Please prepare a report and accompanying PowerPoint presentation on one of the
following topics. You may choose your own topic if you prefer, but clear it with me.
Reports should be at least 10 pages long including figures and tables and should have 8 or
more references. Opinion pieces and book reviews are not acceptable.
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Multidimensional Databases/ Data Cubes
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Advanced Access Schemes (bitmapped indexes, intelligent query engines, new
architectures, etc.)
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Business Intelligence Products. Products designed to extract and present data from a
warehouse. What are they and how do they work?
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Knowledge Management systems. Knowledge management usually deals with nonatomic data such as text or images. What products are available, how do they work,
what is the state of the technology?
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Data Mining. Techniques and tools.
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ETL/DW products. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of products such as
Informatica, Cognos, Brio/Hyperion, etc.
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DW applications. Pick an application such as customer relationship management or
supply chain management and discuss how it works.
Potential Web resources include:
http://www.dwinfocenter.org/
http://www.tdwi.org/index.aspx
intelligententerprise.com