CMSC424

Specialization: Cybersecurity

Course Information
Students are introduced to database systems and motivates the database approach as a mechanism for modeling the real world. An in-depth coverage of the relational model, logical database design, query languages, and other database concepts including query optimization, concurrency control; transaction management, and log based crash recovery. Distributed and Web database architectures are also discussed.

Instructor Section Day & Time Location
Nicholas Roussopoulos 0101 TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm CSI 2117
Peter Keleher 0201 MW 3:30pm - 4:45pm CSI 3117

Course Prerequisite(s)
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in CMSC351 and CMSC330; and permission of CMNS-Computer Science department. Or must be in the (Computer Science (Doctoral), Computer Science (Master's)) program.

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Fall 2015

Hours Per Week
Past Semesters: 6 hours

Languages Used
Past Semesters: Python, SQL, maybe Ruby-on-Rails

Recommended Prior Experience


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