Department of Computer Engineering

Bilkent University

CS353 DATABASE SYSTEMS

Fall 2024-2025

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Instructor: Prof. Dr. Özgur Ulusoy

TA:

bullet Hasan Alp Caferoğlu
bullet Office Hour: by appointment
bullet Office: EA-405
bullet E-mail: alp dot caferoglu at bilkent dot edu dot tr
bullet Ekrem Polat
bullet Office Hour: by appointment
bullet Office: EA-405
bullet E-mail: ekrem dot polat at bilkent dot edu dot tr

ANNOUNCEMENTS
bullet Ann #30: 20/11/2024 Homework 5 is now available on Moodle. The due date for the homework is November 27 , Wednesday at 23:59. You must submit your homework via the "Homework 5" activity on Moodle.
bullet Ann #29: 19/11/2024 The due date for the Homework 4 is November 20, Wednesday, at 23:59. Late submissions with a deduction of 10 points per day are accepted until November 22, Friday, at 23:59.
bullet Ann #28: 12/11/2024 Please note a minor update regarding the Homework-4 assignment. The date 2024-11-31 should be corrected to 2024-11-30, as November has only 30 days.
bullet Ann #27: 10/11/2024 Homework 3 grades are now available on STARS. Grade Avg = 98.3
bullet Ann #26: 08/11/2024 The due date for the Project Design Report is November 13, Wednesday, at 23:59. Late submissions with a deduction of 10 points per day are accepted until November 15, Friday, at 23:59.
bullet Ann #25: 01/11/2024 Project Design Report: Due Date: November 13 Wednesday, at 23:59. Please pay attention while doing this report since its grade will correspond to %30-%35 (tentatively) of your overall project grade. Please read the Project Functionalities document and the corresponding part in Project Specifications document in Moodle under Project Documents folder for the details of the design report. You need to include the following information:
bullet Revised E/R
bullet Table schemas
 bullet User interface design and corresponding SQL statements
bullet Ann #24: 31/10/2024 Homework 4 is now available on Moodle. The due date for the homework is November 20 , Wednesday at 23:59. You must submit your homework via the "Homework 4" activity on Moodle.
bullet Ann #23: 28/10/2024 You can see your midterm exam papers on 4 November, Monday between 09:00-12:00 in EA-502.
bullet Ann #22: 28/10/2024 Midterm grades are now available on STARS. Grade Avg = 63.7
bullet Ann #21: 26/10/2024 The feedback sessions for Project proposals will be held. You can (and are encouraged to) get feedback by reserving an appropriate time slot in the Google Sheet for an appointment.
bulletGroups 1-8 should fill the first page of the Google Sheet
bulletGroups 9-15 should fill the second page of the Google Sheet
bullet Ann #20: 25/10/2024 There will be an online tutorial on web-based database applications on 31 October, Thursday at 18:30 via Zoom. You will have a programming assignment (HW-4) related to this tutorial.
bullet Ann #19: 24/10/2024 Project proposal report grades are now available on STARS. Grade Avg = 78. There will be an announcement about the feedback sessions.
bullet Ann #18: 22/10/2024 There have been corrections to parts 2-e and 2-h of the Homework 3 Solution. You can find the updated solution in the "Homework Solutions" folder on Moodle..
bullet Ann #17: 22/10/2024 The Midterm Exam on 23 October, Wednesday will start at 17:40.
bullet Ann #16: 22/10/2024 MIDTERM EXAM CLASSROOM LIST is as follows according to student surnames:
bulletEB-101: Aamir - Büyükkonuklu
bulletEB-102: Cuma - Khan
bulletEB-103: Kılıç - Safi
bulletEB-104: Sak - Yüksel
bullet Ann #15: 22/10/2024 Solution for homework 3 is now available on Moodle under Homework Solutions folder.
bullet Ann #14: 22/10/2024 The grades for Homework 1 and Homework 2 are now available on STARS. Average grade for Homework 1 is 85.85, and for Homework 2 is 87.10.
bullet Ann #13: 15/10/2024 The Midterm Exam will be on 23rd of October starting at 17:40 in classrooms EB-101, 102, 103, 104. The exam will be CLOSED BOOK/NOTES and cover the following subjects: Relational Model & Relational Algebra, Entity/Relationship Model, SQL.
bullet Ann #12: 14/10/2024 Homework 3 is now available on Moodle. The due date for the homework is October 21, Monday at 23:59. You must submit your homework via the "Homework 3" activity on Moodle. Your submission file must be named "surname_name.pdf".
bullet Ann #11: 11/10/2024 Solutions for homework 1 and 2 are now available on Moodle under Homework Solutions folder.
bullet Ann #10: 02/10/2024 The due date for the project proposal is October 14, Monday at 23:59. Your project proposal should include description of your application, its requirements (functional and non-functional) and limitations in detail. Most importantly, it should include the conceptual design of your database using the E/R model. Note that, you MUST draw your ER diagram with the notation you learned in the class. Please read the corresponding part in Project Specifications Document for the details of the project proposal. You should upload your proposal to Moodle. One of the group member's submission is enough.
bullet Ann #9: 02/10/2024 Project groups are listed. You can find Project Groups and Project Topics documents in Moodle under Project Documents folder. Please check the lists carefully and email to Hasan Alp Caferoğlu immediately if there is a mistake in your project group.
bullet Ann #8: 02/10/2024 Homework 2 is now available on Moodle. The due date for the homework is October 9, Wednesday at 23:59. You must submit your homework via the "Homework 2" activity on Moodle. Your submission file must be named as "surname_name_hw2.pdf".
bullet Ann #7: 25/09/2024 Homework 1 is now available on Moodle. The due date for the homework is October 2, Wednesday at 23:59. You must submit your homework via the "Homework 1" activity on Moodle. Your submission file must be named as "surname_name_hw1.pdf".
bullet Ann #6: 18/09/2024 The students, who are retaking CS-353 to improve their grade or due to failure, and who previously completed the term project successfully, can be exempted from the project of the course. If you are repeating the course and want to be exempted from the project, please send an e-mail to Hasan Alp Caferoğlu by September 27, clearly indicating the year and the semester when you took the course. For students requesting exemption from the project, your previous project grade will be mapped to this semester's project grade based on the average grade of this semester’s projects.
bullet Ann #5: 18/09/2024 Please start forming project groups of 5 students. You can use the forum in Moodle if you are looking for a group or a team member. Please read Project Specification Document in Moodle for further details.
bullet Students that do not belong to any group will be assigned randomly.
bullet Project groups may include students from different sections.
bullet You must form your group and send an e-mail with the subject line CS-353: Group Members to Hasan Alp Caferoğlu until September 27, Friday midnight. One group member's e-mail is enough.
bullet The email should include a list of group members with full name, sections and IDs.
bullet Ann #4: 16/09/2024 Course syllabus, Project Document and Course slides are uploaded on Moodle.
bullet Ann #3: 16/09/2024 Minimum Requirements to Qualify for the Final Exam:
In order to qualify for the final exam, the Midterm Exam grade must be at least 30 out of 100.
bullet Ann #2: 16/09/2024 CS353 MOODLE PAGE: We will use Moodle service in our course in this semester. You must log into the moodle through STARS system first. You can use forums in this page to communicate with other students in this course.
bullet Ann #1: 16/09/2024 Welcome to CS-353! 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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