CISC 432*/832*

Tentative Course Schedule

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Week

Dates

Topics

Deadlines/Notes

1

Sept 8 - 12

Course intro, DBMS storage and indexing

 

2

Sept 15 - 19

DBMS storage and indexing

 

3

Sept 22 - 26

Query evaluation and optimization

 

4

Sept 29 – Oct 3

Query evaluation and optimization

Programming Project proposal due Sept 29. Assignment 1 due Oct 2.
Email choice(s) of exam, paper, project.

5

Oct 6 - 10

Query evaluation and optimization

Survey Paper proposal due Oct 6. Quiz on Oct 8. No class on Oct 9.

6

Oct 13 - 17

Query evaluation and optimization

 

7

Oct 20 - 24

Transaction management

 

8

Oct 27 - 31

Transaction management

Assignment 2 due Oct 29 

9

Nov 3 - 7

Transaction management

Programming Project design proposal due Nov 6.

10

Nov 10 - 14

DB tuning

Quiz on Nov 10. Assignment 3 due Nov 13.

11

Nov 17 - 21

DB tuning

 

12

Nov 24 - 28

Review

Assignment 4 due Nov 26

 

Dec 1 - 5

No classes.

Survey paper due Dec 1.  Programming Project demo and report due this week.


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