Guest lecture by Databricks expert Sai Yang on big data and AI

Sai Yang accepted the invitation from Prof. Raoul Könsgen from the Department of Computer Science, who organised the event. This gave students the opportunity to engage in direct dialogue with an industry expert.

During the ‘Big Data and Data Visualisation’ event, participants gained in-depth insight into the Databricks platform. This cloud-based solution is specifically designed to efficiently process and analyse very large amounts of data and prepare it for data-driven applications. Databricks is now available on major public cloud providers, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure (as ‘Azure Databricks’) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

The aim of the event was to link theoretically learned concepts with concrete practical applications. The students worked independently on practice-oriented tasks in order to work with realistic scenarios in the field of business data analytics, starting with data preparation and analysis through to visualisation and evaluation.

In addition, the event offered students valuable insights into typical processes and challenges in the professional handling of big data, thus providing them with optimal preparation for future careers in the field of business data analytics.

Sai Yang travelled specially to share his extensive expertise and provide valuable insights from his daily work at Databricks. The university would like to express its sincere thanks for his visit and inspiring commitment.