CS 179G: Project in Computer Science: Database Systems
Fall 2025
Fall 2025
Instructor: Vagelis Hristidis
Lecture time: Wed 5-5:50 pm
Location: Materials Sci and Eng | Room 103
Office hours: Wed 4-5 pm at WCH 317
TA: Taukir
Office hour: Friday 9-10 am at WCH 363
participation, attendance 5%
project 95%
This is a senior project course. We will talk about big data technologies in the class and about software development methodologies.
At the end of this course you should be able to lead a data analytics project, involving collecting and analyzing large-scale application data, and presenting the results of the analysis.
Students will form groups of 3-4 to work on the project.
Late submissions will receive a 20% score reduction.
10/1, 10/8
10/15, 10/22
Spark (cont'd)
10/29
11/5
Guest lecture -Shihab Rashid, PhD., UCR alumnus, AWS
11/12
Guest lecture - Nani Narayanan Srinivasan, Business and Technology Entrepreneur
11/19
No class - work on project
11/26
No class - work on project
12/3
presentations 5-7 pm at WCH 141
Other material
privacy and security considerations
computer science ethics and impact (slides), Software Development Cycles, Design, Testing (slides)
Resources