COP 6731 – Advanced Database Management Systems

Section 0001

Room: ENGR 0327

Date and Time: MW 1930 – 2045 PM

Instructor: Khanh Vu

Office: CSB 237

Phone: (407) 823-3467

Office Hours: MW 1700 – 1930 and by appointment

Graduate Teaching Assistant: O-udomying Suntana
Office: CSB 105
Email: suntana@cs.ucf.edu
Office Hours: TR 1:00 - 2:00 pm. and by appointment

Material: Class notes (available on the class’s website) and research papers

Prerequisite: File structures, Relational data model, query processing.

Web Resources: http://www.cs.ucf.edu/courses/cop6731

Course Objectives

The objective of this course is to prepare students for conducting research in the area of multimedia information systems. Students will be provided with a broad base for understanding emerging technologies. Students, individually and in groups, are expected to perform in-depth study on various topics as well as implement recent state-of-the-art multimedia techniques.

Tentative Topics

§ Multimedia Operating Systems

§ Image & Video Retrieval

§ Indexing Techniques

§ Multimedia Broadcast Techniques

§ Scalable and Cost Effective Video Streaming

§ Pervasive Computing

§ P2P Networks

§ Fairness in Adhoc Networks

Group Project (see Project Description)

Presentation (see Presentation Description)

Grading

Reading Assignments: 20%

Group Project: 15%

Presentation: 15%

Midterm: 25%

Final exam: 25%

Letter grades are guaranteed according to the following percentages of points:

90% or above: A

80% or above: B

70% or above: C

60% or above: D

Late Assignments: No late assignments will be accepted by default.

Dishonesty

Cheating on examinations or other serious forms of academic dishonesty will result in a grade of "F" (and a required report to University officials). Persons "borrowing" someone else's work on an assignment will receive a zero on that assignment if it is the first offense. A second offense will be considered a serious form of academic dishonesty. (Borrowing is equally subject to penalties.) You are not expected to work in isolation on assignments. Significant learning frequently takes place in the interchange of ideas with one another. In the final analysis, however, your response to an assignment must be your own, not someone else's.

Missed Examinations

Only in extenuating circumstances such as family crisis, illness, births, etc., will makeup provisions apply. Advise your instructor in advance of absences due to such matters, if possible.

Drop Policy

See "Drop" policy in appropriate Class Schedule.

Incomplete

The grade of "I" will not be given in this course unless very unusual circumstances should arise.

Graduation Status

Those persons who expect to graduate this year are advised that tentative graduation status has no bearing whatsoever on grading policies and procedures.