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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 Sandeep N

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May 30, 2017

Excellent course. Easy to understand, well explained !

By Aman K

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May 26, 2017

Teacher's are great , they teach every single detail .

By Cristian M S

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Aug 21, 2016

The content is better than the last course, nice job !

By Angelo A

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Jan 12, 2022

The course is well done and the professors are great!

By Alan C

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Oct 11, 2021

Very Informative course with comprehensive exercises.

By Caner U

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Jan 24, 2021

Thanks to all instructors. It was really good for me.

By Puneeth K R

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Sep 30, 2020

Very good cource it's very helpfull to guide big data

By Syed M S H

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Apr 22, 2020

Exceptional Explanation about Big Data for Beginners!

By Mohamed S

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Mar 7, 2019

Slowly paced and clear explanation by the professors.

By Xiao S

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Nov 14, 2018

good introduction to the basic concepts for big data!

By Daniel S

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Jun 27, 2018

Amazing course and big indtroduction. I love coursera

By Asm I H B

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Feb 13, 2018

It's very efficient course to learn basic of Big Data

By Vivek G

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Jan 28, 2018

Very good course to learn the foundations of Big data

By John C P G

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Dec 18, 2017

Clear Concepts as Intordution to Big Data. Thank you!

By Victor I

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Nov 12, 2017

Very good course to learn the foundations of Big data

By Aaron S

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May 22, 2017

Good and well-paced introduction to an important area

By amitbhushanbhatt

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Mar 15, 2017

Excellent Introduction to Big Data, and Data Science.

By Tung N

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Nov 9, 2022

it is very well organized course, easy to understand

By Divyanshu G

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Sep 11, 2021

Enrolled this course by mistake 😭 0 enrollment left

By Feng J

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Nov 5, 2020

This course teaches you step by step into big data !

By Samruddhi R D

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Jul 31, 2020

This course was interesting and yet much useful too.

By Ainhoa G

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Jun 7, 2020

I've really enjoyed this course. I've learned a lot.

By Srikanth A

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May 31, 2020

A perfect course for a Big Data Beginner. Thank you.

By Shshank M

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May 28, 2020

Experience was quite good to learn from coursera....

By Selva L

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May 24, 2020

I like very much this course and easy to understand.