1. CS363: Introduction to Database Systems Instructor: Ying Cai Department of Computer Science Iowa State University yingcai@iastate.edu Office: Atanasoff 201 Office Hours: MWF 3:00pm-4:00pm

2. A little bit on my background From 1995 to 2003 (industry) Principal systems engineer, nStore/StorLogic  Redundant Array of Independent Disk (RAID) monitoring system Senior software engineer, Fiserv  Check image management From 2003 to Present (academic) Associate Professor, Iowa State University  Multimedia communication  Mobile computing  Cloud computing

3. Database A collection of related data [Elmasri] A database represents some aspect of real world called “miniworld” [Elmasri] or “enterprise” [Ramakrishnan] A database can be of any size and of varying complexity. It may be generated and maintained manually or using computers

4. Database Management System (DBMS) A software package designed to store and manage databases Relational DBMSs: MySQL, DB2, Informix, Oracle, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, FoxBase, Paradox

5. Objectives The course is aimed at students with little or no background in database management systems (DBMS) At the end of the course students should be able to Design and implement database applications using some commercial DBMS Understand the internal implementation of a typical DBMS

6. Course Materials Lecture notes (available for downloading) Recommended books An Elemental Approach to Databases by Shashi Gadia Database Management Systems by R. Ramakrishnan and J. Gehrke, Mc Graw Hill.

7. Topic Coverage Part 1: Design and implementation of database applications ER-model Relational data model and mapping from ER-to relations Implementation of the design of a database application Functional dependencies and normalization

8. Topic Coverage Part 2: Internal of database management systems Storage management Implementation and cost estimation of basic operators Relational algebra and Query optimization Transaction management

9. Topic Coverage Part 3: Advanced Topics Graph data model, Object-oriented data model, XML Spatial indexing Data mining Internet search

10. Grading Policy (tentative) In-class participation: 6% Four homeworks: 24% Two programming Projects: 30% Three exams: 40% There will be two closed book tests and one closed book final. The final will be comprehensive. Your 2 best scores out of the three will be considered toward your grade)

11. Mutual Contract Instructor I will provide information about database principles and practice to the best of my knowledge I will uphold my professional ethics Students I will participate in this course and practice concepts learned through lectures, assignments, exams, and team projects to the best of my ability I will uphold academic honesty, professional ethics and be a good class and world citizen

12. Other Policies Academic Honesty Students who plagiarize other work in any part of assignment/tests will receive F as the letter grade for this course, and will be reported to the university. Disability If you have a documented disability and anticipate needing accommodations in this course, please make arrangements to meet with me soon.