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Big Data E-Book
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Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Overview
1.2 The Concept of Big Data
Chapter 2. Starting a Career Path in Big Data
2.1 Overview
2.2 Why Become a Big Data Professional?
2.3 What Traits are needed for a Big Data Career?
2.4 People in the Industry
2.5 What’s Next?
2.6 Introduction to Technical Skill Requirements
2.7 What a Big Data Scientist is (and is not)
2.8 Required Skills in Specific Fields
2.9 Conclusion
2.10 Works Cited
[Activities] Career Path Checklist
Activity 1. Traits of Big Data Professionals
Activity 2: Skills of Big Data Professionals
Activity 3. Create a Cover Letter and Resume for Big Data Jobs
Chapter 3. Applications of Big Data Analytics to the Use of Social Media
3.1 Overview
3.2 Why Social Media?
3.3 Value of Social Media Data as Big Data
3.4 Social Media Analytics
3.5 Applications of Social Media Analytics
3.6 Case study on Disease and Health
3.7 Case study on Situational Awareness
3.8 Future and Related Work
3.9 Conclusion
3.10 Works Cited
[Tutorials] Twitter Data Analytics
Tutorial 1. Azure Lab: Twitter and Tweepy
Tutorial 2. Azure Lab: Azure Stream Analytics
Tutorial 3. Azure Lab: Viewing Output with Power BI
Chapter 4. Applications of Big Data Analytics to Simulation-Based Physics
4.1 Overview
4.2 Introduction to Physics Simulation
4.3 Traditional Approaches to Solving Physics Problems
4.4 Applying Big Data Analytics to Computational Physics
4.5 Remaining Challenges
4.6 Conclusion
4.7 Works Cited
[Tutorials] Physics Simulation using Blender
Tutorial 1. Downloading Blender
Tutorial 2. Bouncing Ball
Tutorial 3. Massive Pinball
Tutorial 4. Block Tower
Tutorial 5. Brick House
Chapter 5. How Big Data is Used to Find Love
5.1 Overview
5.2 What is Online Dating?
5.3 Big Data Analytics for Online Dating Services
5.4 Conclusion
5.5 Works Cited
[Activities] Online Dating Activity
[Term Project] Digital Storytelling
[Term Project] Examples of Digital Storytelling on Big Data Analytics
Resources
1. Online Courses
2. Data Science Tutorials
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Overview
1.2 The Concept of Big Data