Department of Computer Engineering

Bilkent University

CS353 DATABASE SYSTEMS

Fall 2026-2027

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Instructor: Prof. Dr. Hamdi Dibeklioğlu

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bullet Tuna Saygın
bullet Office Hour: by appointment
bullet Office: EA-407
bullet E-mail: tuna.saygin@bilkent.edu.tr
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
bullet Ann #6: 16/09/2026 The students, who are retaking CS-353 to improve their grade or due to failure, and who previously completed the term project successfully, can be exempted from the project of the course. If you are repeating the course and want to be exempted from the project, please send an e-mail with the subject line CS-353: Project Exemption to Tuna Saygın by September 25, Friday midnight, clearly indicating the year and the semester when you took the course. For students requesting exemption from the project, your previous project grade will be mapped to this semester's project grade based on the average grade of this semester’s projects. Important: If you don't send the e-mail by the deadline, you will be automatically put into a project group.
bullet Ann #5: 16/09/2026 Please start forming project groups of 5 students. You can use the forum in Moodle if you are looking for a group or a team member. Please read Project Specification Document in Moodle for further details.
bullet Students that do not belong to any group will be assigned randomly.
bullet Project groups may include students from different sections.
bullet You must form your group and send an e-mail with the subject line CS-353: Group Members to Tuna Saygın until September 25, Friday midnight. One group member's e-mail is enough.
bullet The email should include a list of group members with full name, sections and IDs.
bullet Ann #4: 16/09/2026 Course syllabus, Project Document and Course slides are uploaded on Moodle.
bullet Ann #3: 16/09/2026 Minimum Requirements to Qualify for the Final Exam:
In order to qualify for the final exam, the Midterm Exam grade must be at least 30 out of 100.
bullet Ann #2: 16/09/2026 CS353 MOODLE PAGE: We will use Moodle service in our course in this semester. You must log into the moodle through STARS system first. You can use forums in this page to communicate with other students in this course.
bullet Ann #1: 16/09/2026 Welcome to CS-353! Please visit this page very frequently to learn about latest announcements, regular assignments, office hour changes, exam information and other relevant stuff.

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