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    "date": "Jan 29",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Introduction",
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        "slides" : "https://odin.cse.buffalo.edu/slides/cse4562sp2018/2018-01-29-Intro.html",
        "print" : "https://odin.cse.buffalo.edu/slides/cse4562sp2018/2018-01-29-Intro.html?print-pdf"
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    "date": "Jan 31",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "SQL Overview + Physical Data Organization",
    "materials": {
        "slides" : "https://odin.cse.buffalo.edu/slides/cse4562sp2018/2018-01-31-SQL+Physical.html",
        "print" : "https://odin.cse.buffalo.edu/slides/cse4562sp2018/2018-01-31-SQL+Physical.html?print-pdf"
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  {
    "date": "Feb 2",
    "type": "Practicum",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Checkpoint 0 + Java + GIT",
    "materials": {
    	"slides" : "https://odin.cse.buffalo.edu/slides/cse4562sp2018/2018-02-02-ProjectOverview+CP0.pdf"
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    "date": "Feb 5",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Relational Algebra",
    "materials": {
      "slides" : "https://odin.cse.buffalo.edu/slides/cse4562sp2018/2018-02-05-RA-Basics.html",
      "print" : "https://odin.cse.buffalo.edu/slides/cse4562sp2018/2018-02-05-RA-Basics.html?print-pdf"
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  {
    "date": "Feb 7",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Relational Algebra Equivalences",
    "materials": {
      "slides" : "https://odin.cse.buffalo.edu/slides/cse4562sp2018/2018-02-07-RA-Equivs.html",
      "print" : "https://odin.cse.buffalo.edu/slides/cse4562sp2018/2018-02-07-RA-Equivs.html?print-pdf"
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    "date": "Feb 9",
    "type": "Practicum",
    "due": "Checkpoint 0",
    "topic": "Project 1 and Translating SQL to RA",
    "materials": {
    	"slides": "https://odin.cse.buffalo.edu/slides/cse4562sp2018/2018-02-09-SQLtoRA+Checkpoint1.pdf"
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Feb 12",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Query Evaluation",
    "materials": {
      "slides" : "https://odin.cse.buffalo.edu/slides/cse4562sp2018/2018-02-12-Algorithms.html",
      "print" : "https://odin.cse.buffalo.edu/slides/cse4562sp2018/2018-02-12-Algorithms.html?print-pdf"
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    "date": "Feb 14",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Extended Relational Algebra",
    "materials": {
      "slides" : "https://odin.cse.buffalo.edu/slides/cse4562sp2018/2018-02-14-ExtRA.html",
      "print" : "https://odin.cse.buffalo.edu/slides/cse4562sp2018/2018-02-14-ExtRA.html?print-pdf",
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  },
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    "date": "Feb 16",
    "type": "Practicum",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Evaluating Relational Algebra",
    "materials": {
    	"slides": "https://odin.cse.buffalo.edu/slides/cse4562sp2018/2018-02-16-EvaluatingRA.pdf"
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Feb 19",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Indexing (Intro + Tree Indexes)",
    "materials": {
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  },
  {
    "date": "Feb 21",
    "type": "Practicum",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Project 2",
    "materials": {
    	"slides": "https://odin.cse.buffalo.edu/slides/cse4562sp2018/2018-02-21-Checkpoint2.pdf"
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Feb 23",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "Checkpoint 1",
    "topic": "Indexing (Hash Indexes + Learned Indexes)",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Feb 26",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Cost-Based Optimization",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Feb 28",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Database Statistics 1/2",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Mar 2",
    "type": "Practicum",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Optimizing RA",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Mar 5",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Database Statistics 2/2",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Mar 7",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Buffer Day",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Mar 9",
    "type": "Review",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Midterm Review",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Mar 12",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "<b>Midterm</b>",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Mar 14",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Data Modeling and Constraints",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Mar 16",
    "type": "Practicum",
    "due": "Checkpoint 2",
    "topic": "Project 3 and Optimization Review",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Mar 19",
    "type": "Break",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "<b>Spring Break</b>",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Mar 21",
    "type": "Break",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "<b>Spring Break</b>",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Mar 23",
    "type": "Break",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "<b>Spring Break</b>",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Mar 26",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Incremental View Maintenance",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Mar 28",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Buffer Management",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Mar 30",
    "type": "Practicum",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Algorithms for Aggregation",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Apr 2",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Logging",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Apr 4",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "ARIES Recovery",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Apr 6",
    "type": "Practicum",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Open Help Session",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Apr 9",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Theory of Transactions",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Apr 11",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Pessimistic Transaction Control",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Apr 13",
    "type": "Practicum",
    "due": "Checkpoint 3",
    "topic": "Project 4 and Memory-Aware Algorithms Review",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Apr 16",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Deadlock Avoidance",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Apr 18",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Optimistic Transaction Control",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Apr 20",
    "type": "Practicum",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "In-Memory Indexes",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Apr 23",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Parallel Query Evaluation",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Apr 25",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Parallel Updates and Consistency",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Apr 27",
    "type": "Practicum",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Precomputation",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "Apr 30",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Probabilistic Databases 1",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "May 2",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Probabilistic Databases 2",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "May 4",
    "type": "Practicum",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Open Help Session",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "May 7",
    "type": "Lecture",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Buffer Day",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "May 9",
    "type": "Review",
    "due": "",
    "topic": "Final Exam Review 1",
    "materials": {
    }
  },
  {
    "date": "May 11",
    "type": "Review",
    "due": "Checkpoint 4",
    "topic": "Final Exam Review 2",
    "materials": {
    }
  }
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