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  CSE 7304co  Engineering Big Data with R and Hadoop Ecosystem   
  Admissions are closed. For further enquiry please contact us.

  January 31 - March 28, 2013
Companies collect and store large amounts of data during daily transactions. This data is a combination of structured, semi-structured and unstructured data. The volume of the data being collected daily in many organizations has grown from MB (106) to TB (1012) in the past few years and is continuing to grow at an exponential pace. The very large size, lack of structure and the pace at which it is growing characterize the "Big Data" revolution.

To analyze long-term trends and patterns in the data and provide actionable intelligence to managers, this data needs to be consolidated and processed in specialized processes; those techniques form the core of this module.

The use cases for the program are "analyzing a customer in near real-time" as applied in Retail, Banking, Airlines, Telecom or Gaming industries. At the end of the program, the participants will be able to set up a Hadoop cluster and write a Map Reduce program that uses pre-built libraries to solve typical CRM data mining tasks like recommendation engines.

This course thoroughly trains candidates on the following techniques:
  • SQL querying (with a focus on statistical analysis)
  • Hadoop and Map Reduce methods of programming
  • Designing columnar databases
From a tools perspective, this course introduces you to Hadoop. You will learn one of the most powerful combinations of Big Data, viz., "R and Hadoop".

In addition, all the essential content required to build powerful Big Data processing applications and to acquire respected industry certifications like Cloudera's Apache Hadoop Developer certification will be covered in the course. The emphasis is not on abstract theory or on mindless coding. The emphasis is, instead, placed on learning concepts and real-world programming techniques.

Industry Highlights

Much of the current enthusiasm for big data focuses on technologies that make taming it possible, including Hadoop...and related open-source tools, cloud computing, and data visualization. While those are important breakthroughs, at least as important are the people with the skill set (and the mind-set) to put them to good use. On this front, demand has raced ahead of supply. Indeed, the shortage of data scientists is becoming a serious constraint in some sectors.
Thomas H. Davenport and D. J. Patil, Harvard Business Review, October 2012
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Pre-requisites


  • Working professionals, managers and recent graduates are eligible for the program. We do not specify any academic background requirements.
  • Elementary programming skills.
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Fee Structure, Schedule and Timings



Fee Structure
  • For Indian Students:
    • Application Fee: Rupee 500
    • Program Fee: Rupee 27,000
  • For International Students:
    • Application Fee: $9
    • Program Fee: $495
Schedule
  • This is a 40-hour, 8-week program. Each online interactive session is of 2 hours duration.
  • Program starts 31st of Jan '13 (Dates are specified as per Indian Standard Time (UTC/GMT +5:30))
Timings
  • Classes are conducted from 7AM - 9AM Indian Standard Time - IST (UTC / GMT +5:30). Click here to know your local time.
Tahar Arboun
Consultant at a Consultancy in Marketing and Media Intelligence - Paris

“The course was good, very interesting and rich in information and knowledge of new technologies. Its content, presentation and methodology are perfect.” more...