Sanjay Goel, School of Business, UAlbany

ITM 520 Database Management

Coursework

Readings

For 12/13:

TJX Case: "The TJ Maxx Credit Card Incident" http://tlotzke.myweb.usf.edu/tjx_creditcard.pdf | "Analyzing the TJ Maxx Data Security Fiasco" http://www.nysscpa.org/printversions/cpaj/2008/808/p34.htm
Big Data Case: "Making Advanced Analytics Work for You" http://students.kennesaw.edu/~gwilso29/hbr.pdf

For 12/14:

Data Mining Case: "How Companies Learn Your Secrets" http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.html

Hands-On Labs

There will be a number of hands-on laboratory exercises throughout the length of the class. Paper copies of these will be handed out in-class.

Assignments & Projects

In-class assignments will normally be provided during the class on paper.