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

[Mira Antonietta]

The Swiss National Super Computing Center, ETHZ CSCS, and the InterDisciplinary Institute of Data Science, IDIDS, of Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) organise:

"Data Science with [a] Spark"
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

Event Detail - Cscs<http://www.cscs.ch/events/event_detail/index.html?tx_seminars_pi1[showUid]=139>
www.cscs.ch
CSCS offers a large number of courses and trainings related to HPC.



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