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Welcome to Database Course

Welcome to Database Course. Name: Yangjun Chen Birthplace: China P.h..D: University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, in 1995 Post Doctor: Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany, 1995/7 - 1997/8 Senior engineer: Germany Research Center for Information Technology, 1997/9 - 2000/2

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Welcome to Database Course

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  1. Welcome to Database Course ACS-3902/3 Yangjun Chen

  2. Name: Yangjun Chen • Birthplace: China • P.h..D: University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, in 1995 • Post Doctor: Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany, 1995/7 - 1997/8 • Senior engineer: Germany Research Center for Information Technology, • 1997/9 - 2000/2 • Post-Doc.: University of Alberta, 2000/2 - 2000/6 • Assistant Prof.: University of Winnipeg, from 2000/7 • Associate Prof.: University of Winnipeg, from 2004/7 • Prof: University of Winnipeg, from 2009/7 ACS-3902/3 Yangjun Chen

  3. Professor: Dr. Y. Chen Office: 3D27 home-page: http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~ychen2 E-mail: y.chen@uwinnipeg.ca phone: 786-9417 Meeting time: 11:30 - 12:45 Mon. & Wed. Meeting location: 3C13 Office hours: 15:00 - 17:00 pm Monday and Wednesday 10:00 - 17:00 Friday ACS-3902/3 Yangjun Chen

  4. Important dates: • Wed., Sept. 05, 2012 First class • Wed., Oct. 17, 2012 Midterm examination • Oct. 25, 2012 • Final date to withdraw without academic penalty from a course that begins in Sept. and ends in Dec. of the 2012 Fall term • Last class Wed., Nov. 27, 2012 • Date for final examination Fri. Dec. 07, 2012, 1:30 pm ACS-3902/3 Yangjun Chen

  5. Course objectives: • introduce theory of relational, and hierarchical data models - emphasis on relational. • foundation for database design required by systems analysts, designers, programmers and data modelers. • techniques utilized in the various stages of a relational database software development cycle. • EERDs, relational algebra, SQL, functional dependencies, normalization, physical data storage mechanisms, and indexes. • database project (choose one of the following two topics) • Database design: gathering requirements, ER model, business rules and integrity constraints, normalize the database or • implementation of the B+-tree • Technical report - clarity, conciseness, and proper use of English ACS-3902/3 Yangjun Chen

  6. Required textbook: • Elmasri/Navathe, Fundamentals of Database Systems, 3rd edition, Addison-Wesley, ISBN# 0-8053-1755-4; 4th edition, ISBN# 0-321-12226-7; 5th edition, 978-0-321-36957-2; or 6th edition, 978-0-136-08620-8 • Required reading: • Chapter 1 - 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th ed. • Databases and database users. • Chapter 2 - 3rd, 4th , 5th , 6thed. • Database system concepts and architecture. • Chapter 3 - 3rd, 4th, 5th (Chapter 7, 6th ed.) • Data modeling using the entity-relationship model. • Chapter 5 - 3rd (Chapter 13 - 4th, 5th ; Chapter 17, 6th ed.) • Record storage and primary file organizations. • 5.9 Hashing techniques • 5.10 Other primary file organizations ACS-3902/3 Yangjun Chen

  7. Chapter 6 – 3rd (Chapter 14 - 4th, 5th; Chapter 18, 6th ed.) • Index structures for files. • 6.2 Multilevel indexes • 6.3 Dynamic multilevel indexes using b-trees and b+-trees • 6.4 Indexes on multiple keys • 6.5 Other types of indexes • Chapter 7 – 3rd ed. (Chapter 5 – 4th, 5th; Chapter 3, 6th ed.) • The relational data model, relational constraints, and the relational algebra. • Chapter 8 – 3rd ed. (Chapter 8 – 4th, 5th; Chapter 4, 6th ed.) • SQL - the relational database standard. ACS-3902/3 Yangjun Chen

  8. Chapter 9 – 3rd ed. (Chapter 7 – 4th, 5th; Chapter 9, 6th ed.) • ER- and EER-to-relational mapping, and other relational languages. • 9.1 Relational database design using ER-to-Relational mapping • Chapter 14 – 3rd ed. (Chapter 10 – 4th, 5th; Chapter 15, 6th ed.) • Functional dependencies and normalization for relational databases. • Chapter 15 – 3rd ed. (Chapter 15 – 4th, 5th; Chapter 16, 6th ed.) • Relational database design algorithms and further dependencies. • Chapter 16 – 3rd ed. (Chapter 16 – 4th, 5th; Chapter 20, 6th ed. Not covered in classes and exam.) • Practical database design and tuning. ACS-3902/3 Yangjun Chen

  9. Chapter 17 – 3rd ed. (not covered in classes and in exam.) Database system architectures and the system catalog Chapter 25 – 3rd ed. (Chapter 24.4 – 4th, 5th; Chapter 26.5, 6th ed.) Deductive databases 25.1 Introduction to deductive databases 25.2 Prolog/datalog notation 25.3 Interpretation of rules 25.5 Basic inference mechanism for logic programs Appendix D – 3rd ed. (Appendix E – 4th ed. Appendix D – 5th, 6th ed.) An overview of the hierarchical data model. ACS-3902/3 Yangjun Chen

  10. Course Evaluation: • 4 assignments   20% • 1 project   10% • 1 midterm examination   20% • 1 final examination   50% • All assignments are handed in at class on the due date. • All works must be prepared using a word processor and placed in a folder. • Late assignments are accepted (up to 1 day late) and receive a 25% penalty. ACS-3902/3 Yangjun Chen

  11. Academic dishonesty: • Academic dishonesty is a very serious offense and will be dealt with in accordance with the University's discipline bylaw. Be sure that you have read and understood Regulations and Policies #8 in the 2012 - 13 UW General Calendar. ACS-3902/3 Yangjun Chen

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