Advanced Database Systems

Old News

• 8 Apr 2002: Here are the final dates for the course exam/demo. Final exam: Monday, May 6 evening, 6-7:30pm in 215 Upson Hall. Project presentation and demo: Friday, May 10, from 9-12 and 1:30-3:30 in 4135 Upson Hall. Project report due: Sunday, May 12 midnight, email copy to course mailing list (cs632@cs.cornell.edu).
• 8 Apr 2002: It is very important that you show me a draft of your presentation the week before you will be presenting in class. This will give you sufficient time to get some feedback so that you can refine your presentation. If you are planning to present only one paper in class, please contact me to find out which paper you should present.
• 29 Mar 2002: I have modified the course timeline to address some dependencies. Please take a look to see whether you will be presenting your paper(s) on an earlier/later day. I have also changed one of the readings for publish/subscribe systems.
• 29 Mar 2002: Here is the new schedule for the final exam and project demonstration. The new schedule is designed to give you more time to implement your project. Final exam: May 6 (Monday) evening. Project presentation/demo: May 10 (Friday) afternoon. Project report due: May 12 (Sunday) midnight. If you have any conflicts, please let me know before April 2 (Tuesday). I will be finalizing the rooms and times soon after that.
• 25 Mar 2002: It is very important that you show me a draft of your presentation the week before you will be presenting in class. This will give you sufficient time to get some feedback so that you can refine your presentation. If you are planning to present only one paper in class, please contact me to find out which paper you should present.
• 25 Mar 2002: The project presentations and demos will be held on the afternoon of May 6. The project reports are due on May 7 and the final exam will be held on May 9. Please let me know ASAP if you have any conflicts.
• 07 Mar 2002: For next Tuesday's class:  (a) please decide among yourselves as to whether you want an in-class or a take-home final exam; the in-class exam will be closed book but relatively easy, while the take-home exam will be open book but quite hard, (b) I will spend the first few minutes finishing up the sorting slides that I was unable to complete in today's class.
• 07 Mar 2002: Here is a summary of the changes to the course structure that we discussed in class today. (a) Weekly assignments will now count for 20% of the overall grade (increased from 10%), (b) the final exam will now count for only 10% of the overall grade (reduced from 20%), (c) comments will be posted anonymously, along with the grade, so that you can see how to write comments that receive a high grade, (d) you get to choose whether you want to present one or both papers in class (your grade will not be affected in any significant way because of your choice). Also, remember: Class participation accounts for 5% of your overall grade. If you have not been participating in class discussions so far, now is the time to start.
• 05 Mar 2002: Important reminder. Please show me a draft of your presentation the week before you will be presenting in class. This will give you sufficient time to get some feedback so that you can refine your presentation.
• 21 Feb 2002: The course timeline has been updated. Please take a look for the updated schedule and new papers.
• 8 Feb 2002: The lecture slides and student comments are now available online (click on the course timeline). Also, check out the web supplement for the text book.
• 8 Feb 2002: The replica of the course timeline available outside the CS firewall is no longer available. If you do not have a CS account yet, please stop by 4105 Upson to fill out an account application form.
• 5 Feb 2002: If you have not done so already, please send me an email  as to when your project group would like to schedule your weekly progress/feedback meetings. I am trying to schedule all these meetings on Fridays, so please send me a list of times when you are free on those days.
• 31 Jan 2002: There are three papers that we will be reading next month (including one for next class) for which electronic versions are not available. However, all three readings are available in the text book. If you do not have the text book, and do not have access to one, then please contact Andrea Cleveland (4105 Upson) after noon tomorrow to get hard copies of the papers.
• 29 Jan 2002: Henceforth, please email your CS632 comments to the alias cs632@cs.cornell.edu. The TA for the course will grade your comments, and also post your comments on the course web page so that other students can read it and think about the issues that you have raised.
• 29 Jan 2002: Student comments for today's reading are available here (and from the course timeline).
• 25 Jan 2002: Project decisions need to be made by January 31. The updated list of suggested projects is now available (see below). I strongly suggest that you discuss your project preferences with me before you make your final decision. I will be sticking around after class on January 29 in case you want to meet then. Alternatively, you can meet me during my office hours on Wednesday (11am-noon), or set up an appointment to meet with me before January 31.
• 25 Jan 2002: Your email summary of the papers to be discussed in each lecture should include the following: (a) summary of the papers, (b) issues that you are not clear about, (c) possible weaknesses of the papers, and (d) possible extensions to the papers. Please send these comments to me () with no attachments by midnight on the day before the lecture. Also, please write "CS632 comments" as the subject of the email. All your comments will be posted on the course web page.
• 23 Jan 2002: For copyright reasons, you have to be inside the Cornell Computer Science firewall to access the course timeline.