Information Systems

The course will be split in two main parts: Computer systems and networks as the theoretical part and MySQL training as Laboratory part. The former part will be focused on Computer systems, with Operating systems concepts and application software basics, databases, big data, cloud services, Internet applications business models, including Google as a success case. The network part will include communications and networks basics, focusing on Internet basic services offered by the Internet Protocol Stack. Finally, an introduction to computer and network security, to answer to common questions, such as "how to protect information/communication?", "What is a virus? And how can I protect myself from viruses and malware?", "Which are the most popular attacks to Internet users? How to be safe?". The latter part will deliver the basic concepts of Relational Databases and their practical implementation (e.g. how to create a DB, how retrieve information, how to import/export data, etc.), via lab classes.