Course detail

Selected Topics of Information Systems

FIT-VPDAcad. year: 2025/2026

The technological parts of an information system, especially in the portal solution: server, client, data channel. Classification of information systems: OLTP and OLAP. Data, processes and their definition in the OLAP model, transactions and their model. Data and their definition in the OLAP model. The network environment for the information systems implementation, internet and its protocols, http. The document and its definition, SGML, XML. The server and its function v the information system, the communication between the server and the database. The server programming. The server part design, the conceptual schema. E-R diagram, the transformation of the conceptual schema into the production model. The object-oriented conceptual modelling. The client and its function. The client in the portal solution. The client programming. The visualization problems. The clent-server data transport , the data coding methods: XML, JSON. 

Doctoral state exam - topics:

  1. The technological parts of an information system, especially in the portal solution: server, client, data channel.
  2. Classification of information systems: OLTP and OLAP.
  3. Data, processes and their definition in the OLAP model, transactions and their model. 
  4. Data and their definition in the OLAP model.
  5. The network environment for the information systems implementation, internet and its protocols, http.
  6. The document and its definition, SGML, XML.
  7. The server and its function v the information system, the communication between the server and the database. The server programming.
  8. The server part design, the conceptual schema. E-R diagram, the transformation of the conceptual schema into the production model.
  9. The object-oriented conceptual modelling.
  10. The client and its function. The client in the portal solution. The client programming.
  11. The visualization problems.
  12. The clent-server data transport , the data coding methods: XML, JSON. 

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Tomáš Hruška, CSc.

Department

Department of Information Systems (UIFS)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

discussion on the doctoral lectures, assembling of an essay of the given topic
lectures only

Aims

To obtain an overview in the advanced design and implementation of information systems.
To obtain an overview of the modern information systems with th ability to present in their usage and the theoretical research.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Coad, P., Yourdon, E.: Object-Oriented Analysis, Yourdon Press, Engelwood Cliffs, New Jersey 1991.
Hudhes, J.,G.: Object-Oriented Databases, Prentice Hall 1991, p. 280
Jacobson, I.: Object-Oriented Software Engineering - A Use case Driven Approach, Addison Wesley, ACM Press 1992, p.524
Kleppmann, M.: Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems, O'Reilly Media, 2017.
Petrov, A.: Database Internals: A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work, O'Reilly Media, 2019.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme DIT Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DIT Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DIT-EN Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DIT-EN Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Tomáš Hruška, CSc.

Syllabus

  1. The technological parts of an information system, especially in the portal solution: server, client, data channel.
  2. Classification of information systems: OLTP and OLAP.
  3. Data, processes and their definition in the OLAP model, transactions and their model. 
  4. Data and their definition in the OLAP model.
  5. The network environment for the information systems implementation, internet and its protocols, http.
  6. The document and its definition, SGML, XML.
  7. The server and its function v the information system, the communication between the server and the database. The server programming.
  8. The server part design, the conceptual schema. E-R diagram, the transformation of the conceptual schema into the production model.
  9. The object-oriented conceptual modelling.
  10. The client and its function. The client in the portal solution. The client programming.
  11. The visualization problems.
  12. The clent-server data transport , the data coding methods: XML, JSON.  

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Tomáš Hruška, CSc.