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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 MINSUNG K

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Sep 7, 2020

Really basic informations for understanding

By Prakash P

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May 15, 2020

Excellent video with great explanation 👍👍

By MRS. S D A

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May 13, 2020

THE LEARNING WAS VERY USEFUL FOR MY CARRIER

By Erwin D

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Sep 26, 2019

Excellent course in understanding Big Data!

By Johan S H A

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May 7, 2019

I really like the course. I learn too much.

By Maria B O S

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Sep 26, 2018

A dynamic course that hooks you to Big Data

By Georgiy Z

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Aug 12, 2018

Great introduction to Big Data environment.

By Srinivas A

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Oct 12, 2017

Very Informative for a beginner to Big Data

By Assaduzzaman N

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Sep 26, 2017

This is a very good course in most aspects.

By SUNITHA M

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Aug 16, 2017

Very concise, informative and useful course

By Daniel S S

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Jul 2, 2017

A nice introduction to Big Data, very good!

By Nassro A K

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Dec 15, 2021

I learned a lot of things from this course

By Park H K

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Nov 3, 2020

Very informative co. I have learned a lot.

By Anupriya J

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Jun 21, 2020

It was very good to apply for this course.

By MD M A R

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May 21, 2020

It was very detailed, helped me very much.

By Vrnda V

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Jul 18, 2018

Really good explanation by the professors!

By Giovanni L

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Nov 20, 2017

Great course material for an introduction.

By MURALI K R

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Nov 24, 2016

Excellent beginner level Big data course !

By Felipe M

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Nov 21, 2016

Awesome course with very dynamic exercises

By Gowrisankari T

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Nov 14, 2016

This course is very useful and interesting

By Sofia B

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Feb 22, 2021

very good to get an overall understanding

By Md. A H

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Oct 10, 2020

Need More Practical Topic as introduction

By Dhananjay W

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Sep 2, 2020

Awesome course for beginners for big data

By Adith R B

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Jul 9, 2020

VERY EASY TO LEARN AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND

By Yash

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Jun 17, 2020

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