IT010 606 L04 : Advanced Database Systems

Teaching scheme Credits: 4

2 hours lecture and 2 hour tutorial per week
Objectives
Be able to design high-quality relational databases and database
applications.
Have developed skills in advanced visual & conceptual modelling and
database design..
Have developed an appreciation of emerging database trends as they
apply to semi-structured data, the internet, and object-oriented databases.
Pre-requisites: IT010 506 Database Management Systems level of database knowledge

Module 1. Distributed Databases 8

Distributed Databases Vs Conventional Databases Architecture Fragmentation
Query Processing Transaction Processing Concurrency Control Recovery.
Module 2. Object Oriented Databases 15
Introduction to Object Oriented Data Bases - Approaches - Modelling and Design
- Persistence Query Languages - Transaction - Concurrency Multi Version
Locks - Recovery.
Module 3. Emerging Systems 12
Enhanced Data Models - Client/Server Model - Data Warehousing and Data
Mining - Web Databases Mobile Databases.
Module 4. Database Design Issues 13
ER Model - Normalization - Security - Integrity - Consistency - Database Tuning
- Optimization and Research Issues Design of Temporal Databases Spatial
Databases.
Module 5. Current Issues 12
Rules - Knowledge Bases - Active And Deductive Databases - Parallel Databases
Multimedia Databases Image Databases Text Database