Databases and Information Systems (DIS)

Knowledge of

• Key database technical concepts such as the relational model, data independence and transactions.
• Entity-relationship modeling (ER modeling) and relational data modeling, including transformations from ER modeling to relational data modeling.
• Queries in database query languages, including relational calculus, relational algebra, and SQL.
• The theory of database normalization, including functional dependencies, keys, and relational decompositions.
• ACID (atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability) properties and use of transactions.
• Indexing techniques and their role in database query optimization.
• Use of constraints and triggers.
• Facilities for connecting databases, programming environments, and program libraries.

Skills in

• Developing a data model and realizing database applications starting from the ER modeling, over relational modeling and normalization, to concrete relational, SQL-based database application.
• Planning and managing an agile, iterative, and learning-oriented system development process, which under given resource and time constraints leads to the realization of a new database application.

Competence in

• Developing a database design and implement database applications.
• Effectively participating in an agile software development process as part of a group of developers.