Department of Computer Engineering

Bilkent University

CS353 DATABASE SYSTEMS

Fall 2026-2027

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Instructor: Prof. Dr. Hamdi Dibeklioğlu

TA:

bullet Tuna Saygın
bullet Office Hour: by appointment
bullet Office: EA-407
bullet E-mail: tuna.saygin@bilkent.edu.tr
bullet Mahmut Mert Gençtürk
bullet Office Hour: by appointment
bullet Office: ~
bullet E-mail: mert.gencturk@bilkent.edu.tr ~
bullet Mohammadshayan Shabani
bullet Office Hour: by appointment
bullet Office: ~
bullet E-mail: m.shabani@bilkent.edu.tr ~

ANNOUNCEMENTS

bullet Ann #16: 16/10/2026 Homework 3 is now available on Moodle. The due date for the homework is October 23, Friday at 23:59. You must submit your homework via the "HW3 Submission" activity on Moodle. Your submission file must be named "surname_name_hw3.pdf". You may ONLY use SQL operations covered in lectures up to and including October 15. For example, you are not allowed to use LEFT OUTER JOIN.
bullet Ann #15: 16/10/2026 The grades for Homework 1 are now available on STARS. Average grade for Homework 1 is 90.13.
bullet Ann #14: 10/02/2026 The tentative due date for the project proposal is February 19, Wednesday at 23:59. Your project proposal should include description of your application, its requirements (functional and non-functional) and limitations in detail. Most importantly, it should include the conceptual design of your database using the E/R model. Note that, you MUST draw your ER diagram with the notation you learned in the class. The report format MUST comply with the report formatting guideline given in the MOODLE!. Please read the corresponding part in Project Specifications Document for the details of the project proposal. You should upload your proposal to Moodle. One of the group member's submission is enough.
bullet Ann #13: 02/10/2026 Project groups are listed. You can find Project Groups and Project Topics documents in Moodle under Project Documents folder. Please check the lists carefully and email to Tuna Saygın immediately if there is a mistake in your project group.
bullet Ann #12: 02/10/2026 Homework 2 is now available on Moodle. The due date for the homework is October 9, Friday at 23:59. You must submit your homework via the "HW2 Submission" activity on Moodle. Your submission file must be named as "surname_name_hw2.pdf". Please use drawio or another diagramming tools for drawing E/R diagrams
bullet Ann #11: 28/09/2026 Clarification on Project Exemption: The project exemption applies only to the project assignments. Previous homework grades are not carried over; therefore, students who are exempt from the project must still complete the homework assignments.
bullet Ann #10: 28/09/2026 Homework 1 has been revised. The only change is that the "p_id" attribute of the Pilot entity has been renamed to "pilot_id".
bullet Ann #9: 25/09/2026 Homework 1 is now available on Moodle. The due date for the homework is October 2, Friday at 23:59. You must submit your homework via the "HW1 Submission" activity on Moodle. Your submission file must be named as "surname_name_hw1.pdf". For this homework, both digital and handwritten format is accepted as long as it is written elligible.
bullet Ann #8: 23/09/2026 There will be an online tutorial on web-based database applications October 26 at 18:00 via Zoom. You will have a programming assignment (HW-4) related to this tutorial. The attendance is not mandatory. We will cover Docker basics&setup, and Flask application structure.
bullet Ann #7: 23/09/2026 The Midterm Exam will be on 3rd of November starting at (TO BE ANNOUNCED) in classrooms (TO BE ANNOUNCED).
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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