Talks and Videos

Brian frequently gives talks, some of which are recorded. Here is a selection of those recordings.

Intro to Apache Spark with Frameless

Given at the 2018 ScalaIO and the 2018 Scale By the Bay conferences. Materials used in the talk are available here.


Spark for Scala Developers

Given at the 2017 Scala World conference in Penrith, UK. Materials used in the talk are available here.


RDDs, DataFrames and Datasets in Apache Spark

Given at the 2016 Northeast Scala Symposium.


Intro to Apache Spark class

From Spark Summit West, 2015.


An Introduction to Pattern Matching in Scala

A promotional video for a Scala training class Brian wrote, made for training company New Circle (now part of ProTech).


Introduction to Spark Streaming

A talk on the older DStreams Streaming API, given at a meeting of the Philly Area Scala Enthusiasts (PHASE).