Overview about tools and methods for web data extraction and integration, Web Process Automation, Web Data for BI, Web Data Cleansing, Web Testing

- Web Data Extraction Frameworks and Scenarios: Commercial, Academic and Open Source
- Data Integration and Mapping
- Creation of more complex sample scenarios in some of the extraction/integration frameworks
- Functional Web 2.0 Application Testing
- Web Process Automation and SOA
- Web ETL Connectors: Web Data for Business Intelligence
- Sample Scenarios in vertical domains
- Web Data Cleansing and Free Text Extraction
- PDF Data Extraction
- Elog Extraction Language

The course comprises both a lecture and an exercise part. The lecture part is primarily intended to teach about methodologies as well as to illustrate concepts from practice including system live demonstrations. The goal of the exercises is to strengthen the knowlege of the participants, especially including practical usage of tools in the area of web data extraction. At the end of the course, student group talks will cover further aspects in more detail. One meeting will be devoted to give an overview about current (applied) research projects at DBAI to give a short glimpse on novel research in this area.

ECTS-Breakdown:
lectures: 14 hours
discussion of the exercises: 8 hours
exercises: 26 hours
final project/exam: 27 hours
total: 75 hours (3 ECTS)

Fridays 16:00 to 18:00 (nine sessions). Please refer to the lecture web page. Registration via TISS for exercise groups. Lecture 16-17, Excercise Evaluation 17-18. First meeting date is 8th of March, the further schedule is available on the lecture web page.

On the one hand, course assessment is based on individual exercises, group exercises and the presentation thereof during the semester, on the other hand on a final project at semester end, in which a particular topic is elaborated as paper as well as being presented and discussed.

Lecture subscription via group registration for exercises in TISS. In case you are an ECML student who can not yet officially register via the system please subscribe to the exercises via email instead.

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