Christoph F. Eick: Final Words COSC Topics Covered in COSC 3480  Data models (ER, Relational, XML)  Using data models; learning how to store real world information in a database  Application development using a DBMS  Algorithms that access disks (and not the main memory)  Database design (logical, physical)  Index Structures and Storage Structures  SQL, PL/SQL, using Oracle 9i, …  Other: Data warehousing, data mining, internet databases, transactions, other interfaces to databases

Christoph F. Eick: Final Words COSC Important Topics Not or Little Covered in COSC 3480  Implementation of DBMS  Transaction Management  Query Optimization  Crash Recovery  Implementation of Joins,…  Databases and Internet Computing  Object-relational and Object-Oriented Databases  Active Databases  Data Mining and Data Warehousing  Distributed Databases

Christoph F. Eick: Final Words COSC Recent Trends in the Area of Databases  Support for web-based interfaces to databases  Support for semi-structured data and XML  Support for decision support (data warehouses, OLAP, data mining)  Support for unusual data types (images, long strings, gene sequences, spatial databases)  Object-relational databases (in response to object- oriented databases; e.g. Oracle 9)  Hiding SQL from the user though high level interfaces  Making SQL to be a real programming language (SQL3)  Research: Querying and Mining Data Streams