Department of Computer Engineering

Bilkent University

CS353 DATABASE SYSTEMS

FALL 2013

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Instructors: Prof. Dr. Ozgur Ulusoy & Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hakan Ferhatosmanoglu

TAs:

bulletArif Usta
bullet Office Hour: Friday 13:40-15:30
bullet Office #405 at Eng. Building 4th floor.
bullet Office tel: X
bullet E-mail: arif.usta@bilkent.edu.tr
bullet Kaan Bingol
bullet Office Hour: Tuesday 13:40-15:30
bullet Office #516 at Eng. Building 5th floor.
bullet Office tel: X
bullet E-mail: kaan.bingol@bilkent.edu.tr
bullet Ayca Isiksal
bullet Office Hour: Thursday 13:40-15:30
bullet Office #405 at Eng. Building 4th floor.
bullet Office tel: X
bullet E-mail: ayca.isiksal@bilkent.edu.tr

ANNOUNCEMENTS

bullet Ann #12: 10/10/2013 Homework2 is posted. Due date for the Homework is: October 21, Monday till 17:00 If you have any problems regarding the homework, contact arif.usta@bilkent.edu.tr.
bullet Ann #11: 03/10/2013 Due date for project proposal is October 22, Tuesday. Your project proposal should include description of your application, its requirements and limitations. Most importantly, it should include the conceptual design of your database using the E/R model. Finally you are expected to prepare a web site (or Moodle wiki page for your group) for your term project and publish your proposal on this site (in addition to submitting the printed proposal on its due date). Please read the corresponding part in term project description document for details of the project proposal.
bullet   How to submit: You should submit your printed proposal report to the office EA405 or TA mail-boxes in the department secretary before 17.00.
bullet Ann #10: 03/10/2013 The responsible TAs for each project topic are as follows. Please contact your responsible TA if you have any questions regarding your project.
bullet Arif Usta: TA Management System, Movie Rental Store Data Managment System
bullet Kaan Bingol: Library Management System, Cargo Company
bullet Ayca Isiksal: Airline Company Data Managment System, Resort Data Managment System
bullet Ann #9: 03/10/2013 Project groups are listed here. Topic assignments are listed here. Check the lists carefully and email to arif.usta@bilkent.edu.tr immediately if you see any problem with your project group. Check this document that gives a brief description for each project topic.Start working on your project proposal.
bullet Ann #8: 02/10/2013 Homework1 is posted. Due date for the Homework is: October 10, Thursday till 17:00 If you have any problems regarding the homework, contact arif.usta@bilkent.edu.tr.
bullet Ann #7: 19/09/2013 Please start forming project groups, which should include exactly 3 students. Groups of 2 students will be allowed only in exceptional cases. Please read Ann #3 for further details.
bullet Project groups may include students from different sections.
bullet You must form your group and e-mail to arif.usta@bilkent.edu.tr until September 30, 2013
bullet Ann #6: 19/09/2013 Minimum Requirements to Qualify for the Final Exam:
In order to qualify for the final exam, the average of two Midterm Exams must be at least 40 out of 100.
bullet Ann #5: 19/09/2013 COURSE ATTENDANCE POLICY: Regular attendance at classes is required for successful completion of the course. Attendance will be taken by circulating a class roll during class. Signing the class roll for a student who is not present will be considered a case of academic dishonesty and will lead to punishment through disciplinary procedures.
bullet Ann #4: 19/09/2013 CS353 MOODLE PAGE: We will use Moodle service in our course in this semester. You must log into the moodle through STARS system first. For detailed information click here. You can use forums in this page to communicate with other students in this course.
bullet Ann #3: 19/09/2013 term project description document is posted. Please read the instructions. There will be more announcements about the term project soon.
bullet Ann #2: 19/09/2013 Click here to learn about the course syllabus, classes and textbook.
bullet Ann #1: 19/09/2013 Please visit this page very frequently to learn about latest announcements, regular assignments, office hour changes, exam information and other relevant stuff.

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