IST 210: Organization of Data Introduction

Instructor Instructor: Dashun Wang Office: 316J IST Building Office Hours: 3:45-4:45 PM Tuesday, or by appointment Email: dwang@ist.psu.edu TA: Tutaleni Asino Office: 334 IST Building Office Hours: 1:00-2:00 PM Thursday, or by appointment Email: tia103@psu.edu

Time and Location Course Number: IST 210, section 002 Credits: 4 Lecture Time:  2:30 PM - 3:45 PM Tuesday and Thursday Location: 208 IST Building Lab Time: 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Wednesday Will skip some weeks – No Labs for the first two weeks! Location: 202 IST Building

Course Homepage Log into your ANGEL IST210 Course Homepage Log into your ANGEL You will see all course information on our course website: http://sites.psu.edu/ist210w/ Will also upload lecture notes after class Download assignments

Why Should I Take This Course? IST210 Why Should I Take This Course?

Why Should You Take This Course? IST210 Why Should You Take This Course? It is required! Pre-requisite for other advanced courses Why did IST make this course required? Importance in organizing data, information, and knowledge

IST210 Where are we at? When are we living?

“Every 2 days we create as much information as we did up to 2003.” IST210 “Every 2 days we create as much information as we did up to 2003.” Eric Schmidt, Google

IST210 Google processes 20 petabytes per day

IST210 10 petabytes

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Organization of Data is Important IST210 Organization of Data is Important Huge amount of data need to be well organized: we need a database that has the following characteristics: Massive – terabytes, petabytes, … Persistent Safe – Hardware, software, power, users Multi-user Convenient Efficient Reliable

What Will I Learn From This Class? IST210 What Will I Learn From This Class?

What is This Course About? Database An effective and efficient way to organize data Key issues that will be covered in this course How to design a database? E-R Diagram, Database implementation How to query a database? SQL How to build a website connecting with database? HTML, PHP, web server… Examples of course projects in previous classes http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLTMn5zyFv-AZ3-gxwj-OxA/videos

How Can I Get an A? Class After class 5 assignments (3%*5=15%) IST210 How Can I Get an A? Class Lecture, discussion, project Attendance check: 5% in final grading. If you are not able to attend class with reasonable excuse, instructor or TA should be notified before class Class rule: Computers will be taken control during lecture time After class 5 assignments (3%*5=15%) 5 group reports (3%*5=15%) Project will be carried as a team (4 persons) 10% final presentation. 10% final report Lab (5% in final grading) Programming, project Individual programming exercises Team project A website connecting with database Exams: 15% midterm + 25% final

IST210 Coding in Fun

Grading Assignment 15% (3%*5) Exam 40% (15% Midterm, 25% Final Exam) IST210 Grading Assignment 15% (3%*5) Exam 40% (15% Midterm, 25% Final Exam) Project 35% (3%*5 report, 20% final presentation and report) Lab 5% Class Attendance 5%

Grading: Assignment Cut-off time on ANGEL: midnight IST210 Grading: Assignment Total 5 assignments: 3%*5 = 15% Due: one week after an assignment is given Must submit online through ANGEL before deadline Cut-off time on ANGEL: midnight Strict late submission penalty Will get penalty even if it is just 1 second late After the deadline but less than 24 hours: penalized 10% More than 24 hours but less than 48 hours late: penalized 30% No submissions are accepted more than 48 hours late Independent work! Do not exchange your answers with your classmates! Do not search for solutions online!

Grading: Exam Mid-term Exam Final Exam 15%, Chapter 1-3 IST210 Grading: Exam Mid-term Exam 15%, Chapter 1-3 Final Exam 25%, all chapters with more focus on Ch.4 and 5

IST210 Grading: Team Project A web-based database system to demonstrate what you have learnt Data organization to facilitate Information access Information organization and management Be innovative! The wow factor Group will be assigned based on your technical backgrounds Complete the survey on ANGEL Group size: 4 students

Grading: Project (cont.) IST210 Grading: Project (cont.) Group grade 3% for each progress report (total 15%) 10% for the final report 10% for the final presentation Individual adjustment For each report: 30% is related to individual contribution and involvement. Done your part of work: 15% Participation: 15%

Grading: Project (cont.) IST210 Grading: Project (cont.) Five stage progress reports Each has a very specific problem related to the project Project description Data modeling Relational model Queries Web connection One final report Put all progress reports together Make changes based on suggestions from TA and me Include the final result of your design Screen shots of your service URL pointing to your database Final in-class presentation

Grading: Project (cont.) IST210 Grading: Project (cont.) Database design Coding is an integral part of the class PHP: PHP Hypertext Preprocessor HTML Templates and examples will be provided No coding experience Work hard Start early Don’t panic, we will help you come to office hour and come to the lab!

Some Challenges You Will Face … IST210 Some Challenges You Will Face … Programming HTML, PHP Do not worry about grading if zero experience 5% lab Programming in projects are done as a team No programming in assignments, midterm exam and final Bonus points for programming Assignments Some are time consuming Team project Team work

IST210 Textbook Textbook: Database Concepts by Kroenke & Auer/ Pearson, 7th edition Previous editions are OK (at least up to 5th…) Not required

Policy Academic Integrity University policy IST210 Policy Academic Integrity Individual assignments must be completed independently. Students are strongly encouraged to form study groups and to learn from peer students. However, discussion on homework questions in study group should be limited to general approaches to solutions. Specific answers should never be discussed. Penn State's policy regarding Academic Integrity must be followed. University policy http://www.psu.edu/dept/oue/aappm/R-6.html

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