Announcements

  • The TAs will be holding office hours at the following times during the finals week: Semih: Wednesday (21/3) at 10am-12:00pm at Gates 424, Paul: Wednesday (21/3) at 1:30-3:30pm at Gates B26A
  • Homework 8 & 9 are up on gradiance. Their titles are "Winter 11/12 H 08" and "Winter 11/12 H 09", and they're due 03/09 and 03/16 at midnight, respectively.
  • Homework 7 is up on gradiance. It's title on gradiance is "Winter 11/12 H 07" and it's due 03/02 at midnight.
  • Midterm grade distribution chart. Mean: 47.15, Std: 8.47, Median: 49.
  • Homework 4, 5 and 6 are up on gradiance. Their titles are "Winter 11/12 H 04/05/06" and their respective due dates are 02/09, 02/16, 02/23.
  • Homework 3 is up on gradiance. It's title on gradiance is "Winter 11/12 H 03" and it's due 02/02..
  • Homework 2 is up on gradiance. It's title on gradiance is "Winter 11/12 H 02" and it's due 01/26.
  • Please access Gradiance from here. See Gradiance Help for detailed instructions.
  • Welcome to the CS 245 website. Please visit these pages frequently for course information, resources, and last minute announcements.
Basics

CS 245 is a senior/graduate-level introduction to the implementation of database management systems. The course is of 3 units and can be taken for a letter grade or CR/NC.
Lectures: Tues & Thurs 12:50-2:05, Gates B03

Instructor: Hector Garcia-Molina (Office:Gates 434, Office hours: Tues/Thurs 11:00 - 11:55, E-mail: )
CA: Semih Salihoglu (Office:Gates B24A, Office hours: Thurs 10:00 - 12:00, E-mail: )
CA: Paul Chiang (Office:Gates B26A, Office hours: Wed 13:30 - 15:30, E-mail: )
Administrative Assistant: Marianne Siroker (Office:Gates 436, Phone:(650) 723-0872)
Staff contact email: cs245-win1112-staff@lists.stanford.edu
Student contact email: cs245-win1112-students@lists.stanford.edu
Newsgroup: Piazzza

Assignments: Approximately seven to nine homeworks, some Gradiance, some written. No programming. Also readings in Textbook.
Grading: Homeworks: 20%, Midterm: 30%, Final: 50%.
Honor code: In general, you should act according to the Stanford Honor Code and submit your own work. In particular, you may and are encouraged to discuss the topic of specific problems with others in a general way. However, you are expected to solve the problems by yourself. You are allowed to use any available inanimate source of information (in addition to the lecture notes and the textbook).