Stream: Databases
This web page gives a summary information of the database stream of the MSc in Computer Science. The complete and most up-to-date information can be found athttp://www.inf.unibz.it/dis/teaching/msc/index.html.
Master of Science Stream in Databases
The MSc in Computer Science offers a stream in databases: one of the core areas of computer science. Data is everywhere. It is hard to point to a serious real-world application that does not include a database to store, maintain, query, or visualize data. The development of expressive and efficient database systems is therefore of utmost importance to deal deal with the ever growing amount of data.
For more elaborate discussion on the database field as well as the motivation of the database solutions please consult the motivation for the DB stream page.
Project-Oriented Approach
The Database stream adopts a project-oriented approach. The essence of a project-oriented approach is that in each semester students are doing a mini-project that is associated with a selected database course of this semester. The students will work in small groups on practical and realistic problems. This allows, for example, to work with the same set of data during the whole study program, focusing on different aspects and problems in each mini-project.
For more information on the project-oriented approach, please consult the projects page of the DB stream page.
Course list
The Master of Science in Computer Science comprises 120 credits. One part of the syllabus is fixed and is the same for all the students. The other part of the curriculum allows students to mould their choice of studies to their individual objectives, choosing from among several courses grouped in 4 thematic areas (streams) of computer science. Students may choose all their courses from a single stream, specializing in one thematic area, or they may choose from among different streams. The following levels of courses are available: intermediate (I), advanced (A) seminars (S). Students have to choose stream courses amounting to a total of 28 credits, only one of which may be a seminar.
The following courses are available in the Databases Stream:
| Course | Level | Semester | Credits | Professor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Database Management Systems | B | Winter | 4 | |
| Internet Technologies 2 | B | Winter | 4 | |
| Knowledge Representation | B | Winter | 4 | |
| Distributed Databases | I | Summer | 4 | |
| Foundations of Databases | I | Summer | 4 | |
| XML and Semistructured Databases | I | Summer | 4 | |
| Mobile Services | A | Winter | 4 | |
| Multimedia and Hypermedia Systems | A | Winter | 4 | |
| Temporal and Spatial Databases | A | Winter | 4 | |
| Readings in Databases | S | Winter | 4 | |
| Readings in Knowledge Representation | S | Winter | 4 | |
| Readings in Software Engineering | S | Winter | 4 |
The recommended study plan of the DB stream is offered at the courses of the database stream page.