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Updated: 2008-10-01 09:46 PDT
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ESM 261 - Fall 2008
Management of Scientific Data
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[Moodle
site]
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| WHO: |
James
Frew |
| WHEN: |
11:00 - 12:30 |
Monday |
Bren Hall 1510 ("Sycamore") |
| Wednesday |
Bren Hall 3035 ("GIS lab") |
| WHAT: |
ESM 261 will introduce you to concepts and tools
for managing scientific information. Using a basic "life-cycle" model,
we'll study concepts like data types, data formats, and metadata, as
well as tools like filesystems, databases, and networks. A significant
portion of the course will be spent learning to design, build, and use
relational databases, since this important skill is not covered
elsewhere in the MESM curriculum. We'll also explore the basics of
sharing scientific information on the World Wide Web. Real world
examples will be drawn from digital libraries, geographic information
systems, public-sector data centers and services, etc. |
| HOW: |
Grades will be based on a multi-part
project, which you will work on for the duration of the course. The
project will develop an information management system for a scientific
information collection of your choice (subject to instructor approval
-- you are encouraged to work with your group project data, if it's
appropriate.) Phased deliverables from the project will be (more or
less) coordinated with the lecture topics. For the "final exam" you
will present your project to the rest of the class. |
Textbooks (click on ISBNs to check
online prices):
- Optional (i.e. all relevant material will be covered in
lecture)
Copies of all books will be available in the Bren library. (Please
leave them there!) |
| Other readings and background material
are online and linked to the lecture notes. Some links may only be
accessible from UCSB networks; to access these links from elsewhere,
use a Bren
terminal
server or one of the Library's Off-Campus
Access services. |
| If you are not a Bren student, email scheduling@bren.ucsb.edu to
obtain an approval code to enroll. Then, if you need access to the Bren
computing network, fill out and submit a Computer
Account
Request Form. |
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Updated: 2008-10-01 09:46 PDT
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