Information Science for Bioinformatics
GNET 211, section 001, Spring 2006
Instructor: Dr. Hemminger

This planned schedule lists the assignments and readings for each of the topics we'll cover. The textbook for this course is Elmasri, R. & Navathe, S. (1999). Fundamentals of Database Systems, 3rd edition. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. Unless otherwise stated, the chapters listed in the schedule come from this book. All other readings are on reserve in the SILS Information and Technology Resource Center on the first floor of Manning Hall. Readings are listed in the order they should be read. Other readings or assignments may be assigned as appropriate.

 

Tuesday
02/14

 Introduction Intro Notes  Entity Relation Modeling   Lecture Notes

Chapter 1
Chapter 10.1, 10.7-10.9 (pp. 324-325, 344-355)
Chapter 3
Chapter 4.1-4.7

Thursday
02/16

Relational Model Lecture Notes Assignment #1

Chapter 7
Chapter 9.1-9.2 (pp. 289-299)

 

Tuesday
02/21

SQL Lecture Notes (assignment #2: express questions a,b,c,d,g,h in SQL from Exercise 7.18 on page 235 of the textbook)

Chapter 8, DDL exercise

Thursday
02/23

 Database Lab (assignment #3, see email) assignment #1 due.

Tuesday
02/28

 Digital Libraries, Standards. (assignment #2 due).

Thursday
03/02

 Information Retrieval, Classification, Indexing, Searching

Tuesday
03/07

 Information Retrieval Lab: guest lecturer: KT Vaughan of HSL (assignment #3 due)

Thursday
03/09

 Data Mining: Guest Lecturer Cathy Blake Assignment #4

Tuesday
03/013

 Spring Break--NO CLASS

Thursday
03/15

 Spring Break--NO CLASS

Tuesday
03/21

Metadata, Ontologies. Wrap-Up. Assignment #4 and the Final Project are due Monday March 25th at 12 noon. In-class exercise

 

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