Introduction to Database Design (CS 6360) 
 
   Time and Location :  F 10:00am-12:45pm@ECSS 
     
Instructor                             :   Murat Kantarcioglu
Office Hours & Location :   Friday 4pm-5pm @ Online or by appointment
 
       Teaching Assistant           :   Zihe Song, zihe.song@utdallas.edu
Office Hours: Thursday, 3:30-4:30pm online.

Prerequisites                  :   CS 5343
   
                        

 Grading:

  •   Homework   % 10 (4 homework, each worth 2.5%)
  •   Project         % 30 (Group project (up to 4 people) that requires programming)
  •   Midterm       % 30  
  •   Final            % 30 (All topics covered included)

 

   Course Topics: (tentative)
Methods, principles, and concepts that are relevant to the practice of database software design
including: Database system architecture; conceptual database models; relational and 
object-oriented databases; database system implementation; query processing and optimization; 
transaction processing concepts, concurrency, and recovery; security.

         
           Textbook:    
         
Database Management Systems, Ramakrishnan and Gehrke, Third Edition       
                

 Course Outline:

 

08.26.22

09.02.22

  • The Relational Model and SQL DDL
  • Relational Algebra (slides)
  • Relational Algebra Example (slides)

09.09.22

09.16.22

09.23.22

09.30.22

10.07.22

  • Evaluation of Other Operations (slides)
  • A typical relational optimizer (slides)
  • Additional Reading:
    • A query optimization survey (pdf) (INCLUDED in the FINAL !)
    • An overview of query optimization in oracle (pdf)
    • A detailed discussion of query optimization in oracle (pdf)

10.14.22

  • Midterm !!!!

10.21.22

  • Overview of Transaction Management (slides)

10.28.22

11.04.22

11.11.22

11.12.22 (saturday)

11.18.22

11.25.22       Thanksgiving Holiday

12.02.22

  • FINAL exam. In class.