Computer Science

CS6545Big Data Systems3 ch
This course presents different Big Data systems, along with the principles of query processing. Specifically, it compares Relational versus NoSQL data models and covers the foundations of query processing, including index-based access and join processing. It presents the principles of parallel databases, and explores batch processing frameworks, as well as interactive processing frameworks. It also covers SQL interfaces over these frameworks. It introduces update-intensive systems and graph data stores. It includes the special topics of spatial and spatio-temporal data processing.