Information integration is the merging of heterogeneous information from various data sources to a homogenous, clean dataset. This lecture introduces this ever-important topic. It will cover the basic technologies, such as distributed database architectures, techniques for virtual and materialized integration, and data cleansing technologies.

Further Information:

• Lectures are given in English on demand.
• Slides are available on the HPI-internal materials-folder.
• The exercises are led by Thorsten Papenbrock

The course will take place Mondays and Wednesdays at 11am in HS 3. Some lectures will have the form of exercises.

• Ulf Leser and Felix Naumann: Informationsintegration, dpunkt Verlag, 2006.
  This book is available at the UP library and also, e.g., from Amazon.de.
• Doan, Halevy, and Ives: Principles of data integration, Morgan Kaufmann, 2012.
• Özsu and Valduriez: Principles of distributed database systems, Springer, 2011.
• Stefan Conrad: Föderierte Datenbanksysteme, Springer,  1997.

Throughout the lecture I will refer to various scientific papers, that serve as in-depth references.

A written exam will take place on Feb. 15, 2015 at 13:00 in HS 1.