Big Data Courses

Microcredential

Computational Social Science

98 reviews

For more information please view the Computational Social Science Trailer Digital technology has not only revolutionized society, but also the way we can study it. Currently, this is taken advantage of by the most valuable companies in Silicon Valley, t…

• Coursera
• 3 hours a week, 26 weeks long
• Paid Course
• 5 courses

Introduction to Big Data

35 reviews

Interested in increasing your knowledge of the Big Data landscape? This course is for those new to data science and interested in understanding why the Big Data Era has come to be. It is for those who want to become conversant with the terminology and…

• Coursera
• 17 hours worth of material, 3 weeks long
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Hadoop Platform and Application Framework

25 reviews

This course is for novice programmers or business people who would like to understand the core tools used to wrangle and analyze big data. With no prior experience, you will have the opportunity to walk through hands-on examples with Hadoop and Spark fra…

• Coursera
• 26 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Algorithms for Big Data (COMPSCI 229r)

2 reviews

Logistics, course topics, basic tail bounds (Markov, Chebyshev, Chernoff, Bernstein), Morris' algorithm.

• YouTube
• 34 hours worth of material
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

Data Science Ethics

1 review

What are the ethical considerations regarding the privacy and control of consumer information and big data, especially in the aftermath of recent large-scale data breaches? This course provides a framework to analyze these concerns as you examine the et…

• Coursera
• 15 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Big Data Integration and Processing

3 reviews

At the end of the course, you will be able to: *Retrieve data from example database and big data management systems *Describe the connections between data management operations and the big data processing patterns needed to utilize them in large-scale…

• Coursera
• 18 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Ethics

6 reviews

This course gives you context and first-hand experience with the two major catalyzers of the computational science revolution: big data and artificial intelligence. With more than 99% of all mediated information in digital format and with 98% of the worl…

• Coursera
• 12 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Database Architecture, Scale, and NoSQL with Elasticsearch

In this final course, you will explore database architecture, PostgreSQL, and various scalable deployment configurations. You will see how PostgreSQL implements basic CRUD operations and indexes, and review how transactions and the ACID (Atomicity, Consi…

• Coursera
• 10 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Big Data Analysis with Apache Spark

43 reviews

Learn how to apply data science techniques using parallel programming in Apache Spark to explore big data.

• edX
• 5-10 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Cloudera

Intro to Hadoop and MapReduce

21 reviews

The Apache™ Hadoop® project develops open-source software for reliable, scalable, distributed computing. Learn the fundamental principles behind it, and how you can use its power to make sense of your Big Data.

• Udacity
• 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

Big Data Analytics Using Spark

Learn how to analyze large datasets using Jupyter notebooks, MapReduce and Spark as a platform.

• edX
• 9-12 hours a week, 10 weeks long
• 4 days from now (12th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

KAIST

Big data and Language 1

5 reviews

In this course, students will understand characteristics of language through big data. Students will learn how to collect and analyze big data, and find linguistic features from the data. A number of approaches to the linguistic analysis of written and s…

• Coursera
• 4-5 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 1 week from now (18th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Microcredential

Big Data

18 reviews

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…

• Coursera
• 3 hours a week, 35 weeks long
• Paid Course
• 6 courses

Google Cloud;  Google

Google Cloud Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals

4 reviews

***NEW! Specialization Completion Challenge, receive Qwiklabs credits valued up to $150! See below for details.*** This 1-week accelerated on-demand course introduces participants to the Big Data and Machine Learning capabilities of Google Cloud Platfo…

• Coursera
• 9-10 hours worth of material, 2 weeks long
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

KAIST

Big data and Language 2

3 reviews

In this course, students will understand characteristics of language through big data. Students will learn how to collect and analyze big data, and find linguistic features from the data. A number of approaches to the linguistic analysis of written and s…

• Coursera
• 5-6 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 1 week from now (18th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)