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Intro to Big Data, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (Udemy.com)

Big Data Technology & Tools for Non-Technical Leaders. Industry expert insights on IoT, AI and Machine Learning for all.

Created by: Julia Mariasova

Last updated February 2026

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What you will learn

  • Examples of Big Data and Data Science in Practice (Healthcare, Logistics & Transportation, Manufacturing, and Real Estate & Property Management industries)
  • Big Data Definition and Data Sources. Why we need to be data and technology savvy.
  • Introduction to Data Science and Skillset required for working with Big Data
  • Technological Breakthroughs which Enable Big Data Solutions (Connectivity, Cloud, Open Source, Hadoop and NoSQL)
  • Big Data Technology Architecture and most popular technology tools used for each Architecture Layer
  • Beginner's Introduction to Data Analysis, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • Simplified Overview of Machine Learning Algorithms and Neural Networks

How it compares

Against the other 205 rated Udemy courses in Artificial Intelligence on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 58% of them
  • Reviews6,971#30 of 206 by number of reviews
  • Length3.5 hoursshorter than 56% of them
  • Last updatedFebruary 2026more recently than 77% of them

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Course Description

This course is designed for anyone who is new to big data projects, and would like to get better understanding what machine learning and artificial intelligence mean in practice. It is not a technical course, it does not involve coding, but it will make you feel confident when working in teams with data scientists and programmers. It will bring you up to speed with the data science, ML and AI terminology. 

The course is also designed for people who are generally interested in modern technologies and their applications - we have included case studies covering oil&gas predictive maintenance, use of AI in healthcare, application of sensor and other digital technologies  in buildings and construction, the role of machine learning in transport and logistics and many more.

You will learn about big data, Internet of Things (IoT), data science, big data technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) algorithms, neural networks, and why this could be relevant to you even if you don't have technology or data science background. Please note that this is NOT TECHNICAL TRAINING and it does NOT teach Coding/Development or Statistics, but it is suitable for technical professionals.  I am proud to say that this course was purchased by a large oil&gas company in Asia to educate their field engineers about machine learning as part of their digitalisation strategy.

The course includes the interviews with industry experts that cover  big data developments in Real Estate, Logistics & Transportation and Healthcare industries.  You will learn how machine learning is used to predict engine failures, how artificial intelligence is used in anti-ageing, cancer treatment and clinical diagnosis, you will find out what technology is used in managing smart buildings and smart cities including Hudson Yards in New York.  We have got fantastic guest speakers who are the experts in their areas:

- WAEL ELRIFAI - Global VP of Solution Engineering - Big Data, IoT & AI at Hitachi Vantara with over 15 years of experience in the field of machine learning and IoT. Wael is also a Co-Authour of the book "The Future of IoT".

- ED GODBER - Healthcare Strategist with over 20 years of experience in Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals and start-ups specialising in Artificial Intelligence.

- YULIA PAK - Real Estate and Portfolio Strategy Consultant with over 12 years of experience in Commercial Real Estate advisory, currently working with clients who deploy IoT technologies to improve management of their real estate portfolio.

Hope you will enjoy the course and let me know  in the comments of each section how I can improve the course!  Please follow me on social media (Shortlisted Productions) - you can find the links on my profile page - just click on my name at the bottom of the page just before the reviews.  And please check out my other courses on Climate Change and Sustainability.

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Instructor Details

Julia Mariasova

Julia is an experienced producer, film director and educator based in London. She is a founder of Shortlisted Productions, a company specialising in educational content. She has produced multiple video courses for Udemy, where she has over 30000 students.

Julia has been teaching a wide range of the topics from climate change, decarbonisation, energy transition to digital technologies, data science and machine learning, and AI filmmaking. 

Currently Julia explores the opportunities arising from the latest Generative AI technologies and enjoys the creative side of it. Her short AI films won the “Best AI Visuals” and “Best AI Music” awards at the AI International Film Festival in September 2025 in Los Angeles, and the bronze award for the “Best AI music video” at the Seoul International Film Festival in December 2025 in South Korea.  

Professionally, she is a management consultant, project, programme and change manager, media producer/director with 20 years of experience in financial services industry (operations and consulting) and 15+ years of experience in media/video production industry. She has masters in Banking and Finance, and she is a qualified Management Accountant (CIMA).

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Reviews

4.5

6,971 ratings on Udemy

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By Koji Kanehira on 8/25/2026

So far, clear and interesting. I am learning something about big data. It gives some insight about big data and data science as the former are much cheaper and readily available today and the latter are cross-sectional in that industry expertise also need involvement. I am sure each company will gradually accumulate its own big data to make their projects and applications smarter and more efficient. The question is, though, a huge gap might develop in effective use of big data as some job has huge amount of data while others might not.

By Nitin Sharma on 8/19/2026

Some lessons seemed rushed and abrupt endings. Lot of jargons thrown out with no basic explanation. Still, this is a good starter course to get you interested into AI and encourages to explore more.

By Antonio Cosmacini on 6/16/2026

The time of 3h is totally wrong: this course needs at least 5h to be followed well and completed, with all the many quiz and feedbacks. This big time difference caused problems in my work agenda for the day.

By France Thipe on 6/9/2026

Pretty started, am looking forward for those progressive jargons Big data, IoT etc. as it sounds, facilitator is very much knowledgeable and resourced

By Giulio Garro on 6/1/2026

Very comprehensive course which cover a large range of topics and provide a great view of impact of AI and big data on different sectors! highly recommended

By Ambika Menon on 5/28/2026

Well...it was very interesting.. barring a few sections which was majorly on health care which is not my domain, I found this really well put together for even non technical people like me to grasp and relate to.. Thankyou!!!

By Silvia Baggio on 5/19/2026

Very comprehensive course which cover a large range of topics and provide a great view of impact of AI and big data on different sectors! highly recommended

By Naresh Kumar G on 5/11/2026

Its really useful one. Basic information i have learned in this course.

By Mukesh Gangwar on 3/21/2026

Course was really insightfull. The one thing it can improve upon is the addition of subtitles , so that it can be more clear in one go.

By Gareth Jones on 2/24/2026

Excellent background in the data science principles that underpin modern AI and ML. Recommended for a broad understanding and interweaving real-world applications of data science with AI.

By Shah Ridzal Abdul Rahman on 11/7/2020

good exposure

By Rabi'ah Mustaffa on 9/26/2020

Learnt a lot of new things from the modules!

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Overall Score : 90 / 100