Computer Science 745 - Adv Topics In Database Systems

This course covers advanced data management systems, including high-performance database systems and recent big data systems. The course first covers the design and implementation of high-performance database systems including data warehouses, decision support systems, column stores, and parallel databases. It also covers advanced databases to support new data models, including temporal databases, sequence databases, and data stream systems. Then a special focus of the course will be on recent big data systems, including MapReduce-based parallel processing, bigtable-style storage systems, and many new processing algorithms and techniques developed in industry and academia in this setting. The prerequisite is a graduate course on the principles and implementations of traditional database systems, an equivalent of CMPSCI 645. Students with other backgrounds are asked to contact the instructor for approval for enrollment.

THE PREREQUISITE IS A GRADUATE COURSE ON THE PRINCIPLES AND IMPLEMENTATIONS OF TRADITIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS, AN EQUIVALENT OF CMPSCI 645. STUDENTS WITH OTHER BACKGROUNDS ARE ASKED TO CONTACT THE INSTRUCTOR FOR APPROVAL FOR ENROLLMENT, BUT MUST REQUEST OVERRIDES VIA THE ON-LINE FORM: https://www.cs.umass.edu/ugrad-education/course