AMOD5410H

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Big Data

Contact Department ('not set' refers to cross-listed depts)

Applied Modelling & Quantitati - 100%

Course Description

Big Data applications are pervading more and more aspects of our life, encompassing commercial and scientific uses at increasing rates as we move towards exascale analytics. Examples of Big Data applications include storing and accessing user data in commercial clouds, mining of social data, and analysis of large-scale simulations and experiments such as the Large Hadron Collider. In this course, students from a variety of disciplines will be introduced to the challenges and opportunities in this field, with the goal of providing them with theoretical and hands-on experience in the area of Big Data Analytics.

Academic Level

Graduate

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