CS4432: Database Systems II Course Logistics 1

Textbook 2 Required “Database Systems: The Complete Book”, Second Edition Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey D. Ullman and Jennifer D. Widom Prentice Hall, ISBN: Other Good Books Database Management Systems, by Raghu Ramakrishnan and Johannes Gehrke, McGraw-Hill. Fundamentals of Database Systems, by Ramez Elmasri and Shamkant Navathe, Addison Wesley. An Introduction to Database Systems, by C. J. Date, Addison Wesley.

3 Course Logistics – Web Page: Electronic WPI system: blackboard.wpi.edu Lectures – Mon. & Thurs.: (1:00pm - 2:50pm) Grading

4 H/Ws and Projects Homeworks (4) – Individual effort (to assure you practice and know the material well) Projects (2) – Team effort of two (to collaborate and have feedback cycles on design) – Work inside a mini DBMS and add extensions

Tentative Deadlines and Late Submission Policy Check the website regularly Late Submission Policy – One-day late  15% off the max grade – Beyond that, no late submission is accepted 5

Course Management Two systems will be maintained – Web Page: – Electronic WPI system: blackboard.wpi.edu Homework/Project submissions – Electronically on blackboard.wpi.edu Viewing Grades – On blackboard.wpi.edu 6

Lectures & Exams 7

Office Hours Posted on the course web page Covers most days of the week Make use of them– they are there for YOU ! TAs: Maryam Hasan Qingyan Wang

9 Doing well Exams – Master the topics (attend lectures, homeworks, projects) – Master the topics on time Projects – Start early – Need to spend time first to understand the system before you add your code – Need to know Java

Project 10

SimpleDB mini DBMS You will use a small DBMS design for student’s learning (SimpleDB) It has basic functionalities, subset of SQL, few error checking It is written in Java Your task is to extend its functionality as will be given in the projects 11

So……Take Action Form teams of two in the first week and be ready Each team should be comfortable working with Java Understand, Understand, Understand…. – You must understand how things work before you add your code – What you will add at the end is relatively very small You can go ahead, download it, play with it… 12

Needed Background 13 Beginning database knowledge as gained in CS3431 (or, job experience) Some knowledge of software development (such as CS3733).