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Want to understand your data network structure and how it changes under different conditions? Curious to know how to identify closely interacting clusters within a graph? Have you heard of the fast-growing area of graph analytics and want to learn more? This course gives you a broad overview of the field of graph analytics so you can learn new ways to model, store, retrieve and analyze graph-structured data.
After completing this course, you will be able to model a problem into a graph database and perform analytical tasks over the graph in a scalable manner.  Better yet, you will be able to apply these techniques to understand the significance of your data sets for your own projects.

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Graph Theory
Neo4j
Analytics
Graph Database

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Amarnath Gupta

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San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

4 minutes to complete

Welcome to Graph Analytics

4 minutes to complete

1 video (Total 4 min)

Week

Week 2

3 hours to complete

Introduction to Graphs

Welcome! This week we will get a first exposure to graphs and their use in everyday life. By the end of the module you will be able to create a graph applying core mathematical properties of graphs, and identify the kinds of analysis questions one might be able to ask of such a graph. We hope the you will be inspired as to how graphical representations might enable you to answer new Big Data problems!

3 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 38 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

8 videos

What is a Graph?7m

Why Graphs?2m

Why Graphs? Example 1: Social Networking3m

Why Graphs? Example 2: Biological Networks3m

Why Graphs? Example 3: Human Information Network Analytics3m

Why Graphs? Example 4: Smart Cities2m

The Purpose of Analytics1m

What are the impact of Big Data's V's on Graphs?12m

2 readings

What to learn in this module10m

Download Slides for this Module10m

1 practice exercise

Introduction to Graphs30m

Week

Week 3

3 hours to complete

Graph Analytics

3 hours to complete

17 videos (Total 81 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes

17 videos

Focusing On Graph Analytics Techniques10m

Path Analytics6m

The Basic Path Analytics Question: What is the Best Path?4m

Applying Dijkstra's Algorithm5m

Inclusion and Exclusion Constraints1m

Connectivity Analytics3m

Disconnecting a Graph1m

Connectedness: Indegree and Outdegree3m

Community Analytics and Local Properties7m

Global Property: Modularity7m

Centrality Analytics8m

Optional Lecture 1: Bi-directional Dijkstra Algorithm2m

Optional Lecture 2: Goal-directed Dijkstra Algorithm2m

Optional Lecture 3: Power Law Graphs2m

Optional Lecture 4: Measuring Graph Evolution3m

Optional Lecture 5: Eigenvector Centrality6m

Optional Lecture 6: Key Player Problems2m

3 readings

What to learn in this module10m

If this module takes a little longer... that's OK!10m

Download All Slides for Module 310m

2 practice exercises

Graph Analytics Applications30m

Connectivity, Community, and Centrality Analytics30m

Week

Week 4

4 hours to complete

Graph Analytics Techniques

Welcome to the 4th module in the Graph Analytics course. Last week, we got a glimpse of a number of graph properties and why they are important. This week we will use those properties for analyzing graphs using a free and powerful graph analytics tool called Neo4j. We will demonstrate how to use Cypher, the query language of Neo4j, to perform a wide range of analyses on a variety of graph networks.

4 hours to complete

10 videos (Total 78 min), 12 readings, 2 quizzes

10 videos

Welcome to Graph Analytics Techniques2m

Hands-On: Downloading, Installing, and Running Neo4j5m

Hands-On: Getting Started With Neo4j6m

Hands-On: Modifying a Graph With Neo4j7m

Hands-On: Importing Data Into Neo4j13m

Hands-On: Basic Queries in Neo4j With Cypher - Part 16m

Hands-On: Basic Queries in Neo4j With Cypher - Part 26m

Hands-On: Path Analytics in Neo4j Using Cypher - Part 18m

Hands-On: Path Analytics in Neo4j Using Cypher - Part 211m

Hands-On: Connectivity Analytics in Neo4j With Cypher9m

12 readings

About the Supplementary Resources10m

Downloading, Installing, and Running Neo4j - Supplementary Resources10m

Getting Started With Neo4j - Supplementary Resources10m

Adding to and Modifying a Graph - Supplementary Resources10m

Download datasets used in this Graph Analytics with Neo4j10m

Importing Data Into Neo4j - Supplementary Resources10m

FAQ10m

Basic Queries in Neo4j With Cypher - Supplementary Resources10m

Path Analytics in Neo4j With Cypher - Supplementary Resources10m

Connectivity Analytics in Neo4j with Cypher - Supplementary Resources10m

Assignment: Practicing Graph Analytics in Neo4j With Cypher10m

Download All Neo4j Supplementary Resources (PDFs)10m

2 practice exercises

Quiz: Graph Analytics With Neo4j30m

Assessment Questions on 'Practicing Graph Analytics in Neo4j With Cypher'30m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM GRAPH ANALYTICS FOR BIG DATA

by SBSep 21, 2019

very large and to some extent too informative in nature. requires full time classes to understand these concepts specially last parts.

by STAug 12, 2020

The week 5 module was difficult to digest completely, it could be made better with better explanations of what is happening

by SSFeb 14, 2018

Excellent information and quite condensed. Since it is not examined, its ok for it to be condensed, for future reference we know where to get the information.

by FAMay 6, 2017

A good topic to continue building upon big data with Graphs, however Week 5 needs some more understandable examples and exercises.

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About the Big Data Specialization

Drive better business decisions with an overview of how big data is organized, analyzed, and interpreted. Apply your insights to real-world problems and questions.

********* Do you need to understand big data and how it will impact your business? This Specialization is for you. You will gain an understanding of what insights big data can provide through hands-on experience with the tools and systems used by big data scientists and engineers. Previous programming experience is not required! You will be guided through the basics of using Hadoop with MapReduce, Spark, Pig and Hive. By following along with provided code, you will experience how one can perform predictive modeling and leverage graph analytics to model problems. This specialization will prepare you to ask the right questions about data, communicate effectively with data scientists, and do basic exploration of large, complex datasets. In the final Capstone Project, developed in partnership with data software company Splunk, you’ll apply the skills you learned to do basic analyses of big data.

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