED Python data-analyst certification with instant scoring.

AvailableIntermediate

Topics We Cover

AI & LLMs Career Data & Python Deep Learning DevOps & Tooling Programming Quantum Robotics Software Process

A*A2AAIAI AgentsAI-Assisted DevAgentsAgileArchitectureArraysAttentionAutomationAutonomousBackpropBeginnerCI/CDCNNCareerComputer VisionData AnalysisDeep LearningDevOpsDiffusionDjangoDockerExamGenerative AIGitGitHubHugging FaceHuman-in-the-loopIISIaCInheritanceInteroperabilityInterviewJavaJiraKubernetesLLMLLMsLangChainLearning PathMCPMetaMinimaxMoENLPNo-CodeNo-codeOOPOpen SourceOptimizationPCEDPandasPhysicsPyTorchPythonQuantumRNNROS2RoadmapsRoboticsSQLScrumSearchSimulationSprintsToolsTransformersVersion ControlVibe CodingWeb DevelopmentWindows ServerWorkflown8n

About the author

Dr. Abedal-Kareem Al-Banna — Assistant Professor, Data Science & AI, University of Petra. PhD in Computer Science (Loughborough University, UK), researcher in deep learning and speech technology, and Vice Chair of the IEEE CS/CIS Jordan Chapter. Several courses here are the online companion to modules taught at the University of Petra.

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