Let’s talk about database application benchmarking. This is a skill set which, in my opinion, is one of the major differentiators between a journeyman-level DBA and a true master of the trade. In this ...

This 5-weeks course is intended to provide an introduction to the broad context of NoSQL databases, focusing on two (of the many) “V”s in the BigData paradigm: Variety and Velocity. Specifically, the ...

So, you’re moving your workloads to the public cloud, and you’re considering your options: Do you switch gears and move forward with one of the new Database as a Service (DBaaS) offerings, or do you ...

This workshop is hands-on and intended for beginners; no previous knowledge of data analysis and/or R is required. This session will cover the following topics for R: data preparation, descriptive ...

*Note: This course description is only applicable for the Computer Science Post-Baccalaureate program. Additionally, students must always refer to course syllabus for the most up to date information.

Northwestern MSIT student Rekha Goverthanam shares why she wanted to pursue an optional summer internship and what she hopes to learn from the experience. Rekha Goverthanam (MSIT '19) has a background ...

Katy Meyers is a PhD candidate at Michigan State University in the Department of Anthropology. You can follow her @bonesdonotlie and read her blog Bones Don’t Lie. Linked open data, as defined by ...

One area that has not received as much attention as others, however, is the risk involved in business users’ use of gen AI to query data stored in databases. Generative artificial intelligence (gen AI ...

Our business department is undergoing some shifts next fall due to changing budgets, retiring staff, and a technology director (that's me) who would like to see the way we teach computing. Up until ...