The schedule of instruction will be approximately as follows:
Class Date Topic
1 29 Aug Preview and course administration 2 5 Sep Virtual integration of multiple Databases (Superviews) 3 12 Sep Cancelled (to be rescheduled) 4 19 Sep View-based multi-database model (Multiplex) 5 26 Sep Resolution of multi-database inconsistencies (Fusionplex) 6 3 Oct Utility-based resolution of data inconsistencies 7 10 Oct Guest Lecture: Prof. Jessica Lin Discovering Non-Trivial and Unusual Patterns in Massive Time Series Data 8 17 Oct Guest Lecure: Prof. Carlotta Domeniconi Issues and Techniques in Pattern Classification 9 24 Oct Automated discovery of contents for virtual databases (Autoplex) 10 31 Oct TupleRank and Automatch: two Autoplex derivatives 11 7 Nov Reverse integration: Consolidating query sets 12 14 Nov Estimating the quality of databases and the answers they issue 21 Nov --- Thanksgiving Recess --- 13 28 Nov Presentations 1 14 5 Dec Presentations 2 15 12 Dec Presentations 3 (if necessary)