[Forum SIS] Data Science with [a] Spark: workshop, Lugano, 13-15 September 2016

[antonietta mira]

> The Swiss National Super Computing Center, ETHZ CSCS, and the
> InterDisciplinary Institute of Data Science, IDIDS, of Università della
> Svizzera Italiana (USI) organise:
> 
> ³Data Science with [a] Spark²
> Lugano (Switzerland), September 13-15, 2016
> 
> a two and a half day workshop that addresses high-level parallelization for
> data analytics workloads using the Apache Spark framework.
> Learning objectives are:
> * to understand the value of parallelization
> * to understand the value of a high-level framework like Apache Spark
> * to understand the MapReduce paradigm, which is central to Spark
> * to get hands-on experience in applying the MapReduce paradigm for various
> applications, ranging from statistical analysis to machine learning
> Additionally, participants will learn how to prototype with Spark and how to
> exploit large HPC machines like the Piz Daint CSCS flagship system.
> All information and registration can be found at:
> http://www.cscs.ch/events/event_detail/index.html?tx_seminars_pi1[showUid]=139



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