CPRE 4140: Introduction to Software Systems for Big Data Analytics
Credits: 4. Contact Hours: Lecture 3, Laboratory 2.
Prereq: (COMS 3630, CPRE 3150, CPRE 3080, COMS 3110, or COMS 3520) or Graduate Classification
Introduction to different perspectives of the “data universe” and trade-offs when choosing an appropriate perspective. Impact of the concept(s) of analytics – from raw data, through its storage/representation, to interacting and querying (linguistic/interface issues). Focused studies on 3-4 different domains, followed by generalization of the concepts/abstractions and preparing the students for the next course in this realm, targeting different domains/problems. Understanding the dependencies between problem-domain needs and the data properties, and their impact on choosing appropriate analytics tools (and how/why those tools were developed and exist in the manners that they do). In addition, the students will be exposed to (limited selection of) internals of such tools.
(Typically Offered: Fall)