Reza Farivar

Dr. Farivar received his PhD in 2012 in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His PhD research focused on Cloud Computing, Big Data platforms, and iterative Big Data algorithms. His other research interests include customized algorithms for computational accelerators such as GPUs. In conjunction with his postdoctoral research, he co-founded a startup company, Accelerated Genomics, working on GPU-accelerated Big Data algorithms in the field of bioinformatics. He joined Yahoo as a senior software development engineer in 2014, where he is involved with the development of Yahoo’s Big Data platforms. He currently works on Apache Storm and Spark frameworks.
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Cloud Computing Applications, Part 2: Big Data and Applications in the Cloud (Coursera) Coursera
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Cloud Computing Applications, Part 2: Big Data and Applications in the Cloud (Coursera)

Security & Networking

Explore the transformative power of cloud computing as you delve deeper into its applications, particularly focusing on big data analysis and leveraging cloud-based solutions. This advanced course is designed for those who want to harness the potential of cloud computing to revolutionize their approach to handling and utilizing vast amounts of information.

Jun 22nd 2026
4 Weeks
Cloud Machine Learning Big Data
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