CS 561 - Course Schedule

Schedule of major due dates, in particular, projects and exams are given below. Exact topics covered will be somewhat adjusted as we go along. Click here for actual topics covered and on-line lecture notes for the course.

Week Talks and Topics Notes
week 1:
Jan 18 		Course Logistics
Database Introduction
Object-Relational Databases. 		PROJECT1 OUT
week 2:
Jan 25 		OO/Object-Relational Models/DBs.
Literature Research. 		.
week 3:
Feb 1 		Rules and Triggers; Active Databases
Queries as Data (Oracle)/PSoup 		.
week 4:
Feb 8 		XML Basics : Data Modeling
XML Querying: XQuery.
week 5:
Feb 15 		XML Query Processing Strategies.
XML Algebra, XML Indexing.
PROJECT1 DUE.
PROJECT2 OUT.
week 6:
Feb 22 		XML + Relational Databases.
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week 7:
Mar 1 		Advanced Query Optimization.
week 8:
Mar 8 		Distributed Databases.
Stream/Sensor Databases
PROJECT2 DUE.
PROJECT3 OUT.
week 9:
Mar 15 		Adaptive Query Processing.
DB + Networking.
PROJECT3: PROPOSAL DUE.
week10:
Mar 22 		Information Integration/View Technology
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week11:
Mar 29 		Data Warehousing/Decision Support
On-line Analytic Processing 		PROJECT3: PROGRESS DUE.
week12:
Apr 5 		Mobile and Wireless Databases.
Autonomic Computing.
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week13:
Apr 12 		Misc. Topics

FINAL EXAM.
week14:
Apr 19 		--- NO CLASS.
week15:
Apr 26 		FINAL PROJECT DEMOS. FINAL PROJECTS DUE. .