The general architecture of a database management system. (Image by MIT OpenCourseWare.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Samuel Madden
Prof. Robert Morris
Prof. Michael Stonebraker
Dr. Carlo Curino
MIT Course Number
6.830 / 6.814
As Taught In
Fall 2010
Level
Undergraduate / Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course relies on primary readings from the database community to introduce graduate students to the foundations of database systems, focusing on basics such as the relational algebra and data model, schema normalization, query optimization, and transactions. It is designed for students who have taken 6.033 (or equivalent); no prior database experience is assumed, though students who have taken an undergraduate course in databases are encouraged to attend.
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