IDS 721
Data Analysis at Scale in Cloud
Mary Clair Thompson
Description from DukeHub
This course is designed to give students a comprehensive view of cloud computing including Big Data and Machine Learning. A variety of learning resources will be used including interactive labs on Cloud Platforms (Google, AWS, Azure). This is a project-based course with extensive hands-on assignments. Open to MIDS students. Prerequisite: ECE students: ECE 580 or ECE 681. All other students will require instructor consent.
Skills
- data and statisticstitle: "data analysis"
- ai and machine learningAI review: "Big Data and Machine Learning"
AI-resilient: 1 of 5
- Yes: Physical, lab or field work · "hands-on"
- No: Live work with people
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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