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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
CSE 5009	ADVANCED DISTRIBUTED DATABASES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

The main objectives of this course are centralization versus decentralization in databases, transparent functionalities of distributed databases, data fragmentation, distributed query processing, update synchronization and concurrency control, homogeneous and heterogeneous distributed databases: global network schema, schema mappings and query processing strategies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Define Distributed Transaction Management
2	Realize Enhanced Concurrency Control
3	Realize Data Replication
4	Define Distributed Query Processing and Optimization
5	Realize Clustered, Federated and Parallel Database Systems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Distributed DBMS Architecture
2	Distributed Database Design
3	Semantic Data Control
4	Overview of Query Processing
5	Query Decomposition and Data Localization
6	Optimization of Distributed Queries
7	Introduction to Transaction Management
8	Distributed Concurrency Control
9	Distributed DBMS Reliability
10	Database Interoperability
11	Designing Distributed Systems: Google Case Study
12	Current Trends in Distributed Databases

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Principles of Distributed Database Systems, M. Tamer Ozsu, Patrick Valduriez, ISBN-13: 9780136597070, Prentice Hall, 1999.
Supplementary Book(s): Distributed Systems Concepts and Design, G. Coulouris,J. Dollimore, T. Kindberg, G. Blair, Addison-Wesley, 2012.
References:
Materials:

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation/Lecturing and Interactive discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
2	FIN	FINAL EXAM
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	ASG * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	ASG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Computer Engineering
Tınaztepe Campus 35160 Buca, Izmir
Tel:+90-(232) 301 74 01

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	3	42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	2	28
Preparing presentations	2	25	50
Preparing assignments	1	42	42
Reading	1	26	26
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			188

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9
LO.1	3	5	5	4	5	1	5	3
LO.2			3	3	5		5	3
LO.3	5	5	5	5	2		5	5
LO.4	5	2		2		4
LO.5			1	1		4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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