This is the second module of Decision Support Systems (801AA, 12 ECTS), previously called Laboratory of Data Science (664AA, 6 ECTS).

Instructors:

• Anna Monreale
  • KDD Laboratory, Università di Pisa
  • http://pages.di.unipi.it/amonreale/
  • anna [dot] monreale [at] unipi [dot] it
  • Office hours: Friday: 14:30-15:30 online using Teams or at the Department of Computer Science, room 374/E (Please ask for an appointment by email).
  • Telephone +39-050-2213119

Cristiano Landi

• KDD Laboratory, Univesità di Pisa
• cristiano [dot] landi [at] phd [dot] unipi [dot] it
• Office hours: Wednesday: 14:00-16:00 online using Teams or at the Department of Computer Science, room 343 (Please ask for an appointment by email).

Always email both instructors and include [LDS] at the beginning of the subject line.

The following is the timetable for the whole Decision Support Systems course. The two modules span differently over the semester. The first module will take most of the lessons from September to October. The second module will take most of the lessons from November to December.

A Teams channel is used to post news, Q&A, and other stuff related to the course. The lectures will be only in person and will NOT be live-streamed, but recordings of the lecture from this or the previous years will be made available for non-attending students. The recording publication could receive some delays (one week of delays).

• The slides used in the course will be inserted in the calendar after each class.
• Recordings of each lecture will be made available for non-attending students.

• 2016/17 text, 2015/16 text and 2015/16 solution, 2014/15 text and 2014/2015 solution, 2013/14 text, 2012/13 text and 2012/13 solution.

• Anaconda
• SQL Server 2019 Management Studio or newer:SQL Server 2019 Management Studio.
• Visual Studio Community 2022. Install/include SSDT workload in the installation manager of Visual Studio: instructions Italian: Data Tools Visual Studio 2022 IT English: Data Tools Visual Studio 2022 EN.
• Microsoft Excel
• Power BI Desktop
• Unipi VPN

Note: preconfigured virtual machines will be available to download in the Teams channel for both AMD64 (Intel/AMD) and ARM (Apple Silicon) architectures. The virtual machines come with all the required software installed and tested, except for Microsoft Excel: you can download it for free from office.com using your University credentials.

• Connection to wi-fi
• F.A.Q.s about the labs
• Unipi VPN
• Unipi Authentication to access the VPN, make sure that network access services are enabled on your profile. Follow this link to access your Unipi profile.

The exam of Decision Support Systems (801AA, 12 ECTS) consists of a written part and an oral part on the topics of the first module (50% of the final grade), and a lab project or written test with discussion on the topics of the second module (50% of the final grade). See Module I: Decision Support Databases for the theory part. The project of Module II can be discussed only after passing Module I and not later than one year since then.

The lab project has to be submitted within the specified deadline that will be communicated asap. If the project is not submitted within the deadline, a practical test and a discussion on the topics of the second module will be required for the exam instead.

PROJECT

A project consists of a set of assignments corresponding to a BI process: data integration, construction of an OLAP cube, querying of the OLAP cube, and reporting.

The project has to be performed by a team of 3 students.

Registration to the written exam is mandatory (pay attention at the deadline for registering!): register here

Please indicate in the notes “Only Lab” for doing only the discussion of the lab project; “Only DSD” for doing only the written+oral part of the DSD module; or “DSD+Lab” for doing both.

Important: The date of the discussion of the lab project will be communicated to you by the instructors. The dates reported in the registration website refear only the written part of the DSD module.

Oral Exam Date for LDS during the Winter Sessions: TBD

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• Decision Support Systems - Module II (6 ECTS): LABORATORY OF DATA SCIENCE (2022/2023)
• LABORATORY OF DATA SCIENCE (2021/2022)
• LABORATORY OF DATA SCIENCE (2020/2021)
• LABORATORY OF DATA SCIENCE (2019/2020)
• LABORATORY OF DATA SCIENCE (2018/2019)
• BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE LAB (2017/2018)