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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 Enrique A

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Jun 23, 2017

Great introduction insights to understand the whole picture

By Nitin N

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Mar 14, 2017

awesome introduction to big data. Aimed at complete rookies

By Anthony S L J

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Mar 9, 2017

Good Introduction to BIg Data with many practical examples.

By Anny B B D l S

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Sep 26, 2016

This course is amazing. Excellent Introduction to Big Data!

By leila M

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Aug 27, 2016

very good for beginner easy and give you the bigger picture

By Giancarlo A

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Jan 4, 2021

Course is ok for beginners and professors explain so good.

By Kadal K K M

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Aug 22, 2020

Nice with examples. Practical sessions. Exercises. Review.

By Dr R R

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Aug 3, 2020

Good Experience. i recommend every one must do this course

By Parminder K

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May 17, 2018

Very Well explained by the tutors and well designed course

By Davide M

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Mar 19, 2018

good introduction to big data ideas and MapReduce concepts

By Ashutosh P

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Aug 15, 2017

Awesome course for understanding the big data.Thanks a lot

By Matías F

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Nov 4, 2016

Excelente curso con muy buenos contenidos y muy intuitivo.

By Andrey N

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Oct 22, 2016

Good course if you know nothing about big data, like me =)

By Sok M

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Apr 29, 2022

This course make me knowing clearly about what is BigData

By Adarsh K J D

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Jul 8, 2021

Good starter course for Big Data. Cleared basic concepts.

By Fred R

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Jan 19, 2021

Good intro and I had a lot of fun with the Hadoop project

By VIBHU A

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Sep 30, 2020

It was great learning, hoping it will be useful in future

By Nico S

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Sep 29, 2020

Good introduction of big data with some hands-on material

By Marcos V B d M

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Sep 4, 2020

Really enjoyed the practical part! Thanks for the course!

By Sangitha P

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May 13, 2020

Really very interesting. concepts were clearly understood

By Pravin S G

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May 4, 2020

Very good basic course in big data and Hadoop. Thank you.

By Amy H

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Aug 29, 2019

Learned a great basic of Big Data. Good hand-on projects!

By Jean ( G

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Feb 23, 2019

Really clear and practical to continue into this program.

By Zakir U S

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Aug 10, 2018

Great course for Big Data curios people..

Worth learning..

By KSHITIZ S

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Oct 30, 2016

Systematic introduction to Big Data...highly recommended!