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Laurea magistrale in Bioinformatica e biotecnologie mediche

Biomedical and bioinformatics databases (2012/2013)

Course code 4S000527  
Credits 6  
Coordinator Barbara Oliboni
Disciplinary sector INF/01 - Computing
Teaching language Italian
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Teaching is organised as follows:

Activity Credits Period Academic staff
Teoria 5 II semestre Barbara Oliboni
Esercitazioni 1 II semestre Barbara Oliboni

Lecture timetable

II semestre
Activity day Time Type Place Note
Teoria Monday 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM lesson Lecture theatre H  
Teoria Wednesday 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM lesson Lecture theatre H  

Educational objectives

The main aim of this course is introducing the students to designing biomedical databases, after having reminded the same concepts in the classical context.
Moreover, bioinformatic database management will be considered, with particular attention to semistructured data and the related information retrieval techniques.

Syllabus

- Elements of database design
-- Conceptual database design
-- Logical database design

- The eXtensible Markup Lamguage (XML)

- Biomedical databases
-- Clinical data repository design
-- Electronic medical record
-- Health information systems
--- Interoperability standards and medical classifications

- Bioinformatic databases
-- Semistructured data management
-- Information retrieval techniques
-- XML and BIO

Exam methods

Written test with exercises and questions.

Reference books
Activity Author Title Publisher Year ISBN Note
Teoria P. ATZENI, S. CERI, S. PARABOSCHI, R. TORLONE Basi di dati- Modelli e linguaggi di interrogazione (Edizione 3) McGraw-Hill 2009 9788838666001 Capitoli 1, 2, 7, 8 e 9
Teoria R. Maceratini, F. L. Ricci Il medico on-line. Manuale di Informatica Medica. Verduci Editore 2000 88-7620-575-6 Capitoli 1, 5 e 6
Teoria Robert R. Korfhage Information Storage and Retrieval Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc.   Capitoli 1, 3 (escluse sezioni 3.4, 3.5 e 3.7), 4 (escluse sezioni da 4.7 a 4.12) e 5 (escluse sezioni 5.5, 5.6, 5.7 e 5.10)
Teoria A. Moller, M. Schwartzbach Introduzione a XML Pearson - Addison Wesley 2007 9788871923734 Capitoli 2 e 4

Statistics on students' past performance (Art. 2 del D.M. 31/10/2007, n. 544)

Data from AA 2012/2013 are not available yet