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Johns Hopkins University | EN.600.716

Selected Topics on Innovative Data Systems

1.0

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Average Course Rating

(4.6)

This weekly reading group will survey and dissect the cutting-edge on innovative data systems research. Topics will encompass methods and abstraction in core systems and data management areas (eg, cloud computing, scalable programming and storage), as well as use-cases and "war" stories from industry, and science and engineering applications. View on web: Our semester schedule is posted at damsel.cs.jhu.edu/blockparty

Spring 2013

Professor: Yanif Ahmad

(4.6)

The best aspect of the course was the informative lectures given by two knowledgeable professors. The worst aspects of the course were the lectures students found dul and the hefty homework assignments that were graded harshly and often irrelevant to the topics being learned in class. Students felt that many of the quizzes and tests were not in direct proportion to content they learned in class or what was available in the slides and textbook. The course would improve if the homework assignments were reduced and if the lectures were more stimulating. Prospective students should know that the course is fairly easy and involves lots of writing.