In this course, students will get an introduction to working with Big data and some fundamental concepts, such as data mining and stream processing and technologies for Big Data scenarios.
Students participating in this course will learn various data genres and management tools appropriate for each, how big data is driving organizational change and the key challenges organizations face when trying to analyze massive data sets and able to describe the reasons behind the evolving plethora of new big data platforms from the perspective of big data management systems and analytical tools.
By the end of this course Students will become familiar with techniques using real-time and semi-structured data examples, techniques to extract value from existing untapped data sources and discovering new data sources and will have a better understanding of the various applications of big data methods in industry and research.