Research Seminar "Latest Trends in Data Governance, Big Data Analytics & Data Architecture"

2023/2024

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

6

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department of Business Informatics

Course type:

Compulsory course

When:

2 year, 1-3 module

Instructors

Korkmaz, Emin E.

Panfilov, Petr

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course's key objective is to make the students familiar with implementing the most important big data concepts in various business domains. We will discuss industries like: Banking and Securities; Communications, Media and Entertainment; Healthcare; Education; Manufacturing and Natural Resources; Government; Insurance; Retail and Wholesale trade

Learning Objectives

• This course gives insights into how big data technologies impact the business

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Describe the ethics, governance, and sustainability challenges relating to Big Data
• Design and evaluate an approach for the architecture of infrastructure for Big Data products based upon particular needs, including selecting an appropriate set of technologies, and governance strategy for storage and processing data
• Discuss the impact of digitization and the adoption of Big Data in business and overall society
• Explain the challenges of creating and maintaining Big Data products

Course Contents

• Big Data Ecosystem
• (Big) Data Management
• Data Products and Economics
• Data Culture and Ethics

Assessment Elements

• State-of-the-art
• Exam
• Project defense
• Activity during classes

Interim Assessment

• 2023/2024 3rd module
  0.15 * Activity during classes + 0.35 * Exam + 0.25 * Project defense + 0.25 * State-of-the-art

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Malaska, T., & Seidman, J. (2018). Foundations for Architecting Data Solutions : Managing Successful Data Projects: Vol. First edition. O’Reilly Media.
• Thomas Erl, Wajid Khattak, & Paul Buhler. (2016). Big Data Fundamentals : Concepts, Drivers & Techniques. Prentice Hall.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Jules S. Damji, Brooke Wenig, Tathagata Das, & Denny Lee. (2020). Learning Spark. O’Reilly Media.
• Kleppmann, M. (2017). Designing Data-Intensive Applications : The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems. Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1487643
• Mark Richards, & Neal Ford. (2019). Fundamentals of Software Architecture : An Engineering Approach. O’Reilly Media.