IN5040 – Advanced Database Systems for Big Data
Course description
Course content
In this course you?ll learn about new database technologies to handle Big Data: Data Stream Management Systems, Complex Event Processing, Distributed and Heterogeneous Database Systems, Data Warehousing and Data Mining, Web Data Management, and Cloud Data Management.
Learning outcome
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.
Admission to the course
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for?in Studentweb.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures.
A maximum of 60 students (IN5040 and IN9040 alltogether).
Ranking:
- PhD.-students who have the course approved in their study plan
- Masterstudents in Informatics: Programming and system architechture who have the course approved in their study plan
- Masterstudents in Informatics-programs who have the course approved in their study plan
- Masterstudents in Mat.Nat-faculty who have the course approved in their study plan
- Masterstudents in Informatics-programs
- Others
Recommended previous knowledge
IN2090 – Databases and Data Modellering and IN3020 – Database Systems/IN4020/INF3100/INF212.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with IN9040 – Advanced Database Systems for Big Data.
- 10 credits overlap with INF5100 – Advanced database systems (continued).
- 10 credits overlap with INF9100.
Teaching
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.
Examination
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 – Advanced database systems (continued), IN9040 – Advanced Database Systems for Big Data, INF9100
Language of examination
You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester. Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass the original examination.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.