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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

AR

Mar 31, 2020

One of the best course to start learning new cutting-edge technology and to get deeper insights into Big Data. Thanks to the great instructors for amazing explanations of each module and e-materials.

IS

May 18, 2020

Following this course enables me to gain a vast knowledge on basic big data domain.Quality content and 100% clear explanation made me so enthusiastic to learn this module.Tutors are pretty cool !

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By Wee W X

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Jul 24, 2020

should always place slides before video presentation

By Ing. J H B S

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Mar 14, 2018

Excellent course for Big Data introductory concepts!

By Deep S

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Jan 29, 2018

Some provision to ask doubts should also be provided

By Zeeb

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May 30, 2017

This is a good course. Very basic overview of Hadoop

By Vladimir C

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Feb 5, 2017

Interesting overview, more examples will perfect it!

By Suraj J W

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Jun 9, 2019

Over all nice course. It should have more hands on.

By Soe S N

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Mar 19, 2019

Can get the basic knowledge and hand on experience.

By Minal g

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Jan 5, 2018

Clears the basic concepts of big data very well. :)

By Gonzalo M

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Apr 9, 2021

Great introduction course into the big data world.

By Alyssa M

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Jul 8, 2020

good course to review the fundamentals of big data

By Kirti D U

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Sep 17, 2019

Really useful, could have better practical things.

By Edmund O

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Oct 26, 2018

Very good course introduction to big data overview

By Supharerk T

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Dec 25, 2016

good introduction but it's a little bit expensive.

By Kai-Cheng H

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May 4, 2021

Hope Better Sound quality and Renew Slide Example

By Devangi B

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Apr 8, 2020

Amazing Course to understand hadoop from basics!!

By Giovanni S

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Jan 20, 2020

Nice and simple. A good introduction to big data.

By Marvin N

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Oct 3, 2020

Great intro into the world of BigData and Hadoop

By Thyago N B

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Aug 5, 2020

Very good, but I guess it could be more dynamic.

By Pratyush A

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Jul 7, 2020

Lectures were interactive and easy to understand

By RAKSHITHA M

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Apr 8, 2020

good introduction to the subject.well explained.

By Pedro D O

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Jan 13, 2020

Nice general introduction to the Big Data world.

By Sean W H

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Jan 30, 2017

Learnt a lot about big data and its applications

By Jesús G B

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Apr 19, 2020

Basic Big Data concepts adquired. Thanks a lot!

By Oluwaseun P

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Aug 23, 2018

Broke the topic down well into the fundamentals