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About the Course

Manipulating big data distributed over a cluster using functional concepts is rampant in industry, and is arguably one of the first widespread industrial uses of functional ideas. This is evidenced by the popularity of MapReduce and Hadoop, and most recently Apache Spark, a fast, in-memory distributed collections framework written in Scala. In this course, we'll see how the data parallel paradigm can be extended to the distributed case, using Spark throughout. We'll cover Spark's programming model in detail, being careful to understand how and when it differs from familiar programming models, like shared-memory parallel collections or sequential Scala collections. Through hands-on examples in Spark and Scala, we'll learn when important issues related to distribution like latency and network communication should be considered and how they can be addressed effectively for improved performance. Learning Outcomes. By the end of this course you will be able to: - read data from persistent storage and load it into Apache Spark, - manipulate data with Spark and Scala, - express algorithms for data analysis in a functional style, - recognize how to avoid shuffles and recomputation in Spark, Recommended background: You should have at least one year programming experience. Proficiency with Java or C# is ideal, but experience with other languages such as C/C++, Python, Javascript or Ruby is also sufficient. You should have some familiarity using the command line. This course is intended to be taken after Parallel Programming: https://www.coursera.org/learn/parprog1....

Top reviews

BP

Nov 28, 2019

Excellent overview of Spark, including exercises that solidify what you learn during the lectures. The development environment setup tutorials were also very helpful, as I had not yet worked with sbt.

CC

Jun 7, 2017

The sessions where clearly explained and focused. Some of the exercises contained slightly confusing hints and information, but I'm sure those mistakes will be ironed out in future iterations. Thanks!

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By Nishant T

Mar 28, 2017

Brilliant intro to Spark. I really like the enthusiasm with which Heather explains the key concepts.

By Alexander Z Q

Aug 27, 2017

Course with excellent content, methodology and teacher. It was an extraordinary learning experience

By Roberto S

Jul 4, 2017

Quite advanced; links seamlessly with the previous courses in the specialization. Very rewarding.

By ASHISH D

Nov 10, 2020

An optimum level of detail in content, coupled with reasonably involved programming assignments

By Tudose “ B C

Feb 25, 2020

The amount of information delivered and the way it was explained is simply amazing. Thank you!

By Shiyan C

Mar 6, 2018

Wish we could have an in-depth spark class that cover spark streaming and structure streaming.

By Animesh K

Mar 17, 2017

Really Awesome course. The instructor is great. Looking forward to more courses from Heather.

By Jiri K

Apr 7, 2017

Awesome! Perhaps couple of tests would be handy, just a few to have something to start with.

By Thomas Z

Feb 10, 2018

Good course. Can recommend it for everyone who wants to get into the field of data-science.

By cai x

Jul 16, 2017

Well explained and demoed . Good introduction to spark, the most useful big data framework!

By Vishnu P S

May 15, 2018

The best course. Good lectures with best examples. Thanks a lot for this wonderful course.

By Vlad N

Apr 3, 2017

Nice topics regarding using partitions for Spark and encoders!! Really interesting course

By Korntewin B

Jan 27, 2021

Great course for distributed programming. Spark and its RDD concept make our life easier.

By Guixin Z

Apr 5, 2017

very nice material and organized very well. still amazed what spark can do with the data.

By Jean-Baptiste Y

Oct 20, 2019

This course allows me to learn so many things about data analysys and Big data modeling.

By Anand B

Dec 26, 2019

Very Good Course For College students who completed and wants to start professionally.

By Shashishekhar D

Jan 6, 2018

Simple, Easy to understand. The course has helped me a lot to understand the concepts.

By Santiago C

Jan 16, 2022

Some of the tests could be a bit more explicit when failing. Otherwise, great course.

By Merel C H T

Jun 7, 2017

I really liked the assignments in this course and all the content was well explained.

By Laurent S

Apr 2, 2017

Fantastic initiation to Spark. Thanks Heather and the whole team at EPFL & Coursera.

By Jean-Francois T

Mar 27, 2017

Good material and induction to Spark, good complement of parallel computing in Scala

By Patrick M

Jan 12, 2018

Been working with Spark since 0.9 and this was still worthwhile. Excellent course.

By Amit K

Apr 9, 2017

Production quality exercises. Prepares one for working on Spark almost immediately.

By Huang P

May 22, 2020

This course is really helpful!!! Good introduction course for Spark sql beginner.

By Adel b

Apr 16, 2019

Everything was excellent. This was one of the best courses I have attended so far