Overview

Instructor(s): Rick McMullen, Jian Tao

Time: Friday, March 8, 2019 1:30PM-4:00PM CT

Location: SCC 102.B

Prerequisite(s): Active HPRC account, Python

This class will introduce the Spark Big Data computing environment and how to use it on HPRC clusters.

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Course Materials

• Spark for Big Data (Spring 2019): PDF

Participation

During the training, attendees are expected to log in to an HPRC cluster using their own computer and complete the instructor-led examples and exercises.

Agenda

The course agenda will be available soon.

• What Spark is and what it is good for
• Using Spark on the Ada cluster using the Open OnDemand portal
• Running Jupyter+Spark
• Learning some Spark basics with Jupyter notebooks