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Education in Data Management
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Carlson School of Management
University of Minnesota
by
Gordon Everest
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The School
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• College of Business Administration established in 1919
• Named Curtis L. Carlson School of Management in 1986
• Moved into new building in January 1998
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The School Today
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• 113 tenured and tenure-track faculty + adjuncts/P&A
• 264 staff members
• 3,900 students (out of some 45,000 in the University)
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900 undergraduate, ranked 14th by USNews&WR
250 day (full-time) MBA, ranked 26th in nation by USNews&WR
1200 evening (part-time MBA), ranked 10th by USNews&WR
Ph.D., Exec MBA (ranked 16th), international, Health Care,…
• 42,000 alumni in 50 states and 70 foreign countries
• Eight academic departments
• 12 degree programs
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Our strengths today include
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An excellent student body
Strong faculty
World-class facilities
Part of a top-ranked business community
Part of a world-class research University
International Expansion - Warsaw, Vienna,
China, Lyon, ...
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MIS at Carlson School
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Information & Decision Sciences Department
• World’s first MIS academic program - 1968
• Initial focus on Ph.D. – nearly 100 grads
• Undergrad and MBA in MIS
– Consistently ranks in top 5 (USN&WR, ‘97)
• MIS Research Center
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DMOD
Data - Mapping the Terrain
OBJECTS
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DATA
PROCESSES
(DFD’s...)
MODELING
MANAGEMENT
Conceptual  logical  relational (tables)
(records)
OBJECT-ROLE
(normal form)
ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP
Nijssen
Halpin
VIsioModeler-> VEA
Chen
Codd
Simsion
machine
human
SYSTEMS
(DBMS)
ADMINISTRATION
(DBA)
Definition -- Manipulation
(Language)
DATABASE
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Undergrad MIS Major
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• CORE (3cr)
(soph)
Intro to Computers & MIS
• Required (16cr)
(Junior)
• Elective (2 of)
(Senior)
Intro to Programming
Analysis & Modeling
IT Infrastructure
IS Management
Adv. Database Design
Financial IS
Adv. DBMS & DBAdmin
eCommerce
Data Warehousing
IS Special Topics
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43INTR
3 THREADS:
The Course(s)
DATA MODELING
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(to create databases)
Modeling  Schemes  ER  Relational  Normalization
Object Role Modeling (ORM) vs. Record-based
Presentation – levels of abstraction
The Design Process
Design support (CASE) toolsº
DBMS
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(machine component - to manage databases)
for Developers to implement information systems
a Tool for the Data(base) Administrator (DBA)
Types of systems; marketplace
Comprehensive capabilities - SQL++º, OODBMSº, multimedia infoº
Data Warehousing, OLAP, Data Miningº
DATA(BASE) ADMINISTRATION
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(human component)
DBA - role, functions, organization
Data planning
Data integrity, security, privacyº
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43INTR
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IDSc 4/6 431, 4131 (CCE)
Advanced
Database
Design
Gordon C. Everest
Information and Decision Sciences
Carlson School of Management
University of Minnesota
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NIAM/ORM Teaching Experiences
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THE COURSE:
• Advanced Database Design & Administration
• Originally mostly MBA & Ph.D. Students
• Taught NIAM modeling since 1975 but inadequate
NEEDED:
• Written Teaching Materials
Conceptual Schema and Relational Database Design,
Nijssen & Halpin, Prentice-Hall (Australia), 1989; 2e 1995.
Information Modeling and Relational Databases,
Halpin, 2001, Morgan Kaufman.
• Data Modeling CASE Tool
InfoDesigner from ServerWare, 1993
InfoModeler from Asymetrix, 1994; then InfoModelers, Inc.
VisioModeler from Visio, (Enterprise 5.0) acquired 1998, released 1999
acquired by Microsoft, 1999/11.
VisioEA (Enterprise Architect), part of Visual Studio.net EA edition
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Software
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In 5 computer labs, 1 instruction lab, & home install.
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Access (Intro IS course)
Visual Basic (VBA) (Mid. Courses)
SQL Server (Mid and Adv. Courses)
VS.net, VisioEA (Adv. DB Design)
Rational Enterprise Suite, Rational Rose
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More Information
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• University of Minnesota: www.umn.edu
• Carlson School: www.csom.umn.edu
– For courses, click on
Resources > ClassNet > Information & Decision Sciences
• [email protected]
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