LSIR course, summer semester 2004

Conception of Information Systems

Description

This lecture demonstrates the key concepts in the development of information systems with respect to technology selection and requirements analysis.
The first part of the lecture (11 units), given by Prof. Aberer, introduces the state of the art technologies and their underlying concepts for developing intra- and inter-enterprise applications. It gives emphasis to those technologies that provide for Web integration.
The second part of the lecture (3 units), held by Prof. Wegmann, gives an introduction to a requirements analysis method. It provides the students with a method to perform a requirements technology selection.

Credits: 3
Written exam (see last year's test exam and final exam)
Time and Place: Lecture: Tuesday 14:00 - 16:00, room CO 2, Exercise: Wednesday 16:00 - 18:00, IN3.
Newsgroup: epfl.ic.cours.CIS

Prerequisites

• Java Programming
• Relational Databases and SQL
• Transactions
• Message Oriented Middleware: JMS
• Distributed Objects: RMI, CORBA

Team

Exercises

Part 1

• The exercises consist of practical homework assignments and are solved in groups of two.

• There are five exercises:

  1. XML and integration of heterogeneous data

  2. JDBC and JSP

  3. Distributed Transactions

  4. JMS and Enterprise Java Beans

  5. Web Services

• There will be one exercise every two weeks.

• You can use the machines in IN 1 and IN 3 to solve the exercises..

• Solutions are submitted electronically.

• Solutions for the old exercise and an introduction to the new one will be presented during the exercise hours.

• Please read these practical guidelines before starting to work on the exercises!
  

Part 2

• Similar to part 1 except that exercises and lectures are mixed and given in CO 2.

• The exercises of part 2 are not graded.

Finale Grade

There is a final written exam. The final grade is computed in the following way:

0.75 · max(grade_part1, (1 - 0.1 · nr_ex) · grade_part1 + 0.1 · nr_ex · grade_exercise) + 0.25 · grade_part2

 

nr_ex = number of exercises submitted

grade_exercise= average grade of submitted exercises

grade_part1 = exam grade part 1 (3 questions)

grade_part2 = exam grade part 2 (1 question)

Thus, part 1 counts 75% and part 2 counts 25%. The weight of the exercises (of part 1) is at most 33% if they are better than the exam grade of part 1.

You can download Test Exam

Lecture Schedule

Literature