CSCE 5300 - Introduction to Big Data and Data Science

3 hours

Introduction to Big Data and Data Science including an overview of the field, technical challenges, computational approaches, practical applications, structured and unstructured data processing, empirical methods in computer science, data analytics and learning, data visualization, privacy and ethics. Emphasis on Big Data and its effect on other topics within Data Science, its technical characteristics, and state-of-the-art Big Data analytics architectures and tools.

Prerequisite(s): None.