CS561.
Advanced Topics in Database Systems
Course grades are divided as follows:
| Items |
Percentage | Teaming |
| Presentation (0 or 1) |
15%
| Teams of 2 |
| Quizzes
(3) |
15%
| Individual |
| Coding Projects (4 or 5)
|
50%
| Teams of 2 |
Written Homeworks (2)
|
20%
| Individual |
Due Dates
- Homeworks & Projects: They will have their due date announced when a homework or project is released.
- One-day late submission is accepted with 10% off the max grade.
- Two-day late submission is accepted with 20% off the max grade.
- Beyond that, no late submission is accepted.
- Quizzes
- The instructor will specify the scope of each quiz.
- Teaming
- As mentioned above, projects and presentations will be done in teams of two. HWs and Quizzes will be done individually.
- Presentation vs. Projects
- Since the number of students in large, some teams may not do presentation while other teams will do a presentation.
- Expected to have 10 slots for students presentations (See the Schedule tab).
- Teams who will do a presentation will skip one coding project or HW (the team decides which assignment to skip).
- The Instructor will assign the teams the papers to read and present.
Final Exam
There is no final or midtem exams.