ITIS 5160 Applied Databases Fall 2013

Overview Class hour 6:30 – 9:15pm, Wedn, Woodward Hall 125 Office hour 3:00 – 5:00pm, Wedn Instructor - Dr. Xintao Wu - Office – Woodward Hall 333E Webpage Textbook Raghu Ramakrishnan, Johannes Gehrke. Database Management Systems(3rd) McGraw Hill, 2002 Online information, Lecture slides Solutions to odd-numbered exercises Minibase software

Topic Description Concept design, ER model, relational model, SQL, normal forms DB programming and JDBC Database indexing, physical database design and tuning Data warehouse Conceptual design, OLAP, data cube Physical design, indexing & tuning Advanced database topics, distributed DB, OODB, web DB, KDD etc.

Course Prerequisite Data Structures Familiarity with programming with Java or C++ is assumed

Grading Composition Homework and quiz10% Project 30% Midterm 20% Final 40% Scale >=90% = A 75-89% = B 50-74% = C <50% or cheating = F

Project reports Late policy: No acceptable. Must be word or pdf format. Electronic submission accepted

Project Develop an information system using Oracle. Two components: both OLTP and OLAP oriented Each group consists 3-4 students 4-6 hours workload each week is expected Java or C++ assumed More information

Midterm & Final Open books and notes No discussion Cumulative No makeup Class attendance is not required Bonus is expected