Advanced Database Systems for Big Data

After you have successfully passed this course:

• You know the challenges, initiatives and history of the new database technologies to handle Big Data.
• You are able to explain the idea, application domains, concepts, and structure of Data Stream Management Systems, Complex Event Processing, Distributed and Heterogeneous Database Systems, Data Warehousing and Data Mining, Web Data Management, and Cloud Data Management.
• You understand the strength and weaknesses of the new database technologies to handle Big Data: how the specific problems can be solved, which new problems are introduced, and how these problems can be solved; which challenges are introduced by data centers.
• You have in-depth knowledge about the fundamentals and usage of Data Stream Management Systems and Complex Event Processing through the lectures and the mandatory exercise.

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A maximum of 60 students (IN5040 and IN9040 altogether).

Ranking:

1. PhD.-students who have the course approved in their study plan
2. Masterstudents in Informatics: Programming and system architecture who have the course approved in their study plan
3. Masterstudents in Informatics-programs who have the course approved in their study plan
4. Masterstudents in Mat.Nat-faculty who have the course approved in their study plan
5. Masterstudents in Informatics-programs
6. Others

3 hours lectures per week, emphasis is given on active involvement of the course participants in discussions and problem solving.

Mandatory presentation on selected topics in Big Data Management.

It is strongly recommended to attend the first lecture since it will be given important information.

The course includes mandatory assignments.

Oral or written exam (depending on the number of course attendees).

All mandatory assignments must be approved to be allowed to take the exam.

It will also be counted as one of your three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: INF5100, IN9040, INF9100

• 10 study points against INF5100
• 10 study points against INF9100
• 10 study points against IN9040