Programme

Database technology: physical structures, transaction management, distributed architectures. Data bases for decision support, data warehousing. Seminars on recent topics in database management.

Core Documentation

P. Atzeni et al. Basi di dati 5/Ed. McGraw-Hill, 2018 (or any major database textbook, contact the instructor for advice)
Additional material available on the course site:
http://www.dia.uniroma3.it/~atzeni/didattica/BD/BDIIindex.html

Reference Bibliography

Additional material available on the course site: http://www.dia.uniroma3.it/~atzeni/didattica/BD/BDIIindex.html

Type of delivery of the course

Class lectures, class exercises, practical activities (projects), to be developed along lines provided by the instructor. Should the COVID-19 emergency continue, the course will implement all the indications provided by the university. If needed video-lectures will be broadcast and recorded, with the appropriate modes of interaction with students, on site or remote.

Type of evaluation

The written examination contains 3-6 exercises, aimed at verifying the level of effective comprehension of the concepts and the ability of the student to apply them in practical contexts. Optional midterms are also offered, with the same structure. Students are required to develop small projects, which are not evaluated but they are essential in the preparation for the exam. All the exam (and midterm) tests of previous years (since 1998) are available on the course Web site: http://www.dia.uniroma3.it/~atzeni/didattica/BD/compitiPDF/index.html During the COVID-19 emergency, the exam could be held in an oral way, possibly preceded by written exercises. For each student, the whole exam is held in one day.