Credits: Three
Section: 7244, 1974
Instructor: Alejandro Pauly (apauly at cise)
Meeting Times: Tuesday 5:10 to 6:00, Thursday 5:10 to 7:05
Where: E221
The goal of this course is to teach the fundamentals of the database systems at a master student level. A variety of topics will be covered that are important for modern databases (see below) in order to prepare the students for real life applications of databases. No prerequisite knowledge of databases is required but basic understanding of data-structures and algorithms is assumed. The class will probably have a significant overlap with an undergraduate database class but will cover the topics in more details and at a faster pace. A project will be assigned in order to expose the students to real database applications. One of the main the themes of the class will be establishing a connection and relationships between databases and other computer science topics like computer architecture, operating systems, languages, theoretical computer science, etc.
The topics we will cover (at varying depths):
Required Textbook: Database Sytems, The Complete Book, Garcia-Molina, Ullman, Widom (Prentice Hall).
Alejandro's office hours and location:
When: Tuesday and Thursday after class (6-7:30PM Tuesday, 7-8PM Thursday)
Where: TBA
Contact Info: phone 352-392-TBA, email: apauly at cise
Teaching Assistants:
TBA. Office hours TBA
Attendance is not checked at each lecture but students are expected to attend and doing so is the best way to do well in the course. If you know you will miss a lecture, make sure to check with Alejandro so that you can be aware of the material that will be covered.
Attendance to exams and project demos is mandatory and can only be excused through a reasonably documented reason or if you have arranged an alternative schedule with Alejandro with enough time in advance. Failure to attend an exam or project demo without the proper excuse will result in a failing grade on that exam or project.
The course will be graded based on the following elements and weights:
The grade in this class is NOT curved and will follow the standard grading scale:
Assignments must be submitted through the Sakai system. Email and hard copy submissions will not be accepted.
It is your responsibility to check your graded exams and assignments and your right to discuss any grading issues with me or the TA. If we determine that we made a mistake or that the grade in question is not consistent with the rest of grading, then you will definitely get the grade you deserve. Note however that this can possibly mean that you will get a lower grade if we determine you were given a grade higher than you should have on the item in question. Although this is highly unlikely (that your grade will be lowered), please make sure to analyze your regrade request and have good reason to request it.
If you miss an exam or do not submit an assignment on time you will get no grade for that item unless you can provide appropriate excuse for missing the date. If you know in advance that you will miss a exam then you must provide a written excuse at least one week in advance. If you have an emergency and cannot provide one week advance notice then you must provide an official written excuse from a doctor, priest, police officer, or anyone who can verify the emergency. I will be definitely be understanding of such situations but I must ensure that no one takes advantage of this in order to be fair to the rest of the students.
An academic honesty offense is defined as the act of lying, cheating, or stealing academic information so that one gains academic advantage. As a University of Florida student, one is expected to neither commit nor assist another in committing an academic honesty violation. Additionally, it is the student's duty to report observed academic honesty violations. In this class, unless otherwise stated, it is expected that all work will be your own and will not be taken from any outside source without my explicit approval. All incidents of academic dishonesty will be prosecuted.
On all work submitted for credit by students at the University of Florida, the following pledge is either required or implied:
"On my honor, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid in doing this assignment."
See the Student Code of Conduct for more information.
Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to the Instructor when requesting accommodation. Your documentation and specific needs must be given as soon as possible, so that appropriate arrangements are made.