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<P>The other prototype is PREDATOR, which is a query processing engine
that I have been developing for my research. There are a number of possible
projects (some of which could lead to research topics) that can be built
on top of PREDATOR. The focus here is on the high-end functionality like
complex queries and new data types. </P>

<P>If you are not familiar with C++, I recommend a MINIBASE project because
the amount of design needed is minimal. If you think you are interested
in database systems research, then you should do a PREDATOR project. If
you fall in neither category, then you should decide whether you want a
project at the lower-level DBMS (storage, access, buffer) areas, or the
higher-level (query processing, optimization) areas and choose between
MINIBASE (lower-level) and PREDATOR (higher-level). There are also some
general projects that involve neither system. If you have your own idea
on a suitable project, you should talk with me about it well in advance
of the project proposal date. </P>

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In all the projects, there will be certain steps that should be followed:
</P>

<UL>
<LI>As part of the project proposal, you should (discuss with me) and submit
an ordered list of pieces of functionality that the project will produce.
</LI>

<LI>There will be a mid-project review in which you meet with me to discuss
the progress that you have made towards completing the project. </LI>

<LI>The code you write must follow the coding conventions of the particular
system that you are working on. A detailed coding conventions document
will be provided and should be followed closely. This is something that
I will be very picky on, and that will contribute to the grade you get
on the project. </LI>

<LI>Project submission should include a demo and a reasonable amount of
test data. </LI>
</UL>

<P>Some useful references are: </P>

<UL>
<LI><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><!WA28><A HREF="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/Courses/Current/CS537/predator.html">Home page for PREDATOR.</A> </LI>

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page for MINIBASE.</A> </LI>
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TextBook </H3>

<P>The primary text is a beta edition of a new book on database systems
: &quot;Database Management Systems&quot; by Raghu Ramakrishnan. This book
contains many more details than are in most other introductory database
books. It is also associated with free software for an instructional database
system <!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><!WA31><A HREF="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/coral/minibase/minibase.html">&quot;MINIBASE&quot;</A>,
which we might use in class assignments. The textbook is available in the
campus store for $46. Here are other textbooks which could be used as references:
</P>

<UL>
<LI>Korth &amp; Silberschatz: Database System Concepts. McGraw-Hill, Second
Edition, 1991. <BR>
This is the standard introductory database text, but lacks the detail to
be used in a graduate course. </LI>

<LI>Michael Stonebraker: Readings in Database Systems. Morgan Kaufmann,
Second Edition, 1994.<BR>
This is a collection of relatively recent papers in the area, collected
and introduced by Stonebraker, who developed the Ingres, Postgres, and
Illustra database systems. Many of these are fundamental papers on core
areas. </LI>

<LI>Elmasri &amp; Navathe: Fundamentals of Database Systems. Benjamin-Cummings,
Second Edition, 1994. <BR>
This is an alternative introductory database text. </LI>

<LI>Gray &amp; Reuter: Transaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques.
Morgan Kaufmann, 1993. <BR>
This is the bible of transaction processing, 1000 pages long, and tells
you all there is to know (and a lot more) about transactions. It is a wonderful
reference to clear up confusing aspects of concurrency control, recovery,
transaction semantics, etc. </LI>
</UL>

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</A>for details. 
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Information </H3>

<P>Here are some resources about C++ programming: </P>

<UL>
<LI><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><!WA34><A HREF="http://uu-gna.mit.edu:8001/uu-gna/text/cc/index.html">C++
Tutorial</A> </LI>

<LI><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><!WA35><A HREF="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~cs302/C%2B%2B/Language/C%2b%2b.html">CS
302's &quot;The C++ language&quot;</A> (under construction) </LI>

<LI><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><!WA36><A HREF="http://csugrad.cs.vt.edu/manuals/gdb/gdb_toc.html">Debugging
with gdb</A> </LI>

<LI><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><!WA37><A HREF="http://csugrad.cs.vt.edu/manuals/make/make_toc.html">GNU Make</A>
</LI>
</UL>

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Policies </H3>

<P>The grades for the course will be assigned based on the following percentages:
</P>

<UL>
<LI>Prelim (mid-term) exam : 25\% </LI>

<LI>Final exam : 25\% </LI>

<LI>Survey paper + Lecture Notes : 15\% </LI>

<LI>Term project : 35\% </LI>
</UL>

<P>The prelim exam will be on the evening of Oct 10th at 7:30pm in Upson
111/111A. It will be set to be comfortably finished in 1.5 hrs, but an
extra half hour will be provided for those who need it. Likewise for the
final exam. The final should be in exam period 16 (Thurs., Dec 19 9:00-11:30am),
but this again is tentative and needs to be confirmed. The final exam will
focus on material not tested in the mid-term, but the material covered
in the earlier part of the course may form background for some of the questions.

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<UL>
<LI><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><!WA40><A HREF="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/Courses/Current/CS537//Info/People/praveen/praveen.html">Praveen Seshadri</A>
</LI>

<PRE>        Office:        4108 Upson
        Phone:         [phone]
        E-Mail:        <!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><!WA41><A HREF="mailto:[e-mail]">praveen@cs
</A>        Office Hours:  10:00 -- 11:00 AM, Tuesday and Thursday</PRE>
</UL>

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Assistants </H3>

<UL>
<LI><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><!WA43><A HREF="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/weitsang/weitsang.html">Wei
Tsang Ooi </A></LI>

<PRE>        Office:        5162 Upson Hall
        Phone:         5-7421
        E-Mail:        <!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><!WA44><A HREF="mailto:[e-mail]">weitsang@cs
</A>        Office Hours:  MWF 11:00 AM -- 12:00 noon </PRE>
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