Sentiment Analysis of Social Media Posts Using Apache Spark

Explore sentiment analysis of social media posts using Apache Spark in this 30-minute conference talk. Learn how to leverage Spark for analyzing large volumes of user-submitted content, specifically Reddit comments, and reduce the data into manageable information. Gain insights into the practical application of big data for understanding sentiment trends in user bases. Follow along as the speaker provides a high-level introduction to the sentiment analysis approach, demonstrates the data structure, and dives into the Java code implementation. Discover the results of the analysis and understand how Apache Spark serves as a fast and reliable engine for large-scale data processing. Benefit from the expertise of Niels Dommerholt, an experienced software engineer passionate about programming, big data, and databases, as he shares insights from his work on major big data projects for clients like ING, Philips, and Dutch government institutions.