Business Intelligence and Big Data Analytics

    Course Code: 
    8137
    Semester: 
    7th
    Specialization Courses
    Professor: 

    CHATZIANTONIOU DAMIANOS

    Course Description

    The usage of data in enterprise decision making has been identified as one of the most critical element for success in our data-driven society. The objective of the course is to present the theory and the techniques used in modern data analysis systems in a business context. This includes, architectures, algorithms, tools, applications and commercial systems.

    The course contents are:

    • Advanced modern database topics: query processing, transaction processing, main-memory databases, column-oriented databases. 
    • Business Intelligence: architecture, design and modelling of data warehouses, ETL, data cubes, OLAP, tools, systems. 
    • Data Mining: Architecture, the KDD process, classification, clustering, association rules, applications, systems.
    • Large-scale data management: MapReduce, Hadoop and tools, NoSQL systems. 
    • Special Topics: Text analytics, data streams, data visualization, social media analytics.