Module 12 Activity Worksheet

Module

Module 12: Big Data in Connectomics

Capability Target

Produce a scalable, reproducible query-and-analysis plan for a large connectomics dataset, including storage assumptions, indexing strategy, and provenance capture.

Studio Activity Instructions

Evidence and Reasoning Notes

• Claim:
• Evidence:
• Limitation:

Rubric Check

• Minimum pass
  • Query design matches analysis goal and data shape.
  • Provenance requirements are explicit and actionable.
  • Bottlenecks are identified with one realistic mitigation.
• Strong performance
  • Separates exploratory and production query paths.
  • Quantifies tradeoffs (latency, cost, reproducibility).
  • Anticipates failure recovery and rollback needs.
• Common failure modes
  • Index choices disconnected from query workload.
  • Missing version metadata in outputs.
  • Optimization attempts without benchmark baseline.

Exit Prompt

Document one query you use with:

1. data source/version,
2. expected runtime class,
3. one provenance field you currently miss.