IS417

Undergraduate

Data warehousing has recently gained a considerable momentum as a paradigm for driving daily business analytics operations. This course provides an introduction to fundamental issues and novel techniques of data warehouse. Issues covered include data warehouse planning; business analytics modeling, design, and implementation. In particular, the role of data warehouse in supporting business intelligence and effective decision making is emphasized through labs, projects and case studies.

The course is designed to expose students to concepts, enabling methods and hands-on usage and problem solving in an integrated way. The participants will explore applications and have great opportunity for hands-on experimentation with data warehousing using advanced software packages from leading industrial vendors.