University of California, Berkeley

CS 186: Introduction to Database Systems

Spring 2007 - Mary Roth & Eben Haber

Tuesday & Thursday, 11am to 12:30pm, 2040 VLSB


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Announcements and Upcoming Events:

Logistics

Lectures: Tuesday & Thursday, 11am - 12:30pm, 2040 VLSB

Discussion Sections:

Time
Room
TA
Thursday, 1pm - 2pm
3105 Etcheverry
Nathan Burkhart
Thursday, 2pm - 3pm 9 Evans
Nathan Burkhart
Thursday, 4pm - 5pm 3 Evans Eirinaios Michelakis

Instructors:

Teaching Assistants:

News:

The newsgroup ucb.class.cs186 will be used to communicate information on the course and assignments. You should read it frequently.

Textbook:

We will be using Database Management Systems - 3rd Edition by Ramakrishnan and Gehrke. ISBN 0-07-246563-8, McGraw Hill, 2002.  Be sure to get the third edition!

Grading Policy:


Component
Percentage of Overall Grade
Midterm 1 (2/22)
16%
Midterm 2 (3/22)
16%
Final Exam
28%
Project 1 - Buffer Management
8%
Project 2 - B-Trees
10%
Project 3 - Query Optimization
6%
Project 4 - Joins
8%
Project 5 - Web Application
8%

 Notes on grading (please read):