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About the Course

Apache Spark is the de-facto standard for large scale data processing. This is the first course of a series of courses towards the IBM Advanced Data Science Specialization. We strongly believe that is is crucial for success to start learning a scalable data science platform since memory and CPU constraints are to most limiting factors when it comes to building advanced machine learning models. In this course we teach you the fundamentals of Apache Spark using python and pyspark. We'll introduce Apache Spark in the first two weeks and learn how to apply it to compute basic exploratory and data pre-processing tasks in the last two weeks. Through this exercise you'll also be introduced to the most fundamental statistical measures and data visualization technologies. This gives you enough knowledge to take over the role of a data engineer in any modern environment. But it gives you also the basis for advancing your career towards data science. Please have a look at the full specialization curriculum: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/advanced-data-science-ibm If you choose to take this course and earn the Coursera course certificate, you will also earn an IBM digital badge. To find out more about IBM digital badges follow the link ibm.biz/badging. After completing this course, you will be able to: • Describe how basic statistical measures, are used to reveal patterns within the data • Recognize data characteristics, patterns, trends, deviations or inconsistencies, and potential outliers. • Identify useful techniques for working with big data such as dimension reduction and feature selection methods • Use advanced tools and charting libraries to: o improve efficiency of analysis of big-data with partitioning and parallel analysis o Visualize the data in an number of 2D and 3D formats (Box Plot, Run Chart, Scatter Plot, Pareto Chart, and Multidimensional Scaling) For successful completion of the course, the following prerequisites are recommended: • Basic programming skills in python • Basic math • Basic SQL (you can get it easily from https://www.coursera.org/learn/sql-data-science if needed) In order to complete this course, the following technologies will be used: (These technologies are introduced in the course as necessary so no previous knowledge is required.) • Jupyter notebooks (brought to you by IBM Watson Studio for free) • ApacheSpark (brought to you by IBM Watson Studio for free) • Python We've been reported that some of the material in this course is too advanced. So in case you feel the same, please have a look at the following materials first before starting this course, we've been reported that this really helps. Of course, you can give this course a try first and then in case you need, take the following courses / materials. It's free... https://cognitiveclass.ai/learn/spark https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/analytics/notebooks/v2/f8982db1-5e55-46d6-a272-fd11b670be38/view?access_token=533a1925cd1c4c362aabe7b3336b3eae2a99e0dc923ec0775d891c31c5bbbc68 This course takes four weeks, 4-6h per week...

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Jan 6, 2020

A very nice introduction to Apache Spark and it's environment. As a bonus, it's also a very nice refresher to your basic statistics!!! Great course!

GA
May 5, 2020

Its a great experience especially with this course. I appreciate Romeo the way he designed the assignments. It brings out the clear understanding.

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By Himanshu Y

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Jun 6, 2020

I will not recommend it for beginners.

By Seif M M

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Jul 5, 2020

very good enhancement in data science

By Nabin R P

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Feb 1, 2020

well explained with relevant examples

By GomathyShankar

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Jun 30, 2020

Excellent Instructions by Mr. Romeo.

By Jinu A

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Mar 8, 2020

Romeo, your an amazing human being!!

By mohamed a

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May 23, 2019

Assignment 2 need more clarficaiton

By PRATAP B P

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May 12, 2020

Basic but very important in manner

By ashwath s

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Feb 3, 2019

Very helpful staff and instructor

By Ibrahim M N S

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Jan 14, 2019

Was really Good, I loved it ^_^

By Atharva K

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May 24, 2020

Amazing Intro to Apache spark.

By Cameron

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Aug 18, 2019

Brilliant course! Get it done!

By Carlos F C d S e S

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Dec 25, 2019

This course changed my life!

By Rahul M

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Jul 5, 2017

Very good learning exposure.

By Mithun P

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May 28, 2020

excellent organized course

By Soujanya D

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Apr 18, 2020

Very interesting material!

By Hadhrami A G

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May 3, 2020

A very good course indeed

By madfriday

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Feb 20, 2020

very friendly to beginner

By Lingjun K

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Aug 7, 2019

good learning experience!

By Danyang

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Oct 27, 2017

Thanks this is exciting!

By Adrian C

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May 7, 2020

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By Gautham N

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Nov 24, 2019

It's a very good course

By Yue B

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Jun 28, 2019

comprehensive and basic

By Sabri A

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Jun 7, 2020

thanks for the course

By Dr P R K

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Oct 1, 2019

excellent experience

By Reetu

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Jun 12, 2018

very well explained!

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