Course Information
This course is on the design and implementation of database management systems. Topics include data models (relational, document, key/value), storage models (n-ary, decomposition), query languages (SQL, stored procedures), storage architectures (heaps, log-structured), indexing (order preserving trees, hash tables), transaction processing (ACID, concurrency control), recovery (logging, checkpoints), query processing (joins, sorting, aggregation, optimization), and parallel architectures (multi-core, distributed). Case studies on open-source and commercial database systems are used to illustrate these techniques and trade-offs. The course is appropriate for students that are prepared to flex their strong systems programming skills.
- Time: Mon/Wed 12:30pm-1:50pm ET
- Location: Tepper 1403
- Textbook: Database System Concepts (7th Edition)
- On-line Discussion: Piazza
Course Calendar
Instructors
| Name | Office Hours | Location | |
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Charlie Garrod | Wednesday 2:00-3:00pm | TCS 343 |
Teaching Assistants
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Chi Zhang | Monday 5:00-6:00pm | GHC 5th Floor (Carrel 4) |
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David Lyons | Monday 6:00pm-8:00pm | GHC 5th Floor (Carrel 4) |
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Mayank Baranwal | Tuesday 12:30-1:30pm | GHC 5th Floor (Commons, Table 6) |
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Christopher Lim | Tuesday 4:00-5:00pm | GHC 5th Floor (Commons, Table 6) |
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Fanyue Xia | Tuesday 5:00-6:00pm | GHC 5th Floor (Carrel 4) |
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Yar Khine Phyo | Wednesday 3:00-4:00pm | GHC 5th Floor (Commons, Table 6) |
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Yuchen Liang | Thursday 4:00-5:00pm | GHC 5th Floor (Commons, Table 6) |
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Arvin Wu | Thursday 5:00-6:00pm | GHC 5th Floor (Carrel 4) |
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Abigale Kim | Friday 5:00-7:00pm | GHC 5th Floor (Carrel 4) |