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Database Management Systems CS 542 --- Fall 2012

Instructor: Elke Rundensteiner

Email: rundenst@cs.wpi.edu

http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~cs542/f12

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Course Information Goal

– Introduction to the theory and design of database management systems (DBMSs).

Who should attend?– Interested in database systems, database

application development, and database research Scope

• Database application design and development • Fundamental concepts in database theory• Internals of database management systems

Meetings– Tu/Th.: 4pm - 5:20 pm at HL 202– Office Hours : As posted on course page.

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Contact and Communication

You will be registered in:

cs542 - I’ll say -- @cs.wpi.edu

You can register yourself via majordomo

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Textbook Raghu Ramakrishnan and Johannes Gehrke

DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS McGraw-Hill Publisher, Third Edition

Used copies are available !

Book site– http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~dbbook/

– Useful on-line solutions on some problems.

– Useful project sample code

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Course Material

http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~cs542/f12

+ lecture overheads

+ homework assignments

+ project guidelines and due dates

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Optional Readings Understanding the New SQL: A Complete Guide J. Melton and A.

R. Simon, Morgan-Kaufmann, 1993. A Guide to the SQL Standard (third edition) C. J. Date and H.

Darwen, Addison-Wesley, 1994. Database Systems Impl. by Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeff Ullman

and Jennifer Widom, (Prentice-Hall) A First Course in Database Systems, by Ullman and Widom,

(Prentice-Hall, 1999) Fundamentals of Database Systems R. Elmasri, and S. Navathe,

Benjamin Cummings, any edition. Database System Concepts, 2nd Edition H.F. Korth, and A.

Silberschatz, McGraw-Hill, any edition. A First Course in Database Systems, J. Widom and J. D. Ullman,

Prentice-Hall, 1997. Principles of Data and Knowledge Base Systems, Volume 1, J.D.

Ullman, Computer Science Press,

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Grading Policy

Final grades based on 100 points:

– 20 points: Assignments (maybe Quizzes) – 40 points: Exams (Midterm: 20pts, Final: 20pts)– 30 points: Course Project (Report,

Presentation, and Demonstration) – 10 points: Research Study/Presentation – tba.

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Project Grading the difficulty of the project you have chosen solution approach, design and

implementation the oral project presentation the written documentation of your project successful completion of your intended

(even if later modified) project goals the demonstration of your system (including

successful example runs) the understanding of each team member of

his or her part of the project

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Cheating and Late Policy NO CHEATING!

– All work is to be done on an individual basis; unless otherwise indicated.

– No violation of the WPI's guidelines for academic integrity. Late Penalty

– One penalty-free late turn-in, as long as approved by instructor.– Turned in within the first 24 hours after the due date: subtracting

30% of the total achievable points of that deliverable– Between 24 to 48 hours late: reduction of 70% of the total

achievable points.– Certain deliverables may not have ANY LATE day, as

announced.

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Rough Time Schedule

8/23: Organizational meeting (TODAY) 9/18: Project Intent due 10/2: Project Proposal due 10/23: Midterm Exam 11/6: Project Progress Report 12/4: Final Exam 12/11-13: Final Projects (in class demos)