Course Catalog: Database Systems

Surveys data management, including file systems, database management systems design, physical data organizations, data models, query languages, concurrency, and database protection. Prerequisites: CSCI 3104. Offered Fall 2011.

Develops essential skills for performing genomic analyses, with focus on developing practical research tools. Introduces human genome and microbiome projects, Python/SQL scripting, accessing and understanding genomic data, sequence alignment and search, evolutionary models, expression data, biological networks, and macromolecular structure. Same as CHEM 4621 and MCDB 4621. Prerequisites: CSCI 3104, CHEM 4711 or MCDB 3500.

Develops essential skills for performing genomic analyses, with focus on developing practical research tools. Introduces human genome and microbiome projects, Python/SQL scripting, accessing and understanding genomic data, sequence alignment and search, evolutionary models, expression data, biological networks, and macromolecular structure. Same as CHEM 5621 and MCDB 5621. Prerequisites: CSCI 3104, CHEM 4711 or MCDB 3500.

Addresses practical issues in the design, implementation and analysis of modern information retrieval systems. The major focus is on Web-based applications including ad hoc retrieval, classification and clustering. Introduces the use of open source retrieval systems, standard evaluation metrics and gold-standard evaluation collections. This course was formerly offered as CSCI 7000 Current Topics in Computer Science: Modern Information Retrieval. Offered Fall 2011.

Provides an advanced treatment of basic database concepts. Prerequisites: CSCI 2270. Recommended: CSCI 3287 and CSCI 3753. Offered Spring 2012.

Studies topics such as distributed databases, database interfaces, data models, database theory, and performance measurement in depth. Prerequisites: CSCI 5817 or consent of instructor. Offered Fall 2011.