Michail Tsikerdekis

Dr. Michail Tsikerdekis is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Western Washington University. His research in cybersecurity has been featured in many top-tier journals and conferences. Over the years, he has taught a variety of courses in various departments such as computer science, information science, and sociology, including database systems and database concepts. He is an IEEE Senior Member and a 24/25 U.S. Fulbright Scholar.

books by Michail Tsikerdekis

Grokking Relational Database Design
  • March 2025
  • ISBN 9781633437418
  • 280 pages
Included with a Manning Online subscription
  • printed in black & white

Grokking Relational Database Design introduces the core skills you need to assemble and query tables using SQL. The clear explanations, intuitive illustrations, and hands-on projects make database theory come to life, even if you can’t tell a primary key from an inner join. As you go, you’ll design, implement, and optimize a database for an e-commerce application and explore how generative AI simplifies the mundane tasks of database designs.