INF5030 – Managing mission critical data
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
Most systems used for storing and managing data of considerable value for their owner (e.g. financial data, the current stock level or outstanding orders) use transactions to ensure consistent querying and updates.
The topic of this course is transaction processing. In our context, a transaction is a set of actions with a certain set of fault-tolerance requirements. The canonical example is a procedure first debiting an amount of money from account A and subsequently crediting the same amount to account B. If the update of account B for some reason cannot be completed, the update of account A must be cancelled as well.
Automatic transaction management is necessary to reduce the complexity of application development. In addition to being a critical feature of database systems, it is a major component of enterprise middleware-platforms as J2EE and .Net.
Learning outcome
During the semester, we study methods used when developing and improving transaction processing systems. This includes:
- Formal methods used to ensure efficient and consistent transaction execution
- Protocols for transaction management in distributed systems
- Transaction management in J2EE and .Net
- Recent research
Admission
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Prerequisites
Recommended previous knowledge
INF3100 – Database Systems (continued)/INF4100 – Database systems (discontinued)
Teaching
Two hours of lecture/seminar per week. The lectures will cover selected theoretical topics together with practical examples. We also discuss briefly some relevant technology platforms, and highlight some major research topics.
Examination
Two written assignments.
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.
Course auditor: Svein-Olaf Hvasshovd
Resit an examination
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Other
Note that the first lecture is compulsary.