General Introduction Introduction to database systems

©Silberschatz, Korth and Sudarshan2 Instructor Marius Silaghi  PhD  Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (2002)  Research Interests  Protocols for reasoning with: distributed relations/constraints/databases  Security in such exchanges  Consistency guarantees for such exchanges

©Silberschatz, Korth and Sudarshan3 General Introduction CSE 4020/5260 content Grading Policies

©Silberschatz, Korth and Sudarshan4 Objectives To provide a grand tour of the organization of this semester’s class

©Silberschatz, Korth and Sudarshan5 Study By the book  Database System Concepts, 6 th Edition,  By: Abraham Silberschatz, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan By slides and hand-notes  Linked from the website of the class: Everything mentioned in class has to be retained  Write down notes of what we discuss and is not on slides

©Silberschatz, Korth and Sudarshan6 CSE 4020 Topics Introduction to Databases Relational Model Entity-Relationship Model Structured Query Language (Sequel) Relational Algebra Tuple Relational Calculus Database Design

©Silberschatz, Korth and Sudarshan7 Grading Mid-term 35% (due Fri, Oct 5) Final 35% (in class, Wed, Dec 9 6-8pm) Project 16% Quiz/Assignments 2% Slides 12% Bonuses (for in-class feedback)

©Silberschatz, Korth and Sudarshan8 Attendance and Participation Attendance is taken each class, and together with participation it contribute towards a bonus of up to 5% of the final grade. You are considered absent at a lecture during which you watch a device (laptop/PDA/phone, etc.) or read a book. Participation is a measure of your constructive involvement in the course:  asking “the right questions”  at “the right time”  being serious and non-disturbing otherwise  helping your colleagues when needed  attending office hours

©Silberschatz, Korth and Sudarshan9 Paired Projects You are allowed and encouraged to work in pairs Submissions are allowed only via the submit server. No late submissions accepted. You can select what DBMS you want to use in your project You are supposed to Google to find documentation to make your project work.  It may not work straightforwardly. You may need to use tricks to get the job done.

©Silberschatz, Korth and Sudarshan10 Have fun! Suggestions are welcome.

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