{"id":18400,"date":"2018-07-13T09:11:51","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T13:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/?page_id=18400"},"modified":"2026-01-28T13:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:06:32","slug":"cs777","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/academic-programs\/courses\/cs777\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Data Analytics"},"content":{"rendered":"<style><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>p {margin-bottom:0px;} .course-feed .cf-course h4 {display: none; white-space: wrap;} .button{width:120px;}<\/style>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"course-feed\"><div class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<h4>Big Data Analytics<\/h4>\n\t<p class=\"meta\">MET CS 777 (4 credits)<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p>Prerequisite: (MET CS 521 & MET CS 544 & MET CS 555) or MET CS 577 or consent of instructor. An introduction to large-scale data analytics, focusing on both the foundational concepts and practical tools used in the field. Big Data analytics involves extracting meaningful, non-trivial insights from vast and complex datasets. You will explore key software tools and programming techniques commonly used by data scientists working with distributed systems. You will also learn core technologies for storing and processing large volumes of data, with a particular emphasis on cluster computing frameworks that follow the MapReduce paradigm, including Hadoop MapReduce and Apache Spark. Through hands-on assignments and projects, you will gain practical experience by implementing data processing algorithms and running them on real-world cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud, utilizing educational credits and accounts provided for the course.<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p class=\"\"><em>2026SPRGMETCS777A1, Jan 20th to Apr 30th 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<th>Days<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Start<\/th>\n\t\t<th>End<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Type<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Bldg<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Room<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t<td>M<\/td>\n\t<td>06:00 PM<\/td>\n\t<td>08:45 PM<\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td>MCS<\/td>\n\t<td>B31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Format &amp; Syllabus<\/strong><\/h5>\n<div class=\"btn-group\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">On Campus<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/08\/MET_CS777_Summer2-2022_Big-Data-Analytics.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/10\/Syllabus-MET-CS777-A1-Big-Data-Analytics-Fall25.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/01\/SyllabusCS777_FA.pdf\">CS777 SPRG26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/10\/Syllabus-MET-CS777-A1-Big-Data-Analytics-Fall25.pdf\">CS777 FALL25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/08\/MET_CS777_Summer2-2022_Big-Data-Analytics.pdf\">CS777 SUM22<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/08\/MET_CS777-A1_Spring-2022_Big-Data-Analys.pdf\">CS777 SPRG22<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/08\/CS-777.pdf\">CS777 FALL18<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">Online<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/05\/CS777-SUM25-O1.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/08\/Syllabus.CS-777-Fall-1-2025.pdf\">CS777 O1 Fall25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/05\/CS777-SUM25-O1.pdf\">CS777 SUM25<\/a> <a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/09\/Syllabus.CS-777-Fall-1-2024-revised-need-upload.pdf\">CS777 O1 FA24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/01\/CS-777-Dimitar-Trajanov.pdf\">CS777 SPRG24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/09\/CS777_Fall2022Syllabus.pdf\">CS777 FALL22<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/08\/MET_CS777_Summer1-2022_Big-Data-Analytics.pdf\">CS777 SUM22<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/08\/MET_CS777-O2_Spring-2022_Big-Data-Analytics.pdf\">CS777 SPRG22<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2021\/09\/CS-777-O1-Fall-1-2021-Syllabus.pdf\">CS777 FALL21<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2021\/06\/CS777-Spring2-2021.pdf\">CS777 SPRG21<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2021\/06\/CS777-O2_Summer202-Syllabus.pdf\">CS777 SUM20<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\"><button class=\"button\" disabled=\"disabled\">Blended<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfloat\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Format &amp; Syllabus On Campus CS777 SPRG26CS777 FALL25CS777 SUM22CS777 SPRG22CS777 FALL18 Online CS777 O1 Fall25CS777 SUM25 CS777 O1 FA24CS777 SPRG24CS777 FALL22CS777 SUM22CS777 SPRG22CS777 FALL21CS777 SPRG21CS777 SUM20 Blended &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2828,"featured_media":0,"parent":7301,"menu_order":76,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18400"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2828"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18400"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31276,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18400\/revisions\/31276"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}