Time: TTh, 9:00am - 10:15am
Location: ROSENFELD - 109 Grove Street
Instructor: Avi Silberschatz (AKW 308, avi@yale.edu)
Office Hours: By appointment
TA: Ferhat Erata (AKW 203, ferhat.erata@yale.edu)
Office Hours: Friday, 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Zoom: https://yale.zoom.us/my/ferhat
TA: Stelios Kasouridis (Dunham Laboratory 417, stelios.kasouridis@yale.edu)
Office Hours: Wednesday, 5:45 PM to 6:45 PM
Zoom: https://yale.zoom.us/my/stelios
TA: Atul (10 Hillhouse Ave 421, a.pokharel@yale.edu)
Office Hours: Monday, 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Zoom: https://yale.zoom.us/my/atul
TA: Robert (AKW ..., xiangru.tang@yale.edu)
Office Hours: Monday, 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Zoom: https://yale.zoom.us/my/robert
ULA: TBD
Office Hours: TBD
Textbook: Database System Concepts, Seventh Edition.
The textbook is required
Course description: Database management has evolved from a specialized computer application to a central component of virtually all enterprises, and, as a result, knowledge about database systems has become an essential part of an education in computer science. In this course, we present the fundamental concepts of database management. These concepts include aspects of database design, database languages, and database-system implementation.
The material is intended for a first course in databases at the junior or senior undergraduate, or first-year graduate, level. In addition to basic material for a first course, the course covers advanced material that can be used for course supplements, or as introductory material for an advanced course.
Syllabus: An introduction to database systems. Data modeling. The relational model and the SQL query language. Relational database design, integrity constraints, functional dependencies, and normal forms. Implementation of databases: file structures, indexing, query processing, transactions, concurrency control, recovery systems, and security.
Assignments: There will be some reading assignments from the textbooks. The reading material will be used in some of the homworks but will not be used in the tests. We will have 5 homework assignments (which include several SQL-based programming assignments) and 2 exams.