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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 Anton R

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Jun 15, 2020

Very good start with Big Data. Thanks.

By Srinidhi R

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May 20, 2020

Great Work by Ilkay Altintas and team.

By Max D

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May 20, 2020

Very usefull course in our modern life

By Aditya S

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May 19, 2020

good introduction course to start with

By Clark H

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Feb 4, 2018

Excellent introduction about big data.

By Jeff Y

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Sep 30, 2017

Great introductory course to Big Data!

By Quan C

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Jan 9, 2017

Some commands need small modifications

By Beatrice C

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Dec 14, 2016

Great introductory course to big data!

By Jaemyeong E

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Sep 6, 2016

Good introduction course for Big Data.

By Asanka W

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Aug 27, 2022

great course.earned lot of knowledge.

By Md F

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Aug 19, 2019

it is one of the best big data course

By Swapnil D

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Mar 11, 2019

Good to start with Big Data platform.

By Seshu M

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Jan 31, 2019

Good basics about Big Data and Hadoop

By Jamshaid Y

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Oct 14, 2018

Excellent learning, Keep it up please

By Aman C

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Mar 27, 2018

Best course to build the base strong.

By Ismael S J

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Nov 12, 2017

A FANTASTIC COURSE! TOTALLY WORTH IT!

By Arnab S

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Jul 18, 2017

Good introductory course for Big Data

By Ganesh b

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Sep 30, 2023

great courses but i need certificate

By Deleted A

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Oct 26, 2022

Very good, abundent useful content.

By Chetas P

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Apr 18, 2021

Nicely explained, easy to understand

By K S J U

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Jun 2, 2020

good knowledge sharing coursera team

By B A K R

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Oct 1, 2018

my basics are clear with this course

By Dhanushka G R H

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Nov 14, 2017

Thank you very much for good lecture

By Prashant T

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Oct 31, 2017

A good start with strong foundation.

By André L B

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Mar 2, 2017

Very good for beginners in Big Data.