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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 Hari O U

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May 26, 2020

Great learning both faculty was very good

By Raj B

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May 24, 2020

that was a fun while learning this course

By Hrithik G

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May 22, 2020

this course more help-full on basic level

By Neha R

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Jan 9, 2019

A must to start with course for beginners

By V.V.L.N. S

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Apr 9, 2018

Excellent course. Appreciate the faculty.

By Antony C

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Apr 5, 2018

Very nice introduction to Big Data field.

By Vinay R K

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Aug 15, 2017

Best Course for Introduction to Big Data.

By nandhinisampath

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May 19, 2017

This course is very useful for beginners.

By Marco A M R

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Aug 16, 2016

This is absolutely a hands on experience.

By Aakash T

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Oct 8, 2020

OSM TEACHER FOR TEACHING US THANKS A LOT

By lavanya s

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Aug 20, 2020

It is beneficial for the beginners level

By 249 S L

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Aug 17, 2020

Awesome and a great course for beginners

By sriabirami

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Jul 27, 2020

wonderful experience in learning bigdata

By Boobalan D

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Jul 26, 2020

It's very useful for me and my education

By Gracia B

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Jul 6, 2020

Very interesting and useful information!

By Alysson C

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Jun 25, 2020

Great course to start to learn Big Data.

By Venkatesh

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May 24, 2020

A great introductory course to big data.

By Matteo S

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May 1, 2020

Very clear arguments and great professor

By Eder M A

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Mar 25, 2019

Good course to learn introduction terms.

By Divya S

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Apr 30, 2018

Interesting and just awesome. loved this

By Leela P

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Nov 10, 2017

IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE...THANKS A TON

By HONG H

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Jun 4, 2017

very informational in this short course.

By Frederico B

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May 2, 2017

Great introductory course for Big Data .

By Hector R

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Jan 21, 2017

Great course!! Excellent for beginners!!

By Leon N

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Nov 21, 2016

Good introduction to Big Data and Hadoop