Università Roma Tre

The goal of the course is to present models, methods and systems that play a fundamental role in database technology, together with discussions on the recent evolution of the technology itself.
The directions of development to be considered include integration of heterogeneous and autonomous systems; databases for business intelligence and decision support; management of semistructured data.
After taking the course, the student will know the major features of relational database technology, the methods for data integration, for the design of data warehouses and for the development of database applications that include also XML data.