ANNOUNCEMENTS

• ***5/1***: Final exam study guide is out
  
• *** 5/1 ***: Solutions to Homework assignment #8 are out
• *** 4/19 ***: No Classes - office hours, instead (1:30-3:00, @ GHC 8019)
  
• *** 4/17 ***: Homework assignment #8 is out
• *** 4/2 ***: Solutions to Homework assignment #6 are out
• *** 3/28 ***: Solutions to Homework assignment #5 are out
• *** 3/27 ***: Homework assignment #7 is out, and foils with additional info
  
• *** 3/25 ***: HW6 due date: extended to 3/29 (as broadcasted, too)
• *** 3/19 ***: Homework assignment #6 is out
• *** 3/6 ****: instructor office hours for Wed 3/7: 11am-1pm, @ GHC 8019
  
• *** 3/6 ***: Solutions to Homework assignment #4 are out
• *** 3/6 ***: Solutions to Homework assignment #3 are out
• *** 2/29 ***: Midterm study guide is out
  
• ***3/4 *** all foils are also in the reading list (01intro.pdf - 15RelOp.pdf)
  
• *** 2/28 ***: Homework assignment #5 is out
• *** 2/22 ***: Homework assignment #4 is out
• *** 2/22 ***: Solutions to Homework assignment #2 are out
  
• *** 2/16 ***: Solutions to Homework assignment #1 are out
  
• *** 2/14 *** : Recitations will be on Wed 2/15 and 2/22, 2:30pm to 3:20pm in Scaife Hall 219. Recitation slides.
  
• *** 2/14 ***: Homework assignment #3 is out
• Homework assignment #2 is out
• Homework assignment #1 is out
• Welcome to the class!

PEOPLE:

Instructor: Christos Faloutsos       (Office Hours: Wed 11:00AM-12:00noon, and by appointment, @ GHC8019)
TAs:
* U Kang  ukang AT cs.cmu.edu     (Office hour:  Mon 3 - 4pm   @ GHC 7701)
* Bin Fu    binf     AT cs.cmu.edu      (Office hour:  Fri    1 - 2pm   @ GHC 8129)
Course Secretary: Marilyn Walgora, GHC 8120

CLASS MEETS:

Place/Time: GHC4211, Tue-Thur 1:30-3:00PM
Recitations: Wed 2:30-3:20PM (only before major homeworks - TBA)

TEXTBOOK:

• Raghu Ramakrishnan, Johannes Gehrke, "Database Management Systems," McGraw-Hill 2002 (3rd ed).

BULLETIN BOARD and other info

• Feel free to post questions etc on the blackboard system of CMU
• Official CMU academic calendar
• url of course web site: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~christos/courses/dbms.S12/index.htm