Instructor

Vagelis Hristidis, PhD
Computer Science & Engineering
University of California, Riverside
Email: vagelis@cs.ucr.edu
Office hour: Tuesdays 3-4 pm on Zoom. Email me on Tuesday before 3 pm to make appointment and get the Zoom link.

Teaching Assistants: 

• TBD

Lecture: TuTh   11:00-12:20p ICS 174

Lab: F   11:00-11:50 ICS 174

Course Overview

Focuses on Big Data management frameworks such as Hadoop and Spark. Also covers relational and non-relational database technologies, including document (“NoSQL”) databases as well as emerging cloud data management solutions.

Grading

Class Participation/Quizzes: 20%

• lecture quizzes: 15%, worst 2 quizzes will be dropped.

• lab quizzes: 5%, can miss up to 4 labs for full score

Assignments:  20%

Midterm:  30%

Final:  30%

The midterms will be open book exams. They will be 80 minutes in length, and will include a combination of quantitative and essay-type questions.

For assignments, there is 20% per-day penalty for late submission.

Textbook

No required textbook.

Suggested books:

• NoSQL Distilled, available at UCI library or online

• Big Data Technologies for Business,  Arben Asllani
  Edition 2.0 | Copyright 2027 | ISBN:  978-1-958303-45-0

Classroom Etiquette, Guidelines, & Policies 

Academic Honesty

By enrolling in this course, you agree to be bound by the University of California, Irvine’s policy on academic integrity. This policy may also be found in your Graduate Student Handbook.

Attendance

Your attendance for each class session is expected.