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Laurea magistrale in Ingegneria e scienze informatiche - Enrollment from 2025/2026
Academic year:
1° periodo di lezioni From 9/30/19 To 12/14/19
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° The fashion lab (1 ECTS) D Not yet assigned
I semestre From 10/1/19 To 1/31/20
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1° 2° Python programming language D Maurizio Boscaini (Coordinator)
II semestre From 3/2/20 To 6/12/20
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1° 2° CyberPhysical Laboratory D Andrea Calanca (Coordinator)
1° 2° C++ Programming Language D Federico Busato (Coordinator)
1° 2° Matlab-Simulink programming D Bogdan Mihai Maris (Coordinator)
List of courses with unassigned period
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° Corso Europrogettazione D Not yet assigned
1° 2° The course provides an introduction to blockchain technology. It focuses on the technology behind Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tendermint and Hotmoka. D Matteo Cristani

Teaching code

4S001162

Credits

6

Coordinator

Alberto Belussi

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

INF/01 - INFORMATICS

The teaching is organized as follows:

Teoria
The activity is given by Biomedicine and bioinformatics databases - Fundamentals of database systems Teoria of the course: Master's degree in Medical Bioinformatics

Credits

5

Period

I semestre

Academic staff

Alberto Belussi

Laboratorio
The activity is given by Biomedicine and bioinformatics databases - Fundamentals of database systems Lab. of the course: Master's degree in Medical Bioinformatics

Credits

1

Period

I semestre

Academic staff

Alberto Belussi

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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* Electronic Medical Record systems * Temporal Clinical Databases * Querying biomedical XML data: Xpath and Xquery * Information retrieval techniques: basic issues and application to biomedical data
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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 (modelling non relational data) - 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

Reference texts
Activity Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Teoria Paolo Atzeni, Stefano Ceri, Piero Fraternali, Stefano Paraboschi, Riccardo Torlone Basi di dati (Edizione 5) McGraw Hill 2018 9788838694455
Teoria R. Elmasri, S. B. Navathe Fundamentals of Database Systems (Edizione 1) Addison-Wesley 1994 0805317481
Teoria M. F. Worboys GIS: A Computing Perspective (Edizione 1) Taylor & Francis 1995 0748400656
Teoria J. D. Ullman Principles of Database and Knowledge-base Systems Computer Science Press  
Teoria R. Elmasri, S.H. Navathe Sistemi di Basi di Dati: Fondamenti (Edizione 6) Pearson 2011 978-88-7192-628-5
Teoria P. Rigaux, M. Scholl and A. Voisard Spatial Databases with Application to GIS Morgan Kaufmann  
Laboratorio Autori Vari Manuale di Postgresql (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/) Postgresql  

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, a mid-term 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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See the description of the theory module

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