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About the Course

Data analysis has replaced data acquisition as the bottleneck to evidence-based decision making --- we are drowning in it. Extracting knowledge from large, heterogeneous, and noisy datasets requires not only powerful computing resources, but the programming abstractions to use them effectively. The abstractions that emerged in the last decade blend ideas from parallel databases, distributed systems, and programming languages to create a new class of scalable data analytics platforms that form the foundation for data science at realistic scales. In this course, you will learn the landscape of relevant systems, the principles on which they rely, their tradeoffs, and how to evaluate their utility against your requirements. You will learn how practical systems were derived from the frontier of research in computer science and what systems are coming on the horizon. Cloud computing, SQL and NoSQL databases, MapReduce and the ecosystem it spawned, Spark and its contemporaries, and specialized systems for graphs and arrays will be covered. You will also learn the history and context of data science, the skills, challenges, and methodologies the term implies, and how to structure a data science project. At the end of this course, you will be able to: Learning Goals: 1. Describe common patterns, challenges, and approaches associated with data science projects, and what makes them different from projects in related fields. 2. Identify and use the programming models associated with scalable data manipulation, including relational algebra, mapreduce, and other data flow models. 3. Use database technology adapted for large-scale analytics, including the concepts driving parallel databases, parallel query processing, and in-database analytics 4. Evaluate key-value stores and NoSQL systems, describe their tradeoffs with comparable systems, the details of important examples in the space, and future trends. 5. “Think” in MapReduce to effectively write algorithms for systems including Hadoop and Spark. You will understand their limitations, design details, their relationship to databases, and their associated ecosystem of algorithms, extensions, and languages. write programs in Spark 6. Describe the landscape of specialized Big Data systems for graphs, arrays, and streams...

Top reviews

HA

Jan 11, 2016

Great course that strikes a balance between teaching general principles and concepts, and providing hands-on technical skills and practice.The lessons are well designed and clearly conveyed.

DK

Jan 24, 2016

Good! I like the final (optional) project on running on a large dataset through EC2. The lectures aren't as polished and compact as they could be but certainly a very valuable course.

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By Daniel A

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Nov 21, 2015

This was a great course - well planned out and really informative. Thanks!

By Wonjun L

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Mar 6, 2016

If you are interested in data science then this course is the right one.

By Ahmed A

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Apr 14, 2017

Very good and informative course for data scientists and data engineers

By Asier

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Nov 21, 2015

Excellent overview of the Big Data field and its relation to eScience.

By Bruno F S

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Feb 15, 2016

Great course for those who want to know more about big data analysis.

By Muhammad A I

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Sep 11, 2019

Love the the concept of "learning abstraction rather than tool".

By Gokhan C

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May 28, 2016

The assignments are really what make this course stand out.

By NothingElse

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Nov 6, 2015

speed is too fast, I can hard to keep pace with teacher's s

By suyang z

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Oct 15, 2015

good for people who have some experience in python and SQL

By Anish M

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Sep 24, 2015

great exercises and assignments. The course is involving.

By DAUTREY

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Mar 14, 2016

very interesting materials about RDBMS and nosql systems

By Dennis L

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Jul 18, 2023

Outdated labs and systems ( 6 years ) and no updates!

By Srikanth G

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May 29, 2018

Very wide and fundamentally robust introduction.

By Nayan J

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Dec 14, 2015

Coding assignments help shed the resistance :)

By Shivanand R K

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Jun 18, 2016

Excellent thoughts and concepts presented.

By Artur S

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Nov 8, 2015

Brilliant course with amazing test tasks!

By Kevin R

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Nov 12, 2015

Great exercises one can learn alot from.

By Cesar O

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Aug 16, 2020

Nice explanation of mapReduce, love it

By Matthew M

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Jan 21, 2016

excellent treatment of the material

By Felipe G

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Mar 7, 2016

great course! ... congratulations.

By Roland P

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Jul 27, 2017

Great intro into wider aspects

By Dan R

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May 25, 2017

Great work, very satisfied!!

By Miao J

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Dec 25, 2015

Great course. Very helpful!

By Luis E

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Apr 16, 2022

Buen curso, bien explicado

By Shibaji M

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Sep 17, 2015

This is a great course