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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

DK

Aug 11, 2021

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.

HM

Sep 8, 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.

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By Manisha B

Mar 7, 2018

Flow of material is good .Along with the assesment at end of each chapter . It help to re visit the point we missed during class

By Sappa, K k

Aug 1, 2019

Well organized, easy to understand material and lessons taught by speakers. Good exercises and quiz in the end of each chapter.

By Ranjeet K

Mar 5, 2019

The course was in depth about Big Data Introduction and its related technologies. Thanks to Coursera for the wonderful content.

By Kosala W

Dec 9, 2018

Superb introduction to the concepts of Big data for total newcomers with a simple hands on exercise at the end. Well done team!

By Salvatore C

Jul 23, 2018

The course is really well done and provide all the basic concepts and notions that are required to start working with big data.

By Leonardo G

Oct 22, 2017

Very well organized, it reaches such a degree of detail that all the doubts that appeared were clearly answered Contragulations

By Sumit V

May 10, 2020

Really its a great introduction about Big Data and practical assignment part help to improve and connect to application also

By Fahd A

Apr 22, 2020

I enjoyed learning the basics of Big data foundations, and enjoyed Hadoop ecosystem even more. Thank you for this opportunity!

By Nurain H

Aug 29, 2018

A great kick start on the Journey of my learning Big Data. Very decorous and beneficial. Recommended for Big Data enthusiasts.

By Mhd K D

Jul 14, 2018

All the contents were explained in a great way, also each assignment was related to the topicamazing explanation, keep it up .

By Nayun D

Sep 9, 2022

Decent intro, speech tempo was a bit slow. It's fine on 1.5x or 2x speed, but the the volume gets lower when fastforwarding.

By Priyanka V

Oct 16, 2020

Excellent for those who don't know anything about Big Data and Data Science. Helped a lot and cleared all doubts. Go for it.

By Guilherme D C T

Apr 22, 2019

A comprehensive overview of key concepts concerning Big Data. A good starting point for the remainder of the specialization.

By Hellen J V A

Apr 2, 2022

Excelente curso, he adquirido conocimientos básicos y claves de Big Data para poder desarrollarme como científica de datos.

By Ajit G

Apr 14, 2018

Excellent course which expalins all the basics and complete handson for the hadoop.All concepts are very clearly explained.

By Rajesh P

Dec 15, 2017

very helpful for beginners. sufficient theory for better

understanding . loved it. looking forward to the second course :)

By Mateen H

Feb 21, 2022

its a very helpfull course by coursera. it helps me alot to undesrtand many those topics which i was unable to understand.

By Siti M B A M

Jun 19, 2020

I enjoyed the class very much. But before you enroll make sure your PC/laptop has the needed specification to run cloudera

By Harry F

Sep 23, 2018

Found this to be an excellent introductory course on big data, even for those well versed in traditional data warehousing.

By Renaud S

Sep 22, 2022

Really interesting strat from 0 .at the end you have some knowledge. Rythm is good and the trainer is really motivating!

By Mukul P S

Jun 28, 2020

Thank you so much for providing this course.Before completing this course i was not able describe big data but now i can.

By Mukesh S

Nov 4, 2017

This is the first time I sincerely used Hadoop and learnt it. The professors are very thorough. Heartfelt thanks to both.

By David C

Jul 17, 2017

Good overview of the key concepts, techniques, and technologies involved in using and/or implementing a big data program.

By Nora I B

Mar 22, 2017

This course gave me a very clear idea about why big data came out. big data applications, and the dimensions of big data.

By Dr. P A V

Jun 25, 2022

Very interesting Videos. Good learning materials with hands-on-training. Very Curious Quizzes for checking the knowledge