CSE532 -- Schedule

This course schedule is subject to (small) changes.

In the unlikely event that there will be changes in the date for the midterm exam, I will make the announcement at least one week in advance. Always, watch the announcements for the latest.

Please note: all chapter numbers refer to the textbook.

31:

Welcome, information, administrativia, survey of the undergraduate database material that you are supposed to know (Chapters 4,5, except Section 4.6)

2:

Survey of the undergraduate database material that you are supposed to know (Chapters 5, 6)

7:

Quiz - Take home quiz on undergraduate material.
Material to be tested: Ch 3,4,5,6 (except Section 4.6).
Will not be graded, but must be submitted.

9:

Chapter 13: Relational calculus, QBE, Datalog

14:

Chapter 13: Relational calculus, QBE, Datalog

16:

Chapter 13: Relational calculus, QBE, Datalog

21

Chapter 13: Relational calculus, QBE, Datalog. Project 1 out.

23:

Chapter 14: Object-oriented databases

28:

Chapter 14: Object-oriented databases

4:

Chapter 10: Query processing basics.

6:

Chapter 10: Query processing basics

11:

Chapter 11: Query optimization Project 2 due. Project 3 out.

13:

Chapter 11: Query optimization

18, 20:

Spring recess - no classes

25:

Chapter 16: Distributed databases. Chapter 11: Query optimization

27:

Chapter 16: Distributed databases Chapter 11: Query optimization

2:

Chapter 17: OLAP and data mining. Chapter 11: Query optimization

4:

Chapter 16: Distributed databases
Project 3 due.

9:

Chapter 17: OLAP and data mining.
Project 3 due.

11:

Overview for the final exam.

• XML Schema, XPath, XSLT, XQuery, SQL/XML
• Distributed databases
• Query optimization.
• OLAP and data mining (Chapter 17, Sections 17.1 - 17.817.4 only)
• Recursive SQL and Datalog queries