CS44 - Database Management Systems
Fall 2018


Course Basics

Lecture: Tuesday/Thursday 1:15pm-2:30, Science Center 128
Lab A: Wednesday 1:15 - 2:45pm, Science Center 256
Lab B: Wednesday 3:00 - 4:30pm, Science Center 256
Instructor: Ameet Soni    
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Office: Science Center 253
Office hours: 10am to noon, Friday or by appointment
Prep Time (limited availability): Wednesday 10am to noon, Tuesday/Thursday 11am to 1pm
Course Discussion: Piazza

Welcome to CS44. Databases sit at the core of all modern commercial software/systems, managing the storage, update, and retrieval of large amounts of data in an efficient manner. This course provides an introduction to database management systems (DBMS); in particular, concentrating on the theory, design, and implementation of relational database management systems. Topics covered include data models (ER and relational model); data storage and access methods (files, indices); query languages (SQL, relational algebra, relational calculus, QBE); query evaluation; query optimization; transaction management; concurrency control; crash recovery; and some advanced topics (distributed databases, object-relational databases). A project that involves implementing and testing components of a relational database management system is a large component of the course.

To enroll in this course you must have completed CPSC 35 AND CPSC 31. This course is designated as a natural sciences and engineering practicum (NSEP) and qualifies as a Group 2: Systems course for the CS major/minor requirements.

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