DS 4221 - Advanced Databases

Effective Date 03/12/2024
Explores new models of database design: graph, vector, and ledger. These have become required infrastructure in service of social media (graph databases), Large Language Models (vector databases), and cryptocurrency (ledger databases). Will learn their basic operations with an eye toward other purposes as well as the key advantages and drawbacks of these data models. Center on student projects built using one of these databases.

Credits: 3