Database and information representation

Teacher(s)

Cappart Quentin;

Language

French

Content

The course consists of two major modules.
1) The basic principles of digital information representation (encoding types, existing formats, structured data, etc.)
2) The general functioning of relational databases (SQL language, database management systems, database programming, etc.) 

Teaching methods

The course combines lectures, supervised exercise sessions, group work and individual work. 

Evaluation methods

The assessment consists of three parts:

•  Individual final exam (60%)
• Assignment 1 (10%): Exercises related to numerical representation
• Assignment 2 (15%): Exercises related to SQL language
• Assignment 3 (15%): Programming exercises with databases. 

Online resources

Moodle course page (https://moodle.uclouvain.be/course/view.php?id=10452)

Bibliography

Le cours ne dépend d’aucun ouvrage payant mais utilise plusieurs ressources à licences ouvertes disponibles en ligne.

Teaching materials

• Slides dédiés au cours, ressources en ligne, et plusieurs jeux d’exercices.

Faculty or entity

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