CS2270 - Advanced Topics in Database Management

Schedule:

Date	Activity	Groups	Deliverables
01-26-2009	Introduction	-	-
02-02-2009	Applications	Everyone	10 min. talks
02-09-2009	Issues	1,2,3	-
02-16-2009	No Class - President's Day	-	-
02-23-2009	Issues	4,5,6	-
03-02-2009	Solutions	1,2,3	-
03-09-2009	Solutions	4,5,6	-
03-16-2009	Full talk as outline	1,2	Outline for groups 1, 2
03-23-2009	No Class - Spring Break	-	-
03-30-2009	Full talk as outline	3,4	Outline for groups 3,4 Draft for groups 1,2
04-06-2009	Full talk as outline	5,6	Outline for groups 5,6 Draft for groups 3,4
04-13-2009	Round-robin discussion of draft	1,2,3	Draft for groups 4,5,6
04-20-2009	Round-robin discussion of draft	4,5,6	Draft for groups 1,2,3
04-27-2009	Discuss chapter integration	Everyone	Draft for groups 4,5,6
05-04-2009	Discuss drafts	Everyone	-
05-11-2009	Party/Presentation	Everyone	Final chapters (minor edits only)

Applications
Each individual should search the web and their own experience to come up with requirements that they think are important for a science database. It would ideally have one or two examples. In particular, queries would be useful.

Issues
Each group should read papers in their area in order to present a detailed description of what the issues and problems are in their area. For each issue, you should talk about what makes it hard. You are encouraged to come up with examples of what each problem is. Your presentation here should be about 35 minutes long.

Solutions
Each group will give a presentation of the main solutions that have been offered in the readings for each of the issues that were raised in your previous talk. This should essentially outline the solutions that you want to talk about in your chapter. Examples are especially useful here.

Full talk as outline
Each group gives a 35 minute talk that is essentially an outline of your chapter. The slides would be something that you could write from. This talk would also serve as a tutorial to someone who is computer science savvy, but who knows nothing about the specific field at hand. This is an exercise to make sure that each group understands the material since it is impossible to give a great tutorial talk unless you really understand the area.

Round-robin discussion of draft
The groups that are identified for the class period will get a chance to meet with each of the other groups (discussants) for 30-40 minutes to get their feedback. Each discussant group will have met before the fact to come up with a unified set of comments on the draft. The comments should address content, order of presentation, level of presentation, suitability of the examples, diction, and typos. Is the current draft understandable? If not, why not, and how could it be improved.

Chapter integration
We will have a roundtable discussion about how the chapters could be better integrated by referring to each other. We would also comment on how well each chapter meets the goals of the book. Does it present the non-obvious aspects of the area well?