INF4180 – Advanced database systems
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
This course is devoted to new database technology with emphasis on object orientation. The focus is mainly on the data modelling aspect. Other aspects handled are, e.g., transaction management, active mechanisms, and heterogeneous database management systems. The course provides a picture of existing database systems and concrete perspectives and is intended for the potential user of new database systems.
Learning outcome
The course gives an overview of motivation and background of the new developments, and is intended as an introduction to the most important advances with respect to the classical relational database systems.
Admission
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Prerequisites
Formal prerequisite knowledge
INF1050 – Systems Development (continued) /INF 102 and INF3100 – Database Systems (continued) / INF4100 – Database systems (discontinued) /INF 212.
Recommended previous knowledge
None
Overlapping courses
10 credits with INF4180 and 9 credits with INF 312/UNIKI 330/UNIKI-MDS/IN-MDS
Teaching
Three hours of lectures and problem solving sessions per week. The students must hand in and pass obligatory tasks before they are admitted to take the exam.
Examination
Oral examination, written examination will be given if there are many students attending the course. Graded marks.
Other
Note that the first lecture is compulsory. The subject is regarded equal to INF312 and INF4180 when practicing exam regulations.