The main aim of this course is to familiarize students with fundamental ideas behind a broad variety of data systems. The students will be able to compare diverse approaches, techniques, and tools for storing and processing data so that they can discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each and decide the most suitable one for their applications.

Data models and query languages; storage and retrieval; replication and partitioning in distributed data; transactions; challenges of distributed systems, consistency, and consensus in distributed systems; batch and stream processing.