Education

Courses Spring Semester 2013

Web Engineering

This course teaches students about the basic principles of web engineering by examining various tools, technologies and methodologies to support the systematic development of state-of-the-art web sites. »»

Object Databases

The course examines the principles and techniques of providing data management in object-oriented programming environments. After introducing the basics of object storage and management, we will cover semantic object models and their implementation. Finally, we discuss advanced data management services such as version models for temporal and engineering databases and for software configuration. »»

Principles of Interaction Design

The course picks up on the principles of interaction design from the Human-Computer Interaction course and allows students to explore user-centred design processes in the context of a larger interactive systems engineering project. »»

Computer Supported Cooperative Work Seminar

In this seminar, we will provide an introduction to the field of CSCW and the students will then select specific topics for presentation. The diversity of the CSCW field will be seen in the range of topics which may cover anything from ethnographic studies of cooperative work to reports of the development of CSCW systems and their technological foundations. »»

Information Systems

This course extends the basic concepts of relational data management introduced in an earlier course to examine the internals of the architecture, implementation, and optimization of a relational database system. These include indexing, query processing and optimization, transactions and recovery, and performance tuning and benchmarking. »»

Information Systems Laboratory

The purpose of this course is to practically explore modern techniques to build large-scale distributed information systems. Participants work in groups of three or more students and develop projects in several phases. »»

Doctoral Seminar: OMS Case Study II

This doctoral seminar consists of a series of talks and discussions covering the history and foundations of OMS, related work and on-going OMS developments and applications. »»

Courses Autumn Semester 2012

Human Computer Interaction

The course provides an introduction to the field of human-computer interaction, emphasising the central role of the user in system design. Through detailed case studies, students will be introduced to different methods used to measure the user experience and shown how these can inform the design of new technologies and systems. »»

Mobile and Personal Information Systems

The course examines how traditional data management techniques have been adapted to support various forms of mobile information systems. The students will acquire an understanding of why and how traditional data management techniques have been adapted for mobile information systems. »»

Doctoral Seminar: OMS Case Study I

This doctoral seminar consists of a series of talks and discussions covering the history and foundations of OMS, related work and on-going OMS developments and applications. »»

Seminar: Advanced Topics on Information Systems

In the seminar, students will present a range of papers. »»