1. 11/29/2015Elke A. Rundensteiner -- CS5421 Database Management Systems CS 542 --- Fall 2012 Instructor: Elke Rundensteiner Email: rundenst@cs.wpi.edurundenst@cs.wpi.edu http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~cs542http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~cs542/f12

2. 11/29/2015 Elke A. Rundensteiner -- CS5422 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.

3. 11/29/2015 Elke A. Rundensteiner -- CS5423 Contact and Communication You will be registered in: cs542 - I’ll say -- @cs.wpi.edu You can register yourself via majordomo

4. 11/29/2015 Elke A. Rundensteiner -- CS5424 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

5. 11/29/2015 Elke A. Rundensteiner -- CS5425 Course Material http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~cs542/f12 + lecture overheads + homework assignments + project guidelines and due dates

6. 11/29/2015 Elke A. Rundensteiner -- CS5426 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,

7. 11/29/2015 Elke A. Rundensteiner -- CS5427 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.

8. 11/29/2015 Elke A. Rundensteiner -- CS5428 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

9. 11/29/2015 Elke A. Rundensteiner -- CS5429 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.

10. 11/29/2015 Elke A. Rundensteiner -- CS54210 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)