CS6453 Advanced Database Systems

Syllabus (under construction)

Course Overview

The purpose of this course is to study selected topics related to the design and implementation of advanced database management systems and to explore current research directions in database and information systems. This course is especially suitable for Ph. D. students and M. S. students who are looking for research topics for their theses or research projects in areas of database and Web based information systems. The selected topics will be in areas of XML databases, stream data management, mobile data menegement, Web databases, database integration, data warehousing and OLAP, and data mining. The course will include lectures, group discussions, programming assignments, and a research project. Written critiques of research papers are also expected.

Prerequisite

A grade B or better in CS5443 or an equivalent course. A strong abilities of programming in Java or C/C++. A working knowledge of the Unix operating system.

Textbook

• There is no required textbook for this course. The main reading materials are  drawn from  the research literature and will be accessible from this course web site.

• Recommended Books: The following books provide coverage of fundamental database system concepts, theories, and implementation techniques, with charpters on various advanced topics as well.

  • Database Management Systems, 3rd Ed., by R. Ramakrishnan and J. Gehrke

  • Database System Concepts, 4th Ed., by Silberschatz, Korth, & Sudarshan

  • Data on the Web, From Relations to Semistructured Data and XML, by S. Abiteboul, P. Buneman, and Dan Suciu

• Following books are reserved in the JPL Reserve Desk.

  • Database System Implementation, by H. Garcia-Molina, J. Ullman, & J. Widom

  • Principles of Distributed Database Systems, 2nd Edition, by M. T. Ozsu and P. Valduriez

  • Fundamentals of Database Systems, 3rd Ed., by Elmasri & Navathe

  See here for a more complete list of database books reserved in the Library.

Last Day to Drop

Friday, March 12, 2004.

Grading Policy

30%	Programming Projects
40%	Research Project and Presentation
10%	Class Participation
20%	Written Critiques

A letter grade is assigned based on accumulated numerical grade: A: over 90%, B: over 80%, C: over 70%, D: over 60%, and F: under 60%.

Code of Honor

We believe in the highest level of academic integrity. Unless otherwise required, each student is expected to complete his or her assignment individually and independently. Although study together is encouraged, the work handed in for grading by each student is expected to be his or her own. Any form of academic dishonesty will be strictly forbidden and will be punished to the maximum extent.

Late Policy

Assignments must be handed in by the due time. No late assignment will be accepted unless compelling reasons can be supplied and verified. Late assignments will receive no grade.

Communication

• A class mailing list is set up automatically for the course.  This mailing list will be used to send important announcements to the entire class. You CS email address is included in the mailing list. You are responsible of checking emails frequently. You may wish to set up email forwarding if you do not use CS account frequently.  

• The course web page is at http://www.cs.utsa.edu/~wzhang/cs6453/home . Assignments (homework and project), announcement, and other information regarding the course will be posted there from time to time. Students are responsible of checking out this web page frequently (at least once a week) for last minute announcement.

• A designated office hour is reserved each week, so that we can discuss academic issues related to the course and I can answer any question you might have with the course materials. In case you could not make to the office hour due to time conflict, an appointment at a mutually agreeable time may be set up by email or phone.

Class Schedule (Tentative)

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