6.5830/6.5831 lectures are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Feb 2 First Day of Classes |
Feb 3 Lec 1: Intro, Relational Model, SQL 1 Assigned: Lab 1, PS 1 |
Feb 4 |
Feb 5 Lec 2: SQL 2 Reading Assignment |
Feb 6 |
| Feb 9 |
Feb 10 Lec 3: Schema Design Reading Assignment |
Feb 11 |
Feb 12 Lec 4: Intro to DB Internals Reading Assignment |
Feb 13 |
| Feb 16 |
Feb 17 Presidents' Day (Monday Schedule) |
Feb 18 |
Feb 19 Lec 5: DB Operators and Query Processing Reading Assignment Assigned: Lab 2, PS 2 Due: PS 1 |
Feb 20 |
| Feb 23 |
Feb 24 Lec 6: Indexing and Access Methods Reading Assignment |
Feb 25 |
Feb 26 Lec 7: Join Algorithms Reading Assignment Due: Lab 1, Project teams (if doing final project) |
Feb 27 |
| Mar 2 |
Mar 3 Lec 8: Query Optimization Reading Assignment |
Mar 4 |
Mar 5 Lec 9: Database Layout for Analytic DBs Reading Assignment Lab 1 write-up in-class |
Mar 6 |
| Mar 9 |
Mar 10 Lec 10: Column Stores ctd Due: PS 2, Project proposals (if doing a final project) |
Mar 11 |
Mar 12 Quiz 1 |
Mar 13 |
| Mar 16 |
Mar 17 Lec 11: Transactions and Locking Reading Assignment Assigned: Lab 3, Lab 4 Other: Project meetings |
Mar 18 |
Mar 19 Lec 12: Recovery Reading Assignment Due: Lab 2 Other: Project meetings |
Mar 20 |
| Mar 23 Spring Break |
Mar 24 Spring Break |
Mar 25 Spring Break |
Mar 26 Spring Break |
Mar 27 Spring Break |
| Mar 30 |
Mar 31 Lec 13: Recovery 2 Reading Assignment Lab 2 write-up in-class |
Apr 1 |
Apr 2 Lec 14: Optimistic Concurrency Control, Snapshot Isolation Reading Assignment |
Apr 3 |
| Apr 6 |
Apr 7 Lec 15: Distributed Databases Reading Assignment Assigned: PS 3 |
Apr 8 |
Apr 9 Lec 16: Distributed Transactions Reading Assignment |
Apr 10 |
| Apr 13 |
Apr 14 Lec 17: Advanced Cardinality Estimation/Sketches Other: Project meetings, Midterm reports |
Apr 15 |
Apr 16 Lec 18: Eventual Consistency Reading Assignment Due: Lab 3 |
Apr 17 |
| Apr 20 |
Apr 21 Lec 19: Cluster Computing (Spark) Reading Assignment DROP DATE |
Apr 22 |
Apr 23 Quiz 2 Lab 3 write-up in-class |
Apr 24 |
| Apr 27 |
Apr 28 Lec 20: Cloud DB (Aurora + Snowflake) Reading Assignment Due: PS 3 |
Apr 29 |
Apr 30 Lec 21: Vector DB Reading Assignment |
May 1 |
| May 4 |
May 5 Lec 22: Semantic Operators |
May 6 |
May 7 Lec 23: Final Project Presentations Due: Project Report + Video submission |
May 8 |
| May 11 |
May 12 Lec 24: Final Project Presentations Last Day of Classes Due: Lab 4 (6.5831 only) Lab 4 write-up in-class for 6.5831 students |
May 13 |
May 14 |
May 15 |
Last change: January 15 2026.
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