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CS 738Data Engineering for Data Science

Units
0.50
Level
Graduate
Faculty
Mathematics
Subject
Computer Science

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Introduction to data engineering issues in data science. Data management technology objectives. Relational database technology, relational algebra, SQL, transactions, data modelling methodology, entity-relationship models. NoSQL databases including key-value stores, document databases, wide-column stores, graph databases. Overview of big data processing platforms. Data integration including data warehousing, data lakes, ETL and ELT approaches. Data preparation for analysis, data quality, data cleaning. Introduction to several current topics in database research, such as data mining, managing data streams, distributed/parallel databases, HTAP architectures. Open to Master of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (MDSAI) students as well as Master of Mathematics (MMath) in Data Science students.

Prerequisites

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Antirequisites

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Leads to

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Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 001893480 / 100TTh 08:30–09:50

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