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About the Course

Interested in increasing your knowledge of the Big Data landscape? This course is for those new to data science and interested in understanding why the Big Data Era has come to be. It is for those who want to become conversant with the terminology and the core concepts behind big data problems, applications, and systems. It is for those who want to start thinking about how Big Data might be useful in their business or career. It provides an introduction to one of the most common frameworks, Hadoop, that has made big data analysis easier and more accessible -- increasing the potential for data to transform our world! At the end of this course, you will be able to: * Describe the Big Data landscape including examples of real world big data problems including the three key sources of Big Data: people, organizations, and sensors. * Explain the V’s of Big Data (volume, velocity, variety, veracity, valence, and value) and why each impacts data collection, monitoring, storage, analysis and reporting. * Get value out of Big Data by using a 5-step process to structure your analysis. * Identify what are and what are not big data problems and be able to recast big data problems as data science questions. * Provide an explanation of the architectural components and programming models used for scalable big data analysis. * Summarize the features and value of core Hadoop stack components including the YARN resource and job management system, the HDFS file system and the MapReduce programming model. * Install and run a program using Hadoop! This course is for those new to data science. No prior programming experience is needed, although the ability to install applications and utilize a virtual machine is necessary to complete the hands-on assignments. Hardware Requirements: (A) Quad Core Processor (VT-x or AMD-V support recommended), 64-bit; (B) 8 GB RAM; (C) 20 GB disk free. How to find your hardware information: (Windows): Open System by clicking the Start button, right-clicking Computer, and then clicking Properties; (Mac): Open Overview by clicking on the Apple menu and clicking “About This Mac.” Most computers with 8 GB RAM purchased in the last 3 years will meet the minimum requirements.You will need a high speed internet connection because you will be downloading files up to 4 Gb in size. Software Requirements: This course relies on several open-source software tools, including Apache Hadoop. All required software can be downloaded and installed free of charge. Software requirements include: Windows 7+, Mac OS X 10.10+, Ubuntu 14.04+ or CentOS 6+ VirtualBox 5+....

Top reviews

HM

Sep 9, 2019

I love the course. It goes deep into the foundations, and then finishes up with an actual lab where you learn by practice. I greatly benefited from it and feel I have achieved a milestone in big data.

RG

Jul 14, 2017

First of all i would like to take this opportunity to thanks the instructors the course is well structured and explained the foundations with real world problems with easy to understand the concepts.

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By ADITYA A

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Jun 18, 2020

Learned a lot. Great Course. Thank you so much.

By Vishwash K

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Jun 3, 2020

Best of Best tutor I have ever seen in my life.

By Ajay A A

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Apr 28, 2020

Nicely described topics, detailing is too good.

By Omar A L

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Jan 9, 2019

the course is very good, thanks for your effort

By Fernando M

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Jan 7, 2019

Great to understand and practice basic concepts

By Shesh S

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Dec 9, 2018

Excellent introduction to the world of Big Data

By Juan P M

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Jul 17, 2018

Excelente para iniciar en el mundo del Big Data

By Ariel A

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Dec 3, 2017

Well explained Introduction Course for Big Data

By Ratish N

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Nov 22, 2017

very informative and has been guided thoroughly

By Eman G

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Sep 20, 2017

Very simple ,Good introduction ,Thanks a lot :)

By Jai R S G

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Jun 5, 2017

Excellent Introduction to the world of Big Data

By Mahmoud H

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Feb 4, 2017

Great introduction course for Big data lover :)

By Avilan V

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Dec 3, 2016

I really like, it is flexible. well structured.

By Estefano J P P

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Mar 17, 2021

Great introduction to big data and computation

By ALFONSO J M M

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Dec 4, 2020

espectacular el conocimiento adquirido gracias

By ÖMER F P

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May 6, 2019

comprehensive and fluent expression about fund

By A R

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Mar 21, 2019

Recommended to my colleagues in my department.

By vaibhav s

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Jul 13, 2017

Very nice and precise introduction to big data

By Mriganka P

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Jun 14, 2017

Excellent Course. The instructors were awesome

By Vladimir U

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May 22, 2017

A great course to start Big Data Science with!

By Veena K

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Dec 5, 2021

very good course.. helps more for beginners..

By Radha R M

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Jun 2, 2021

Excellent coverage of topics and presentation

By Ayham S A r ( G P - I

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Apr 21, 2021

Smooth learning experience, I love the course

By HEMNATH M

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Aug 8, 2020

very useful for me to understand and to learn