Submission

Please hand in a hardcopy of your solutions to the instructor before class. Late submissions will not be accepted with exceptions such as delays caused by illness or certain urgent matters. Please contact the instructor before the deadline if you cannot complete an assignment in time due to the reasons mentioned above.

Assignment 1 (due Feb 27)

• Topics: data modeling, relational algebra, storage and indexing

Assignment 2 (due Mar 27)

• Topics: query processing and optimization

Assignment 3 (due April 12)

• Topics: concurrency control, recovery, data design and tuning

Assignment 4 (due May 1)

• Topics: XML, XML query language, XML query processing