Academic Catalog

STAT401 INTRODUCTION TO BIG DATA

Course Code: 2460401
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 4(3-2)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Statistics
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. CEYLAN YOZGATLIGÝL
Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.
Prerequisite: Set 1: 2460295 , 2460311
The course set above should be completed before taking STAT401 INTRODUCTION TO BIG DATA .

Course Content

In general, turning massive data sets into information and information into value. The definition of big data and continues with programming tools to handle massive data sets. Parallelization used for big data. Ended with an environment which provides scalability to store large volumes of data on commodity hardware. Statistical tools used for big data. Visualization used for big data.