Database Design - Fall 2024
| Instructor | Pete Keleher |
| Time | T/Th 9:30-10:45 |
| Location | IRB 318 |
| Office Hours | by appt Tuesdays, 1:30-3:30, Iribe 5146 (lectures, exams, logistics) |
Course Description
We introduce database systems and motivate the database approach as a mechanism for modeling the real world. We cover the relational model, logical database design, query languages, and other database concepts, including query optimization, concurrency control, transaction management, and log based crash recovery. Distributed and Web database architectures are also discussed.
TAs and Office Hours
Office hours will be held in IRB 4119, and occasionally online (zoom links posted on piazza when online).
Communication
Piazza
Piazza is the preferred way to get help, whether from the instructor, TAs, or other students.
- Do not post code or answers to project questions.
- Do not rant.
ELMS
Not Used. Messages sent to keleher on ELMS will not be read.
Email to the instructor is a last resort if neither piazza, nor office hours, nor email to TAs suffices. Include 424 in the subject or I may miss it.
Piazza Encore
Let me repeat, Piazza is the preferred way to get help, whether from the instructor, TAs, or other students.
- Do not post code or answers to project questions.
- Do not rant.
Grading
All grades will be on grades.cs.umd.edu.28% Programming Assignments
We have 7 graded programming assignments. Each is worth 4% of the grade (1a + 1b are each 2%). All are due Friday at midnight.
12% Weekly Homeworks
12 weekly homeworks:
- Each is worth 1%.
- All are due Monday at midnight.
60% Exams
We have (3) exams:
- Exam 1 is 20%.
- Exam 2 is 20%.
- Final exam is 20%.
Textbooks
Database System Concepts, 7th edition, Abraham Silberschatz, Henry F. Korth, and S. Sudarshan. See the resources page for other recommendations, and the schedule for papers and handouts.