CENG 541

Advanced Database Management Systems

Relational theory and extensions, such as relational calculus, relational algebra, higher order normal forms; advanced DBMS concepts, such as integrity, recovery, concurrency, security, query optimisation; object-oriented databases; distributed databases, related techniques and protocols, such as data replication, data fragmentation, synchronisation, load balancing; parallel databases; deductive databases; federated databases and homogeneity/heterogeneity.

Topics
Relational Model
Query Processing
Query Optimization
Query Optimization
Indexing
Indexing
Locks & Concurrency
Concurrency Management
Parallel Databases
Distributed Databases
Temporal Databases
Data Mining
Data Cubes
Web Search Engines