Computer Science 445 - Information Systems

Introduction to the efficient management of large-scale data. Principles for representing information in the relational model and semi-structured data models (XML, JSON); query languages for analyzing and manipulating data (SQL and others); core systems principles for data management (file organizations, query optimization, indexing, distributed data processing, concurrency control) and distributed data processing paradigms.

Open to Computer Science majors only. COMPSCI 220/230 345 & 311 w/ C IF AVAILABLE SEATS, STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT CS MAJORS BUT HAVE SUFFICIENT PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE, CS GRADUATE STUDENTS, OR STUDENTS NEEDING SPECIAL PERMISSION MUST REQUEST OVERRIDES VIA THE ON-LINE FORM: https://www.cics.umass.edu/overrides.