Advanced Data Management Systems (ADMS)

This is an advanced course about the design of modern data management systems which has a heavy emphasis on system design and internals. Sample topics include modern hardware for data management, main memory optimisations, parallel execution and modern networks.

The course expects the reading of research papers (SIGMOD, VLDB, etc.). Programming projects will implement concepts discussed in selected papers. The final grade will be based on the results of the programming projects as well as written quizzes during the lecture.

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Organization

Last offered Summer Semester 2025
Lecturer Prof. Dr. Carsten Binnig, Prof. Dr. Zsolt István
Assistants Jigao Luo, Lukas Stasytis
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Exam Graded programming projects and written quizzes during the lecture.
See TuCAN link above for additional information (e.g., appointments)

  • Main Memory Storage
  • DB Compression
  • Main Memory Indexes
  • Beyond In-Memory (Flash Storage)
  • Vectorization
  • Parallelization
  • Accelerators: GPU and TPU
  • Accelerators: FPGA
  • Modern Networks: RDMA
  • Modern Networks: Programmability

Recommended literature include:

  • Reading list will be published during the course