Course : Spark Advanced

Machine Learning and industrialization of analytical workflows

Practical course - 3d - 21h00 - Ref. SPN
Price : 2410 CHF E.T.

Spark Advanced

Machine Learning and industrialization of analytical workflows



Spark is a distributed computing framework for complex Big Data processing and analysis. If you've already used Spark, we'd like to take your analyses a step further with machine learning, and introduce you to MLOps for deploying and industrializing analytical models.


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Practical course in person or remote class
Disponible en anglais, à la demande

Ref. SPN
  3d - 21h00
2410 CHF E.T.




Spark is a distributed computing framework for complex Big Data processing and analysis. If you've already used Spark, we'd like to take your analyses a step further with machine learning, and introduce you to MLOps for deploying and industrializing analytical models.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Learn advanced data analysis with Spark
Performing machine learning (ML) processing with Spark
Understanding Docker and its usefulness in industrializing analytical workflows
Detailing and implementing the analytical cycle with Spark
Learn how to industrialize your analysis workflow
Discover MLOps

Intended audience
Professionals who want to use Spark for batch and real-time analytics.

Prerequisites
Connaissances des API Spark, notamment RDD et DataFrame. Connaissances des algorithmes d’apprentissage supervisés et non supervisés. Maîtrise d’un des langages suivants : Scala, Python.

Practical details
Hands-on work
Alternating theory and practical work. 60% exercises for greater depth. Practical feedback.

Course schedule

1
Introduction

  • A reminder of the Spark API.
  • Docker concepts and their use in data analysis.
  • Docker containers.
Hands-on work
Get to grips with the working environment, create Docker containers.

2
The analytical cycle with Spark

  • Ingestion of data.
  • Exploration.
  • Data preparation.
  • Learning.
  • Industrialization.
Storyboarding workshops
Presentation of case studies and discussion of the different stages of the cycle.

3
Ingestion of data.

  • Data loading.
  • Batch processing.
  • Streaming treatments.
  • Data formats: images, binary, structured, Graph...
Hands-on work
Load data from various sources.

4
Data mining

  • Descriptive statistics.
  • Identify outliers and empty data.
  • Identify invalid values and other anomalies.
Hands-on work
Identify anomalies in a dataset.

5
Preparation and feature engineering (data transformation process)

  • Data cleansing.
  • Pipelines.
  • Transformer les valeurs numériques, catégoriques, binaires et texte.
  • Création de nouvelles features.
  • Réduction de dimensions.
  • Vectorisation.
Hands-on work
Prepare data for analysis.

6
ML lifecycle with MLflow

  • Life cycle of a machine learning project.
  • Introducing the MLflow open-source platform.
  • MLflow's main components: Tracking, Models and Projects.
  • Parameters, metrics, tags and artifacts.
Hands-on work
Creating and using a machine learning project.

7
Machine learning

  • MLlib, Spark's machine learning library and available algorithms.
  • Divide a dataset.
  • Configure a template and run it.
  • Interpretation and validation of learning outcomes.
  • Introduction to Spark Streaming.
Hands-on work
Implementing machine learning.

8
Case studies

  • Make recommendations.
  • Make sales forecasts.
  • Semantic analysis.
  • Computer vision with Spark and PyTorch.
  • Analyse temps réel avec Spark et Kafka.
Case study
Carry out the various case studies proposed.


Customer reviews
4 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
EDOH G.
28/09/26
3 / 5

I would have liked to have learnt more about the theory and practice of installing and configuring SPARK clusters (standalone, cloud, etc.). There was a lot of copy-and-paste, but also special characters, which meant we spent more time removing them than actually running the code. The virtual machine was completely impractical – it was buggy, difficult to access, prone to crashes and very limited in terms of computing power. I used my own personal computer to follow the
ADRIEN N.
28/09/26
3 / 5

Several topics were covered, but very briefly. The practicals were very much a case of ‘copy and paste’, with no explanation as to why we were using these settings rather than others, particularly in the ML practical.
PIERRE ARTHUR E.
28/09/26
2 / 5

Theory is virtually non-existent: there is no explanation of concepts or practical application. The practical sessions are interesting in themselves, but the course materials are riddled with errors, typos, sections that are out of order or out of date, and have to be debugged on the spot. We waste precious time copying and pasting from PowerPoint, correcting special characters and struggling with the VM. In terms of content, key concepts are missing, notably Spark configuration, which was actua




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Dates and locations

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From 19 to 21 May 2027
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Remote class
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From 19 to 21 May 2027
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Remote class
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From 25 to 27 October 2027
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Remote class
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From 25 to 27 October 2027
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Remote class
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REMOTE CLASS
2027 : 19 May, 19 May, 25 Oct., 25 Oct.



This programme is an original creation, developed by the teaching teams at ORSYS Formation. Any reproduction, representation, adaptation or use, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorisation of ORSYS, is strictly prohibited. ORSYS reserves the right to take any action necessary to protect its intellectual property rights.