Tutorials

T1 -" A Programmatic Introduction to Neo4j"

Organiser - Julian Simpson

Duration - Full day

Neo4j is a JVM-based NOSQL database. As the leading graph database, its model is intuitive and expressive, mapping closely to your whiteboard domain model. For highly connected data, Neo4j is thousands of times faster than relational databases, making it ideal for managing complex data across many domains, from finance to social, telecoms to geospatial.

This tutorial covers the core functionality of the Neo4j graph database. With a mixture of theory and entertaining hands-on coding sessions, attendees will learn how to manage highly connected real-world data and build systems with Neo4j.

Outline:

  • NOSQL and Graph Database overview
  • Neo4j Fundamentals and Architecture
  • The Neo4j Core API
  • Indexing
  • Neo4j Traverser API
  • The Cypher query language

T2 - "Data Analytics"

Organisers - Prof. Ramamohanarao Kotagiri and Chris Leckie both of Melbourne Uni

Duration - Half Day