Building Distributed Pipelines for Data Science Using Kafka, Spark, and Cassandra
Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Learn how to introduce a distributed data science pipeline in your organization
Building a distributed pipeline is a huge—and complex—undertaking. If you want to ensure yours is scalable, has fast in-memory processing, can handle real-time or streaming data feeds with high throughput and low-latency, is well suited for ad-hoc queries, can be spread across multiple data centers, is built to allocate resources efficiently, and is designed to allow for future changes, join Andy Petrella and François Bayart for this immensely practical hands-on course.
What you’ll learn and how you can apply it
By the end of this course, you'll have a solid understanding of:
- The most important technologies for a distributed pipeline, when they should be used—and how
- How to integrate scalable technologies into your company’s existing data architecture
- How to build a successful, scalable, elastic, distributed pipeline using a lean approach
This live event is for you because...
- You’re a data scientist with experience with data modeling, business intelligence, or a traditional data pipeline and need to deal with bigger or faster data
- You’re a software or data engineer with experience in architecting solutions in Scala, Java, or Python and you need to integrate scalable technologies in your company’s architecture
Prerequisites
- Intermediate knowledge of an object-oriented language and basic knowledge of a functional programming language, as well as basic experience with a JVM
- Understanding of classic web architecture and service-oriented architecture
- Basic understanding of ETL, streaming data, and distributed data architectures
- Intermediate understanding of Docker and UNIX, as well as some basic knowledge about networks (IP, DNS, SSH, etc.)
CLASS PREPARATION
For the online training class, we'll be using as the simplest environment to run most of the pipeline.This environment will be available from a single docker image. Please click the link below and follow the setup instructions.
https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/kensuio-training/Training+VM+Setup.pdf
Recommended Preparation
Scala and the JVM as a big data platform: Lessons from Apache Spark
Schedule
The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.
Day 1
- Introduction, Spark, Spark Notebook, and Kafka
- Assignment #1
Day 2
- Streaming: Spark, Kafka, and Cassandra
- Data analysis and external libraries
- Assignment #2
Day 3
- Microservices, cluster management, job orchestration, and live demo of end-to-end distributed pipeline
- Final discussion & wrap up
Your Instructors
Xavier Tordoir
Xavier Tordoir started his career as a researcher in experimental physics, focused on data processing. He took part in projects in finance, genomics, and software development for academic research, working on time series, prediction of biological molecular structures and interactions, and applied machine learning methodologies. He developed solutions to manage and process data distributed across data centers.
Xavier founded and works at Data Fellas, a company dedicated to distributed computing and advanced analytics, leveraging Scala, Spark, and other distributed technologies.
Andy Petrella
Andy Petrella is a thought leader, author, and entrepreneur in data and analytics. As the founder and CEO of Kensu, Andy has pioneered innovative approaches to data observability, helping organizations ensure the reliability and trustworthiness of their data pipelines. With a strong background in mathematics and software engineering, Andy has been instrumental in advancing the field of data management, particularly in addressing the challenges of data literacy, quality, and governance in complex environments.