David J. DeWitt

CS 764 will cover a number of advanced topics in the database systems area. Topics to be discussed include concurrency control and recovery techniques, query processing strategies for relational database systems, advanced access methods and file organizations, database operating systems, multiprocessor database machines, distributed database systems, object-oriented database systems, database system performance, data cubes, and mining. The course material will be drawn both from "classic" papers and from the recent database literature.  Clock here reading list/

Students taking 764 should be ready for some serious reading. We will cover about one to two papers per week, and students will be expected to read each of the papers before coming to the lectures. Participation in class discussions will be expected and encouraged.

Aside from reading, the course will involve midterm and final exams plus a project. The major grade determinants will be the exams and the project. The project will involve a mix of implementation and evaluation work, and you will be expected to present your project results in the form of a well-written final report.

Time and Place

MW 8:25 to 9:40, 1263 Computer Sciences

Office Hours

MY 10:00 to 11:30, 7363 CS 

By appointment also.

Exams

        Exam #1:   Monday, October 30th in Class

        Exam #2:   Monday, December 18th at 9.AM.

Graduate standing plus CS 564 and CS 537

Text

Readings in Database Systems - Third Edition - edited by Michael Stonebraker and Joe Hellerstein, Morgan Kaufmann Publisher

        Midterm (33%), Final exam (33%), final project (33%).

        To be posted.

Contacting Me:

        Office: 7363 CS
        Phone: 263-5489
        email: dewitt@cs.wisc.edu