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Academic calendar
The academic calendar shows the deadlines and scheduled events that are relevant to students, teaching and technical-administrative staff of the University. Public holidays and University closures are also indicated. The academic year normally begins on 1 October each year and ends on 30 September of the following year.
Course calendar
The Academic Calendar sets out the degree programme lecture and exam timetables, as well as the relevant university closure dates..
| Period | From | To |
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| I semestre | Oct 1, 2018 | Jan 31, 2019 |
| II semestre | Mar 4, 2019 | Jun 14, 2019 |
| Session | From | To |
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| Sessione invernale d'esame | Feb 1, 2019 | Feb 28, 2019 |
| Sessione estiva d'esame | Jun 17, 2019 | Jul 31, 2019 |
| Sessione autunnale d'esame | Sep 2, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 |
| Session | From | To |
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| Sessione Estiva | Jul 18, 2019 | Jul 18, 2019 |
| Sessione Autunnale | Oct 17, 2019 | Oct 17, 2019 |
| Sessione Invernale | Mar 18, 2020 | Mar 18, 2020 |
| Period | From | To |
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| Festa di Ognissanti | Nov 1, 2018 | Nov 1, 2018 |
| Sospensione dell'attività didattica | Nov 2, 2018 | Nov 3, 2018 |
| Festa dell’Immacolata | Dec 8, 2018 | Dec 8, 2018 |
| Vacanze di Natale | Dec 24, 2018 | Jan 6, 2019 |
| Vacanze di Pasqua | Apr 19, 2019 | Apr 28, 2019 |
| Festa della liberazione | Apr 25, 2019 | Apr 25, 2019 |
| Festa del lavoro | May 1, 2019 | May 1, 2019 |
| Festa del Santo Patrono | May 21, 2019 | May 21, 2019 |
| Festa della Repubblica | Jun 2, 2019 | Jun 2, 2019 |
| Vacanze estive | Aug 5, 2019 | Aug 18, 2019 |
Exam calendar
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Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University. Please select your Study Plan based on your enrolment year.
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Biomedicine and bioinformatics databases (2018/2019)
Teaching code
4S004549
Credits
12
Coordinatore
Also offered in courses
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
ING-INF/05 - INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS
The teaching is organized as follows:
Biomedical and bioinformatic data management
Fundamentals of database systems Teoria
Fundamentals of database systems Lab.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding:
The goal of this course is to provide the student with the knowledge and understanding of the theoretical, methodological and technological main concepts related to database systems and their use for the management of biomedical and bioinformatics data and information.
Applying knowledge and understanding:
The student will be able to a) define through a formal model the structure and the features of complex data collections; b) specify queries on complex data through different query languages; c) understand the advanced requirements for the management of biomedical information.
Making judgements:
The student will acquire the capability of autonomously evaluate different design options for complex systems, and of autonomously propose effective solutions in the application domain related to biomedicine and bioinformatics.
Communication:
The student will be also able to interact with different stakeholders in multidisciplinary teams, having different skills and backgrounds in biomedicine and bioinformatics.
Lifelong learning skills:
The student will acquire the capability of learning new methodologies and technologies related to data management and applying them in the biomedical/bioinformatics domain.
Program
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MM: Biomedical and bioinformatic data management
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* Temporal databases: advanced topics * Temporal Clinical Databases * Querying biomedical XML data: Xpath and Xquery * Electronic Medical Record systems * Information retrieval techniques (a survey)
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MM: Fundamentals of database systems Teoria
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- The relational data model: relational calculus, functional dependencies, normal forms and decompositions. - Conceptual data modeling in UML - Object and object-relational databases: data model and query language of SQL 3, UML for modeling object oriented databases, mapping towards SLQ 3. - Spatio-Temporal databases: basic concepts, data models, query languages (TSQL2, Simple Feature Specification for SQL OGC). - Big data systems: Hadoop
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MM: Fundamentals of database systems Lab.
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- training on SQL 3 with postgreSQL - training on spatio-temporal queries with PostGIS
Bibliography
| Activity | Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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| Biomedical and bioinformatic data management | S. Abiteboul, P. Buneman, D. Suciu | Data on the Web: from relations to semistructured data and XML (Edizione 1) | Morgan Kaufmann | 1999 | 155860622X | |
| Biomedical and bioinformatic data management | Don Box, Aaron Skonnard, John Lam | Essential XML: Oltre il Markup | Addison Wesley | 2001 | 8871921186 | |
| Biomedical and bioinformatic data management | C. Combi, E. Keravnou-Papailiou, Y. Shahar | Temporal Information Systems in Medicine (Edizione 1) | Springer | 2010 | 978-1-4419-6542-4 | |
| Fundamentals of database systems Teoria | R. Elmasri, S. B. Navathe | Fundamentals of Database Systems (Edizione 1) | Addison-Wesley | 1994 | 0805317481 | |
| Fundamentals of database systems Teoria | M. N. DeMers | Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems (Edizione 1) | Jhon Wiley & sons, Inc. | 1997 | 0471142840 | |
| Fundamentals of database systems Teoria | M. F. Worboys | GIS: A Computing Perspective (Edizione 1) | Taylor & Francis | 1995 | 0748400656 | |
| Fundamentals of database systems Teoria | J. D. Ullman | Principles of Database and Knowledge-base Systems | Computer Science Press | |||
| Fundamentals of database systems Teoria | P. Rigaux, M. Scholl and A. Voisard | Spatial Databases with Application to GIS | Morgan Kaufmann | |||
| Fundamentals of database systems Teoria | C. Combi, E. Keravnou-Papailiou, Y. Shahar | Temporal Information Systems in Medicine (Edizione 1) | Springer | 2010 | 978-1-4419-6542-4 | |
| Fundamentals of database systems Teoria | R. G. G. Cattell | The Object Data Standard: ODMG 3.0 | Morgan Kaufmann | 2000 | 1-55860-64 |
Examination Methods
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MM: Biomedical and bioinformatic data management
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The exam consists of an oral examinations with exercises and questions related to the different parts of the module, with the goal of verifying whether the student is aware of the theoretical content of the module and is able to apply it in real-world contexts.
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MM: Fundamentals of database systems Teoria
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The exam for this module consists of a written test of about 2.5 hours containing: (i) some exercises requiring the specification of queries and database design using one of the database models included in the program and (ii) open questions about the theory. During the semester, in a date to be decided with the students, an intermediate test will be proposed on the part of the program regarding: the relational calculus, the functional dependencies and the normalization.
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MM: Fundamentals of database systems Lab.
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