Selected lecture notes are available below. These lecture notes are not meant to be a comprehensive coverage of all topics in every lecture, but rather a rough outline of the class for the day. Each lecture was delivered by the instructor noted below.
CC = Carlo Curino
MS = Michael Stonebraker
| LEC # | TOPICS | LECTURE NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction (CC) | (PDF) |
| 2 | The relational model (MS) | (PDF) |
| 3 | Schema design (MS) | (PDF) |
| 4 | Introduction to database internals (CC) | (PDF) |
| 5 | Database operators and query processing (CC) | (PDF) |
| 6 | Indexing and access methods (CC) | (PDF) |
| 7 | Buffer pool design and memory management (CC) | (PDF) |
| 8 | Join algorithms (CC) | (PDF) |
| 9 | Query optimization (CC) |
(PDF) Selinger optimizer (PDF) |
| 10 | Transactions and locking (MS) | (PDF) |
| 11 | Optimistic concurrency control (MS) | (PDF) |
| 12 | Recovery (MS) | (PDF) |
| 13 | Recovery (MS) | (PDF) |
| 14 | Degrees of consistency (MS) | (PDF) |
| 15 |
C-store Guest lecture: Sam Madden, MIT CSAIL |
(PDF) |
| 16 | Distributed transactions (CC) | (PDF) |
| 17 | Parallel databases (CC) | (PDF) |
| 18 | Scientific databases (MS) | (PDF) |
| 19 | NOSQL (CC) | (PDF) |
| 20 | ORM, DryadLINQ (CC) |
ORM (PDF) DryadLINQ (PDF) |
| 21 | Streaming databases (MS) | |
| 22 | Database as a service (CC) | |
| 23 | Final project presentations |
