Please note the following Due Dates:

• Monday, April 27 - Project Status - email me a 1-2 page update on current status of your project and any proposed changes to deleverables.   In case of the latter, we can discuss.
• Thursday May 7th - Project Presentation - each group will present their project to the class - we will probably extend the class period to do this.   Lunch will be provided.
• Thursday May 14th 5pm - Final Project Reports Due
  

As mentioned in class,  Dan Weinreb's blog has a very interesting perspective on the Object Store experience from a technical and market perspective.    Interesting reading on both fronts (best to read the bottom one first).   Thanks to Neil C for pointing this out.

Two places to look for additional information on Cascades are:  the paper by Shapiro et al and the paper by Condie et al.  (see section 4.1.4)  As discussed in class today, we will spend a bit of time on this Thursday before going on to the Materialized Views topic.   

Please email your updated project proposals to me by class time on Thursday 3/12.   This proposal should go into a bit more detail about what exactly you plan to do for your project with an emphasis on actual deliverables.    This is the "contract" phase.   That is, we will agree that if you do what you promise to deliver by the end of the semester, then we will all consider the project to be a success.    It would also be helpful if you included a short bibliography and a brief (a couple paragraphs is fine) discussion of how your project relates to other work.

Folks, as we discussed in class, please prepare a one-page write up for each group stating:

Title of the project
Group Members
Motivation and Goals (1-2 Paragraphs)
Expected Deliverables

Let me know if you need project ideas or help refining yours.

or send an email if you can't make those times.