
Engage with three parallel case studies on big data management for smart grids, and learn to use Python with pandas and numpy alongside Apache Spark, Hadoop, Colab, and Anaconda.
Explore how to collect data from multiple smart grid sources, tag geographical locations, and turn big data into actionable insights using a platform that handles volume, variety, and velocity.
Explore counting and analyzing smart meter data, learning how to handle meter IDs, observe counts, and compare single versus multi-processing to speed up large-scale counts.
Explore cloud-based governance by using Microsoft Azure to scale big data workflows with Hadoop, Spark, and ML libraries, weighing pay-as-you-go costs, data storage options, and governance considerations.
Apache Spark provides a fault-tolerant, open-source platform for big data analytics, featuring lazy evaluation, RDDs and data frames, real-time streaming, and PySpark with Spark SQL.
The course will commence with an introduction to smart grids and the significance of data management in the energy sector. We will discuss the fundamental concepts of big data and machine learning techniques and the importance of the Apache Spark and Hadoop frameworks in real-time processing of data. The next few sessions will focus on an overview of specific multiprocessing schemes for processing big data in the smart grid infrastructure.
Additionally, the course would include a significant focus on analyzing distributed real-time data using the Apache Spark framework. The course tackles big data problems for machine learning in production using Hadoop to implement distributed computation. Students will gain an in-depth understanding of Hadoop and Spark, including their usage for parallel processing of large data sets.
Moreover, the course also covers three case studies demonstrating the practical application of big data and machine learning. Students will also get hands-on experience with Apache Spark-based programs, covering distributed computing setup, program writing, and using complex algorithms for use cases.
At the end of this course, students would possess the skills required to manage big data in the energy sector efficiently, including the application of machine learning techniques and Apache Spark and Hadoop frameworks. Students will also be able to handle use cases that can be encountered in the industry.