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Want to understand your data network structure and how it changes under different conditions? Curious to know how to identify closely interacting clusters within a graph? Have you heard of the fast-growing area of graph analytics and want to learn more? This course gives you a broad overview of the field of graph analytics so you can learn new ways to model, store, retrieve and analyze graph-structured data.
After completing this course, you will be able to model a problem into a graph database and perform analytical tasks over the graph in a scalable manner.  Better yet, you will be able to apply these techniques to understand the significance of your data sets for your own projects.

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Approx. 13 hours to complete

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Graph Theory
Neo4j
Analytics
Graph Database

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Amarnath Gupta

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San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)

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Week1

Week 1

4 minutes to complete

Welcome to Graph Analytics

4 minutes to complete

1 video (Total 4 min)

Week2

Week 2

3 hours to complete

Introduction to Graphs

Welcome! This week we will get a first exposure to graphs and their use in everyday life. By the end of the module you will be able to create a graph applying core mathematical properties of graphs, and identify the kinds of analysis questions one might be able to ask of such a graph. We hope the you will be inspired as to how graphical representations might enable you to answer new Big Data problems!

3 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 38 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

8 videos

What is a Graph?7mWhy Graphs?2mWhy Graphs? Example 1: Social Networking3mWhy Graphs? Example 2: Biological Networks3mWhy Graphs? Example 3: Human Information Network Analytics3mWhy Graphs? Example 4: Smart Cities2mThe Purpose of Analytics1mWhat are the impact of Big Data's V's on Graphs?12m

2 readings

What to learn in this module10mDownload Slides for this Module10m

1 practice exercise

Introduction to Graphs30m

Week3

Week 3

3 hours to complete

Graph Analytics

3 hours to complete

17 videos (Total 81 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes

17 videos

Focusing On Graph Analytics Techniques10mPath Analytics6mThe Basic Path Analytics Question: What is the Best Path?4mApplying Dijkstra's Algorithm5mInclusion and Exclusion Constraints1mConnectivity Analytics3mDisconnecting a Graph1mConnectedness: Indegree and Outdegree3mCommunity Analytics and Local Properties7mGlobal Property: Modularity7mCentrality Analytics8mOptional Lecture 1: Bi-directional Dijkstra Algorithm2mOptional Lecture 2: Goal-directed Dijkstra Algorithm2mOptional Lecture 3: Power Law Graphs2mOptional Lecture 4: Measuring Graph Evolution3mOptional Lecture 5: Eigenvector Centrality6mOptional Lecture 6: Key Player Problems2m

3 readings

What to learn in this module10mIf this module takes a little longer... that's OK!10mDownload All Slides for Module 310m

2 practice exercises

Graph Analytics Applications30mConnectivity, Community, and Centrality Analytics30m

Week4

Week 4

4 hours to complete

Graph Analytics Techniques

Welcome to the 4th module in the Graph Analytics course. Last week, we got a glimpse of a number of graph properties and why they are important. This week we will use those properties for analyzing graphs using a free and powerful graph analytics tool called Neo4j. We will demonstrate how to use Cypher, the query language of Neo4j, to perform a wide range of analyses on a variety of graph networks.

4 hours to complete

10 videos (Total 78 min), 12 readings, 2 quizzes

10 videos

Welcome to Graph Analytics Techniques2mHands-On: Downloading, Installing, and Running Neo4j5mHands-On: Getting Started With Neo4j6mHands-On: Modifying a Graph With Neo4j7mHands-On: Importing Data Into Neo4j13mHands-On: Basic Queries in Neo4j With Cypher - Part 16mHands-On: Basic Queries in Neo4j With Cypher - Part 26mHands-On: Path Analytics in Neo4j Using Cypher - Part 18mHands-On: Path Analytics in Neo4j Using Cypher - Part 211mHands-On: Connectivity Analytics in Neo4j With Cypher9m

12 readings

About the Supplementary Resources10mDownloading, Installing, and Running Neo4j - Supplementary Resources10mGetting Started With Neo4j - Supplementary Resources10mAdding to and Modifying a Graph - Supplementary Resources10mDownload datasets used in this Graph Analytics with Neo4j10mImporting Data Into Neo4j - Supplementary Resources10mFAQ10mBasic Queries in Neo4j With Cypher - Supplementary Resources10mPath Analytics in Neo4j With Cypher - Supplementary Resources10mConnectivity Analytics in Neo4j with Cypher - Supplementary Resources10mAssignment: Practicing Graph Analytics in Neo4j With Cypher10mDownload All Neo4j Supplementary Resources (PDFs)10m

2 practice exercises

Quiz: Graph Analytics With Neo4j30mAssessment Questions on 'Practicing Graph Analytics in Neo4j With Cypher'30m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM GRAPH ANALYTICS FOR BIG DATA

by JCDec 8, 2018

Graphs are quite interesting and in many cases offer a better representation than relational databases.

One can gain lots of insights looking at graphs.

by LKJul 20, 2017

Gives wonderful overview and hands on experience Graph analytic. Course Contents were very crisp and pretty comprehensive for a novice.

by STAug 12, 2020

The week 5 module was difficult to digest completely, it could be made better with better explanations of what is happening

by ZLMay 4, 2017

This is one of the toughest and most interesting course at it deals with big data in graph database. Highly recommend this course to those who wants to know graph database.

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About the Big Data Specialization

Drive better business decisions with an overview of how big data is organized, analyzed, and interpreted. Apply your insights to real-world problems and questions.

********* Do you need to understand big data and how it will impact your business? This Specialization is for you. You will gain an understanding of what insights big data can provide through hands-on experience with the tools and systems used by big data scientists and engineers. Previous programming experience is not required! You will be guided through the basics of using Hadoop with MapReduce, Spark, Pig and Hive. By following along with provided code, you will experience how one can perform predictive modeling and leverage graph analytics to model problems. This specialization will prepare you to ask the right questions about data, communicate effectively with data scientists, and do basic exploration of large, complex datasets. In the final Capstone Project, developed in partnership with data software company Splunk, you’ll apply the skills you learned to do basic analyses of big data.

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