Modern Database Technologies

This course will introduce a range of fundamental and contemporary data management issues, techniques and tools that may be applied across the study programme. The course consists of several units which will highlight specific topics. The first unit is devoted to Relational modelling and key data management concepts. The second is targeted at Database construction issues. The third deals with Data querying and manipulation (SQL). Next will enrich students with Data cleansing and aggregation issues. The fifth will explore NoSQL stores. And finally, the last one will consider different types of Architecture (OLAP, OLTP, ETL) and cloud and distributed data stores.