Bringing the data mart into the curriculum

Authors:
Robert M. Ryder
Affiliations:
University of South Alabama
Venue:
ACM-SE 38 Proceedings of the 38th annual on Southeast regional conference
Year:
2000

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Abstract

The development and deployment of data warehouses have become critical activities in strategic planning and decision-making. Computer and information science students should have an early hands-on exposure to the theoretical and practical aspects of this complex technology. This paper describes the first steps in an ambitious program for bringing the data warehouse into the curriculum. With the support of a NSF-ILI grant, two teams of senior students designed and developed a large-scale data repository on an Oracle platform as part of their capstone projects. This paper reports on the early phase of that process during which students established a data mart with drill-down and advanced data visualization capabilities. The impact of the project on current and future activities in the lab and in the classroom is discussed.