CSCI586: Database Systems Interoperability

Course Information

Fall 2009

Course time: Monday 2:00 - 4:50 PM
Location: VHE 210

Course Requirements

Extensive readings
Attendance, class participation
Presentation(s) (powerpoint)
Individual short paper
Group project
Periodic short in-class "quizzes"

Each presentation should cover the following:

What is(are) the research issue(s)/problem(s) addressed in the paper?
Summarize the technical approach
Describe how the results in this paper can be used, evaluate the results
Pose several key issues/questions for class discussion

Group projects will involve your participation in a semester-long effort to study, design, and implement a small prototype for an application domain, that incorporates key aspects of the material covered in this course. Details of the project will be available soon (after the initial class meeting and the students in the course are known). Since you have taken CS585 and are taking this course, you will have the essential background for the project. A written report plus material developed in the project is to be submitted at the end of the semester, along with the power point slides from the group's final in-class presentation (please see the course schedule). Groups will also be asked for a mid-semester brief progress report (details to be provided).

People

Professor: Dennis McLeod

      Office: PHE 406
      Phone:  (213) 740-4504
      Email:  mcleod@usc.edu	  
      Web:  http://sir-lab.usc.edu
      Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 1:00pm-2:00pm by appointment (other times possible)

TA: Sang Su Lee

      Office: SAL 235 
      Phone: (213) 740-4776 
      Email: sangsl@usc.edu
      Office Hours: Thursday 10-12pm

Academic Integrity Policy

Academic Integrity

All presentations, papers, projects, and submitted material must be solved and written independently, or you will be penalized for cheating. The USC Student Conduct Code prohibits plagiarism. All USC students are responsible for reading and following the Student Conduct Code, which also appears in the latest edition of "SCampus".

In this course we encourage students to study together. This includes discussion, and of course collaboration on the course group projects. However, all work submitted for the class is to be done by you or as an identified group effort (for group projects).

Students who violate University standards of academic integrity are subject to disciplinary sanctions, including failure in the course and suspension from the University. Since dishonesty in any form harms the individual, other students, and the University, policies on academic integrity will be strictly enforced. We expect you to familiarize yourself with the Academic Integrity guidelines found in the current SCampus. Violations of the Student Conduct Code will be filed with the Office of Student Conduct, and appropriate sanctions will be given.

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