CSC352 Project Page 2017

--D. Thiebaut (talk) 10:22, 26 January 2017 (EST)

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Projects

The second half of the semester (or earlier if you wish), you will work on a project that will consist of several components and/or requirements.

1. Pick a partner to create a pair.
2. Pick a topic from the list below.
3. Write a Latex tutorial which will introduce somebody with a CS background to the topic you've picked. You need to include an introduction that sets the background for your pick, a series of simple examples (all of which you will need to demonstrate you have run), a section on performance, and an assessment on the future of the technology you covered. This document must contain a list bibliography.
4. Do a 1-hour presentation to the class, with slides, where you will introduce the class to the technology you have picked. This 1-hour presentation should include (if possible) a mini-lab that will allow everybody in class to run a few programs that will be using the technology you picked.

Non Exhaustive List of Topics

The list below is taken from the Hadoop Ecosystem Table page:

Apache

• Pig, Hive, JAQL, Storm, Flink, Apex, Pydoop, and others
• NoSQL: HBase, Cassandra, Accumulo, Kudu, MongoDB
• Machine Learning: Mahoot, H2O
• Other?

Misc

• GPU: Cuda
• Other?

Microsoft

• Azure, and/or any component of its ecosystem.
• Other?

Google

• Google Compute Engine, Google App Engine
• Other?

Timing

• You need to have a plan in place the first week after Spring Break. This plan includes

1. who your partner is
2. what topic you have picked
3. a date of presentation during the 2-3 weeks of the semster.

• We will meet during the lunch hour preceding the last lecture slots of the semester.

Resources

• You may find this page by Prof. Newhall at Swarthmore useful when you prepare your presentation.