Harvard Database Course CS 265:research Topics in database Systems

CS 265:research Topics in Database Systems

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Learning Objectivesthis Course is a introduction to database. After completing the course, you should is able to:

• Read Systems Papers critically.
• Explain How modern database, fits into the historical context.
• Identify open problems in data management systems.
• Write Constructive paper reviews.
• Design A-project to address an open problem.
• Carry out A, project and present results both orally and in writing.

The readings fall into three main categories. We'll begin with a tour through database beginning with the context that preceded the dawning of the relational Age. We'll explore some of the core areas of modern database systems such as concurrency control and recovery and then Explor e Alternate data models. Next, we'll focus on some modern challenges confronting the database, Communite today:provenance, Graphical dat A, and large scale data and distribution. Throughtout, our goal are to the focus both on content and the methodology.

The course culminates with a project, where students practice the art of database. There'll be several deliverables on the the-the-same-to-a final project, including (but not limited to) A-R statement Esearch plan, an extended abstract, a final paper, and an oral presentation. At each stage of the process, I'll provide detailed feedback and suggestions.

Suggested papers to read are

Http://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~cs265/syllabus.html

Harvard Database Course CS 265:research Topics in database Systems