Checking date: 09/05/2024


Course: 2024/2025

Big Data
(17484)
Bachelor in Management of Information and Digital Contents (Plan: 376 - Estudio: 340)


Coordinating teacher: CARBO RUBIERA, JAVIER IGNACIO

Department assigned to the subject: Computer Science and Engineering Department

Type: Electives
ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

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Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)
Programming (preferably Python)
Objectives
General: 1. Analysis and synthesis skills 2. Planning and organization skills 3. Problem solving skills 4. Team work skills 5. Capacity to apply theoretical concepts into practical problems 6. Critical Reasoning skills Knowledge: 1. Knowledge about main Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques and concepts. 2. Knowledge about the application of the different AI techniques in different areas, such as business, banking or finance. 3. Knowledge about the complexity in implementing intelligent solutions in real environments. Instrumental: 1. Designing intelligent systems to solve practical problems. 2. Critical analysis of real-life problems. 3. Using specific tools to develop intelligent systems. Attitude: 1. Creativity. 2. Quality aspects. 3. Motivation. 4. Seeking solutions to new problems.
Skills and learning outcomes
Description of contents: programme
1.- Introduction to Big Data 2.- Biga Data Methodology 3.- Big Data Classic Techniques 4.- Supervised Learning and Classifiers 5.- Regression trees and neural networks. 6.- Other approaches
Learning activities and methodology
Learning activities: * Theoretical lectures: Mainly oriented to the acquisition of the theoretical knowledge of the subject' competences * Practical lectures: Mainly oriented to problem solving. Practical activities will include (preferably in Python) programming and the use of a public dataset. * (online or onsite) Personal Tutoring (asked by email in advance) Methodology: * Oral lectures in classroom * Problem solving
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination 40
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 60

Calendar of Continuous assessment


Extraordinary call: regulations
Additional Bibliography
  • Sebastian Raschka, Vahid Mirjalili . Python Machine Learning. Packt Publishing. 2017

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.