Distributed Machine Learning in R with Apache Spark: An Introduction Using sparklyr and rsparkling

What better way to learn the R interfaces to Apache Spark than to write a book about them?

What this book will cover:

• Part I

  • Introduction to Spark (what is Spark, installation, etc.)

  • Interfacing R with Spark via the sparklyr package (connectiong to Spark, data wrangling with dplyr, etc.)

  • Essentials of machine learning (cross-validation, target leakage, etc.)

• Part II

  • Machine learning in Spark via MLlib

  • Machine learning in Spark via the rsparkling package