Workshop on "Big Data Analytics with Hadoop and Spark using Python Programming"
A workshop on Big Data Analytics with Hadoop and Spark using Python Programing was organized under Center for Continuing Education, Nirma University. 25 participants including students and faculty members from various institutes and industry in Gujarat and nearby state attended the workshop.
The objective of the workshop was to introduce the concept of Big Data and recent trends in Big Data Analytics using Python based Hadoop and Apache Spark framework. The workshop emphasis was on enabling participants to effectively utilize Hadoop Ecosystem for solving Big Data related problems in their respective domains. A brief overview of Deep Learning techniques and their applicability in solving several problems was also provided. Lab sessions were conducted to demonstrate all practical aspects of using Apache Spark in Python so as to provide hands on experience to participants starting from configuration. Participants gained knowledge which helped them apply concepts and practical knowledge availed from this workshop in applications including Multimedia Processing and Recommender Systems.