CIS 500 Introduction to Cloud Computing
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Minimum Grade for Prerequisites
Unless otherwise indicated, a grade of C or higher is required for all prerequisite courses.
Course Description
The course will provide students with a thorough treatment of cloud computing and its applicability to commercial application development as well as research computing needs. The lectures cover topics related to infrastructure and software stack, programming models (e.g., MapReduce and Pregel), underlying distributed storage layers (e.g., HDFS and HBase), as well as enabling technologies such as virtualization. Students will also be exposed to various cloud frameworks and libraries (e.g., Mahout, Pig, and Hive).
- Lecture hours/semester: 64-72
- Homework hours/semester: 128-144
