Hands on Hadoop

In the BigData-sphere new buzzwords and products appear constantly and it is easy to get lost. We are trying to give you an overview of the Hadoop ecosystem and some real life examples from Norwegian companies. You will hear about lessons learned and maybe learn from the mistakes and successes of others.

Practical info:

There will be four different sessions in two parallel tracks, so you can choose three sessions of interest. The duration of each presentation is ~20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for Q&A. There will be pizza and soft drinks when you arrive. Presentations will be given in Norwegian (N) or English (E).​

Sessions:

• Introduction to Big Data and the Hadoop Ecosystem - Terje Vatle and Stian Tokheim from BearingPoint (N)

• Hands on Spark in analytics - Dirk Hesse from iKnow Solutions (E)

• AIS data from Kystverket - Lambda architecture with Spark Streaming and Stream Sets by Ken Tore Tallakstad in Sherpa Consulting (E)

• How Hafslund has set up their solution on HDInsight with HBase and Hive - Ståle Heitmann from Hafslund (N)