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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 Brad D

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Jan 4, 2019

Great intro, nicely updated from the 2015 edition.

By Duc D

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Nov 24, 2018

The introduction content of Big Data is very good.

By Marina U

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Sep 16, 2018

Very good introductory course. Highly recommended!

By Tiago P F

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Feb 2, 2017

Excellent course with clear and didactic contents.

By Oscar V C

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Jan 4, 2017

Great Course! Gives lots of insight into big data1

By Briac H

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May 31, 2022

Really complete course, instructive and helpful !

By Warawut G

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Apr 7, 2022

Thank you for the course Introduction to Big Data

By Liane S

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Aug 27, 2020

excellent course, great lectures, very insightful

By Sagar T

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Jun 14, 2020

Very Good Introduction to Big Data and ecosystem.

By robert r

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Jan 4, 2018

Excellent introduction to the Big Data landscape!

By Himani1 R

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Jan 31, 2022

its very helpfull ... for gain big data knowldge

By 18DCE126 N S

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Oct 27, 2021

amazing i learn a lot of things form this course

By Sanket S D

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Nov 1, 2020

i like this course, this course is easy to learn

By DEVIPRASAD D M

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Jun 2, 2020

It was very good course, got insights of bigdata

By Pornima V M

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May 10, 2020

its really an amazing experience to learn online

By RAKESH D

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Aug 8, 2019

Athing it is a good experience to learn big data

By Mathew A

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Jan 21, 2019

Fantastic course, gets you started on Big Data !

By Octave H

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Aug 28, 2018

Great class, very clear and useful for beginners

By ssyed-ga

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Sep 25, 2017

Adapted for beginners and interesting exercices.

By RaviChandraReddy C

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Jul 1, 2017

Awesome course, enjoyed the fun in doing Hadoop.

By Poornakala V

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Jul 8, 2021

Course Material, Quiz and assignments were good

By Praanesh J

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Oct 8, 2020

its easy to understand,and they are interactive

By Victor l

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Sep 10, 2020

Wonderful course. The course is really helpful.

By Aaditya k

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Aug 12, 2020

I am very greatfull toward coursera for this ..

By chanakya k

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Jul 27, 2020

very good introduction for a complete beginners