If you are an intermediate-level Spark developer looking to master the advanced capabilities and use-cases of Apache Spark 2.x, this book is for you. Big Data professionals who wish to know how to integrate and use the features of Apache Spark to build a strong Big Data pipeline will also find this book to be a useful resource. A fundamental knowledge of Apache Spark and the Scala programming language is assumed.
Romeo Kienzler works as the chief data scientist in the IBM Watson IoT worldwide team, helping clients to apply advanced machine learning at scale on their IoT sensor data. He holds a Master's degree in computer science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, with a specialization in information systems, bioinformatics, and applied statistics.