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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

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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