After successful completion of the course, students are able to

• to name relevant aspects of database administration
• to reproduce the current database research for a chosen topic from the database administration area
• to find the relevant literature for a topic from database research

Selected topics in current database research with a focus on database administration

The students have to

• prepare a seminar thesis for the chosen topice
• give an oral presentation of this seminar thesis
• review 2 seminar theses of their colleagues
• reivse their own thesis based on the received reviews

ECTS Breakdown

 10 h presence in class
 57 h research article (report, presentation, revision)
  8 h reviews
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 75 h = 3 Ects

The assessment takes into account

• above all the seminar thesis
• the oral presentation of the seminar thesis
• the reviews of 2 other seminar theses
• the revision of one's own seminar thesis

Registration in TISS

Prerequisite:  VU Database Systems 184.686