The course will be based on lectures, discussion sessions and practical assignments with a range of different data sets and data management systems. More specifically, the class relies on three projects where students from the Critical Big Data Management Course will work together with students from the Technical Big Data Management Course offered on the SDT program to produce joint output that will form the portfolio portion of the written exam submission. Students are required to submit three reports as output from the three collaborative projects completed throughout the course. These reports will form the portfolio submitted as part of the exam. As part of their thesis preparation, students must work to find a supervisor before the end of the semester. Students must have a draft of a thesis project agreement before the end of the semester.
The examination consists of written work. The exam includes an individually written final paper on a chosen topic and a portfolio consisting of the group output of the mandatory assignments.