Description

The Advanced Data Management course exposes students to exciting data management topics and provides them with hands-on experience with widely used database tools. The course includes a technology component and an advanced topics component. The technology component comprises lab sessions, where students use a commercial database (e.g., Oracle) to solve exercises based on real-life scenarios. The advanced topics component is delivered through interactive lectures and discussions on emerging database fields, such as location-based services, preference-based query processing, etc. Objectives Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: • Understand concepts of database design, extending further than common/ standard application domains • Identify the trade-offs of alternative solutions to a particular problem, and decide the best one, depending on the particular requirements of the targeted application and the intrinsic characteristics of the underlying data and queries • Use techniques that are very useful when deploying/using/maintaining a real-world database system • Use data management tools that are widely spread in the industry • Use the acquired background to solve problems and use tools other than the ones presented in class