The unit will cover two important foundational but related methods for capturing, representing, storing, organising, and retrieving structured, unstructured or loosely structured information. Firstly, the unit will develop an understanding of the fundamentals of data modeling and of database technology. The relational data model will be presented and the functionality provided by implementations of it will be studied. The process of constructing database tables and related entities will be explored in depth. Secondly, we will develop the understanding of information retrieval: the process of indexing and retrieving text documents. The field of Information Retrieval includes almost any... -- Course Website
Instructor: G Li
Prerequisites: Nil
