CS 564 – Database Management Systems: Design and Implementation

Lectures: MW 2:30-3:45pm @ 108 Plant Sciences

Discussions: F 2:30-3:45pm @ 108 Plant Sciences

Instructor: Paris Koutris

• Office Hours: Monday 1-2pm, Thursday 2-3pm, or by appointment @ Room 4363

Teaching assistants

• Kavin Mani (Section 1) | Office hours: Monday 11:15-12:15 @ Room 1307

• Apul Jain (Section 2) | Office hours: Tuesday 1-2pm @ TBD

Class Mailing List: compsci564-1-f15@lists.wisc.edu

Piazza: signup link is here

Announcements

• Sample final exams from previous years can be found here.

• The deadline for Project 4 is now December 13th, and for Homework 2 December 15th!

• The fourth (and final!) project (B+ tree) is out! The deadline is December 6 (Sunday).

• The third project (Buffer Manager) is out! The deadline is November 22 (Sunday).

• The midterm is this Friday, October 23rd at 2:30pm. Some sample midterm exams from previous years:

  • Fall 2009: questions 1, 2, 3.

  • Fall 2013: questions 2 ,4a, 4b.

  • Fall 2006: questions 1 (except 1.8, 1.9), 2, 3.

• The second project (SQL queries) is out! The deadline is October 30th.

• The first homework is out! The deadline is October 16th.

• The first project is out. The deadline is October 4th.

• There will be a discussion on Friday 09/18. Don't miss it!

• There will be no discussion on Friday 09/11.

• The first class is Wednesday 09/02.

• There will be no class on Monday 09/07 (Labor day); instead there will be a lecture on Friday 09/04.