George Mason University
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Department of Computer Science
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<b>INFS 760: Advanced Database Management</b>
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Prof. Ami Motro
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This is an advanced courses in the area of databases, with a focus on issues of database systems implementation. Topics to be covered include: file system organization and file access methods, query processing and optimization, transaction processing (concurrency control and recovery), parallel and distributed databases, and recent trends and future directions.
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Note: INFS-760 is a continuation of the introcuctory database course: INFS-614 : Database Management, whose focus is data models and languages.
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<b>Prerequisites</b><br>
INFS-614: Database Management<br>
Note: prerequisites are strictly enforced!<br>
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<b>Requirements</b><br>
Two exams and four homework assignments (approximate weights in parenthesis):<br>
Homework assignments (30%)<br>
Midterm exam (30%)<br>
Final exam (40%)<br>
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<b>Textbook</b><br>
Database System Concepts (5th Edition)<br>
by Silberschatz, Korth and Sudarshan<br>
McGraw-Hill, 2006<br>
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<b>Meeting</b><br>
Tuesday 4:30-7:10, T-110<br>
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For additional information, please visit the
<a href="http://cs.gmu.edu/~ami/teaching/infs760/infs760.html">
course web page
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