CAS CS660

Graduate Introduction to Database Systems

The goal of the course is to introduce students to the main issues on the design and implementation of a database kernel and how these systems store, organize, and retrieve large amount of data efficiently and effectively. Major topics of this course include: Query Languages (SQL, Relational Algebra); Storage and Indexing; Query Evaluation and Optimization; Transaction Processing; Concurrency Control and Recovery. In addition, we will cover some modern data management approaches, including Big Data and NoSQL databases and data management in the Cloud.

Instructor: Manos Athanassoulis

Class Website: Fall 2024, Fall 2023

CAS CS460

Introduction to Database Systems

Fundamental concepts of database management systems. Topics include: data models (relational, object-oriented, and others); the SQL query language; implementation techniques of database management systems (storage and index structures, concurrency control, recovery, and query processing); management of unstructured and semistructured data; and scientific data collections.

Instructor: Manos Athanassoulis

Class Website: Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019

CAS CS561

Data Systems Architectures

Advanced-level research seminar that introduces studenst to data systems research. Learn about data systems architectures, design tradeoffs, the impact of new hardware and new workloads.

Instructor: Manos Athanassoulis

Class Website: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021

Data Systems Architectures

Topics course on Data Systems.

Instructor: Manos Athanassoulis

Class Website: Spring 2020, Spring 2019

CAS CS591A1

 

CAS CS697

Graduate Initiation Seminar (Spring 2020)

This required two-credit course is designed to help guide entering Ph.D. students through the challenging transition into the graduate program in Computer Science. The class prepares the incoming Ph.D. students for their responsibilities as students, reserchers, and mentors and covers topics that overlap with the NSF/NIH Responsible Conduct in Research (RCR) program.

Instructors: Steve Homer, Manos Athanassoulis (Spring 2020)

Class Website: Spring 2020

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