COSI 120a: Topics in Systems: Querying the Web

Spring, 2000

Course Calendar

[Jan] [Feb] [Mar] [Apr] [May]

January 2000
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
16
 17
 18

Topic:
Introduction
Review: Relations, SQL
Rdngs:
KSS: 3.1; 4.1-4.6; 4.10
19
 20
 21

Topic:
Relational Algebra, Query Processing
Rdngs:
KSS: 3.2; 12.1-12.3; 12.5-12.6
Assts:
Asst 0 Out
(for students who didn't take COSI 127)
22
23
 24
 25

Topic:
Distributed Query Processing
Rdngs:
KSS: 16.4; 18.1-18.3
26
 27
 28

Topic:
Networks, Client/Server Systems
Rdngs:
MA: Ch. 1-2
Assts:
Asst 0 Due
(for students who didn't take COSI 127)
29
30
 31
  

February 2000
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
  1

Topic:
Network Performance Issues
Rdngs:
MA: Ch. 3
Assts:
Asst 1 Out
2
 3
 4

Topic:
Web Performance Issues
Rdngs:
MA: Ch. 4
5
6
 7
 8

Topic:
Workloads
Rdngs:
MA: Ch. 5-6
Assts:
Asst 1 Due
9
 10
 11

Topic:
Workloads, Performance Models
Rdngs:
MA: Ch. 7, 8
12
13
 14
 15
Topic:
Performance Models
Rdngs:
MA: Ch. 9
Assts:
Asst 2 Out
16
 17
 18

Topic:
Performance Models
Rdngs:
MA: Ch. 10
19
20
 21
 22

Topic:
Discussion: Class Presentations, Final Projects
Rdngs:
[ZCF00], [ZCR00]
Assts:
Asst 2 Due
23
 24
 25

Midterm
26
27
 28
Midterm Break 		29
  

March 2000
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
  1
 2
 3
 4
5
 6
 7
No Class		 8
 9
 10

Class Presentations

Topic: Semistructured Data
Rdngs:
ABS: Ch. 1, 2
Assts:
Project Proposals Due
11
12
 13
 14

Class Presentations

Topic: XML
Rdngs:
ABS: Ch. 3
15
 16
 17

Class Presentations

Topic: XML Query Languages Overview
Rdngs:
ABS: Ch. 4
18
19
 20
 21

Class Presentations

Topic: XML-QL
Rdngs:
ABS: Ch. 5.1
22
 23
 24

Class Presentations

Topic: Lorel
Rdngs:
ABS: Ch. 9
25
26
 27
 28

Class Presentations

Topic: XSL/XQL
Rdngs:
ABS: Ch. 5.2, 6.4; paper
29
 30
 31

Class Presentations

Topic: XML Data Storage
Rdngs:
paper
 

April 2000
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
  1
2
 3
 4

Class Presentations

Topic: Indexing
Rdngs:
ABS: Ch. 8
5
 6
 7

Class Presentations

Topic: Query Optimization I
Rdngs:
paper
8
9
 10
 11

Class Presentations

Topic: Query Optimization II
Rdngs:
paper
12
 13
 14

Class Presentations

Topic: Dynamic Query Processing
Rdngs:
paper
15
16
 17
 18
 19
No Class (Makeup: 5/3)
20
Passover Break		 21
 22
23
 24
 25
 26
 27
 28
Study Day		 29
30
  

May 2000
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
  1
 2

Final Project Presentations
Assts:
Final Projects Due
3

Final Project Presentations
(8:00 PM)
4
 5
 6