00 Intro (HR 2020)
00 Intro (HR 2020)
1
Introduction
• Lecturer:
– Hossein Rahmani
– Lecturer in IUST
– Research Fellow in DKE (Maastricht University)
– Research Area: Knowledge Discovery, Data
Analysis, Data/Graph Mining
2
Materials and Clarification
• (Main) Book:
– Fundamentals of Database Systems
(6th Edition)
– Easy to Read
• Big-Picture is discussed
– Refer to book for details
3
Road Map
(Might change!)
Introduction to
Data Models
DBMS
1 2
Advanced Topics
4
Grading Policy
• We are all in the Same Side
• Quiz: 1-4
– Random Quizzes: up to 20 or even more!
• Midterm(s): 1-6 points
• Home-works/Projects: 1-4 points
• Final exam: 8-12 points
5
To Care or not to Care!
6
Problem Based Learning
(PBL)
• Traditional Teaching
– Professor -> slides/Blackboard
– Teaching Assistance-> Solve practical
• PBL
– Propose a problem
– Explore the solution space
– Conditions:
• Number of students
7
Problem Based Learning
(PBL)
• I and TA Follows PBL approach
• Do not Expect them to solve the problems in
the whiteboard.
• Previous Term were mostly happy with this
approach
8
Teaching Assitants