Introduction to Big Data, Certificate | Part time online | Coursera | United States
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The Introduction to Big Data course offered by Coursera in partnership with UC San Diego is part of the Big Data Specialization.

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Overview

Interested in increasing your knowledge of the Big Data landscape?  This  Introduction to Big Data course offered by  Coursera in partnership with UC San Diego 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.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

  • Welcome
  • Big Data: Why and Where
  • Characteristics of Big Data and Dimensions of Scalability
  • Data Science: Getting Value out of Big Data
  • Big Data Systems and Programming
  • Systems: Getting Started with Hadoop

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Duration

  • Part-time
    • 1 days

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Language

English

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Online

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

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Funding

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