Topic Outline

1. Data Models and Query Languages(6 lectures)
   IMS and Codasyl - DL/1 and Codasyl DML
   Relational - SQL
   Post-relational data models
   System D
   Object-Relational - SQL++
   Object-oriented - persistent C++
   XMLSchema-- XQuery
2. Implementation of Relational DBMS (6 lectures)
   Query optimization
   Transaction processing - tried and true plus new ideas
   Access methods
   Buffer management
   Parallelism
3. Object-relational extensions (2 lectures)
   User-defined functions
   User-defined operators
   Query optimization revisited
4. Object-oriented implementations (1 lecture)
   Pointer-swizzling
   Virtual memory techniques
5. Warehousing (2 lectures)
   Model and ETL
   Metadata management
   Cubes
   Visualization
   Data mining
6. Federated DBMS (3 lectures)
   Semantic heterogeneity
   Local autonomy
   Query optimization
   Adaptors
   Federated DBMS as general middleware
7. Data Base Machines (2 lectures)
   Diary of failed ideas
8. Benchmarking DBMSs (1 lecture)
   How to lie with numbers
   Why benchmarks are hard
   
9. Web applications and DBMS (3 lectures)
   Three tier computing
   Net markets
   Supply chain automation
   caching
10. Visiting firemen (2 lectures)
11. Niche Markets (5 lectures)
    GIS
    Time series DBMS
    Media asset management
    Really big stores
    Main memory DBMS
12. What's next (2 lectures)
    What's hot
    What's not
13. slop(4 lectures)