ITA6008 Big Data Analytics L,T,P,J,C

Pre-Req : Database Technologies 3, 0,0,4,4

Objectives
 Introduce the fundamentals of various big data analysis techniques
 Analyze the big data analytic techniques for useful business applications
 Perform ma p-r educe analytics using Hadoop and related tools

Expected Outcomes
Upon C ompletion of the cou rse, the students will be able to

 Analyze Big data, create statistical models, identify insights that can lead to actionable results
 Perform map-reduce analytics using Hadoop
 Implement using software tools such as R and Hadoop for big data analytics.
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Topics SLO s
Modules Hrs
1 Intro ductio n to Big Da ta A nalytics: Big Data
Overview, State of prac tice in analytics, Role of Data
6 2
Scientists, Examples of Big Da ta Analy tics, Data
Analytics Lifecycle
2 Hadoop: C ompone nts of Hadoop, Analyzing Big data
with Hadoop, Design of HDFS , Developing a Map reduc e 6 7
Application
3 Map Reduce: Distribu ted File Sys tem(DFS), Map
Reduce, Algorithms using Map Reduce, Communication 6 14
cost M odel, Gra ph M odel for Ma p Reduce Problem
4 Hadoop Enviro nment: Se tting up a Had oop Cluster,
Hadoop C onfiguration, S ecurity in Hadoop,
7 14
Administe ring Hadoop, Hadoop Be nchmarks, Hadoop in
the cloud
5 Big Data Ana lytics Methods using R: I ntr oduction to
R-Attributes, R Gra phical user interfaces, Data impor t
6 2
and expor t, attri bute and Data T ypes, Descri ptive
Statistics, Ex plora tory Data Analysis.
6 Sta tistical metho ds for evaluatio n: Hypothesis
Testing, Differ enc e of M eans, Wilcox on Rank -Sum T est,
6 1
Type I a nd Type I I e rr ors, power and s ample size,
ANOVA
7 Advanced A nalytics - technolog ies and tool s:
Analytics for uns tructur ed data, The Had oop e cosystem – 6 6,7
pig – Hive- HBase- Mahout- NoSQL
8 Expe rt talk on re ce nt trends in big data analytics 2 9,17
Total Lecture Hours
# Mode: Flipped Class Room, [Le cture to be videotaped ], Use of
45
physical and compute r models to lectu re, Visit to I ndustr y, Min of
2 lectures by industry ex pe rts

Text Books
1. Data Scienc e and Big Data Analytics: Discover ing, Analyzing, Visualizing and
Presenting Data by E MC Education Services, publishing 2015.

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Reference Books

1. Anand Raja Raman and J effre y David Ullman, “Mining of Massive

Datasets”, Cambridge University Press, 2012.
2. Tom W hite “ Hadoop: The Defini tive Guide” Third Edi tion, O ’reilly
Media, 2012.
3. Jiawei Han, Micheline Kamber “Da ta Mining Conc epts and Te chniques”,
Third Edition, Elsevier, Reprinted 2011

List of Sample Projects

1) Sports Analytics System :
Sports tea ms are using data for tracking ticket sales and even for tra cking
team strategies.
2) Health care Data Analytics:
Hospitals are analyzing medical data and patient rec ords to pr edict thos e
patients tha t are likely to seek readmission within a few months of discharge.
The hospital can the n inte rvene in hopes of pr eventin g another c ostly hospital
stay.
3) Marketing Da ta Analytics :
Advertising and marketing agencies are tracking social media to
understa nd res ponsiveness to campaigns, pr omotions, and othe r advertising
mediums
4) Customer Behavior Analysis :
Consumer pr oduct c ompanies and re tail organizations are monitoring social
media
like Facebook and Twitter to get an unpreced ented view into customer
behavior ,
preferences, and produc t per ception.
Compiled By : Prof. Kumaran U & Prof A Muralidha r

Approved by Academic Council No.:40 Date:18.03.2016

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