Fall 2019

Course Information:

  • Graduate School, Leavey School of Business
  • Department of Information Systems & Analytics
  • Course MSIS 2627: Big Data Modeling & Analytics
  • Big-Data-MapReduce Course @ Santa Clara University
  • Class meeting dates:
    • Start: September 23, 2019
    • End: December 7, 2019
  • Class hours:
    • MSIS 2627-01 (92426) MW 5:45:00 PM 7:20:00 PM
    • MSIS 2627-02 (92427) MW 7:35:00 PM 9:10:00 PM
  • Instructor: Mahmoud Parsian
  • Class room: Lucas Hall 307
  • Office: 216AA, 2nd Floor, Lucas Hall
  • Office Hours: by appointment

Required Books

Required Introduction to MapReduce and Spark

Required Software:


Midterm Exam : October 28, 2019

  • MSIS 2627-01 (92426): Monday, 5:45:00 PM 7:20:00 PM, PST
  • MSIS 2627-02 (92427): Monday, 7:35:00 PM 9:10:00 PM, PST

Final Exam

  • Mon/Wed 5:45 pm classes
    • Monday, December 9, 2019, 5:45 – 7:45 pm, PST
  • Mon/Wed 7:35 pm classes
    • Wednesday, December 11, 2019, 5:45 – 7:45 pm, PST

Course Description

The main focus of this class is to cover the following concepts:


My latest books:

PySpark Algorithms

PySpark Algorithms Book

Data Algorithms: Recipes for Scaling up with Hadoop and Spark

Data Algorithms Book