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The exam (moed B) was checked
Exam B grades are available via GR++. Your scanned exams will be available online soon.
The appeals should be submitted until 18-October-2011 (Tuesday) to the mailbox of Michael Viderman
on the 5th floor.

The appeals should be written on the standard appeal form (available near the secretary)
and you should attach the copy of the exam (including all questions), otherwise the appeals will not be considered.
Note that in the case of an appeal, the entire exam can be rechecked and the grade can be increased or decreased.

The factor to Moed B was the same to Moed A, i.e., 1.05*ExamB+4, where ExamB is your exam grade.
The final grade is based on the exam grade after the factor and the "magen" of home assignments.
Last updated on 4/10/2011, 15:23:04  
Reception hour of prof. Hagit Attiya
Hagit will have the reception hour on Sunday, October 2, 12:00-13:00 (Taub 742)
Created on 24/9/2011, 08:56:35  
Reception hour of Meirav
Meirav will have the reception hour on Monday, September 26, 10:30-11:30 (Taub 533)
Last updated on 21/9/2011, 10:38:27  
Exam B
The exam (Moed B) will take place on Monday, 03.10.11, 13:00-16:00.
The exam is scheduled for 2.5 hours. The rooms are Taub 6,7,8.

The exam is with open material, and includes everything you learned in lectures
and tutorials. Calculators are allowed (disconnected from the outer world. You will not be
allowed to use your cellular phone's calculator).

We will hold the following reception hours before the exam:
Michael - Thursday, September 22, 13:00-14:00 (office, Taub 216)
Meirav - Monday, September 26, 10:30-11:30 (office, Taub 533)

Good Luck,
Course staff.
Last updated on 21/9/2011, 10:36:07  
The exam (moed A) was checked
Exam A grades are available via GR++. Your scanned exams will be available online soon.
The appeals should be submitted until 14-July-2011 (Thursday) to the mailbox of Michael Viderman
on the 5th floor.

The appeals should be written on the standard appeal form (available near the secretary)
and you should attach the copy of the exam (including all questions), otherwise the appeals will not be considered.
Note that in the case of an appeal, the entire exam can be rechecked and the grade can be increased or decreased.

The average of the final grade (Moed A) is 74.9. The factor was 1.05*ExamA+4, where ExamA is your exam grade.
The final grade is based on the exam grade after the factor and the "magen" of home assignments.
Created on 28/6/2011, 14:48:52  
HW4 was checked
HW4 was checked, the grades are available in GR.
The exercises will be returned on Sunday.
Created on 23/6/2011, 17:07:13  
Reception hour of Michael Viderman
The reception hour of Michael Viderman today is postponed to 14:00.
My apology,
Michael Viderman.
Created on 23/6/2011, 12:51:14  
Exam A
The exam (Moed A) will take place on Monday, 27.06.11, 9:00-11:30.
The exam is scheduled for 2.5 hours. The rooms are Fishbach 505, 506, 507.

The exam is with open material, and includes everything you learned in lectures
and tutorials. Calculators are allowed (disconnected from the outer world. You will not be
allowed to use your cellular phone's calculator).

We will hold the following reception hours before the exam:

Meirav - Wednesday, June 22, 13:00-14:00 (office, Taub 533)
Michael - Thursday, June 23, 13:00-14:00 (office, Taub 216)
Hagit - Sunday, June 26, 11:00-12:00 (office, Taub 742)

Good Luck,
Course staff.
Last updated on 20/6/2011, 10:14:12  
Additional slides on recovery
The lecture slides for concurrency were extended to include material about recovery: the new slides start on slide 82.
Last updated on 19/6/2011, 14:06:24  
HW3 - checked
HW3 was checked, the grades are available in GR.
The exercises will be returned soon.
Created on 18/6/2011, 15:04:58  
Additional slides on recovery
The lecture slides for concurrency were extended to include material about recovery: the new slides start on slide 65. There are a few corrections in earlier slides.
Last updated on 19/6/2011, 14:06:40  
Lecture (12.6.2011) - change of place
The lecture on 12.6.2011 (next Sunday) will be given in Taub 9.
Created on 5/6/2011, 11:48:02  
Reception hour of Michael Viderman (next week)
The reception hour of Michael Viderman on Monday (06/06/2011) is canceled.
Moreover, Michael Viderman will be unavailable from 06/06/2011 to 12/06/2011.

Note that the tutorial on Monday will be held as usual (will be taught by Meirav).
Created on 1/6/2011, 21:06:34  
HW3 (a submission date)
You are allowed to submit the HW3 until Sunday (12.06.2011) at 12:00.
This decision was made since some students had a problem to arrive and submit the assignment during Shavuot.

However, notice that HW4 will not be postponed and you are still supposed to finish preparing
the HW3 on 8.06.2011 (even if you submit it later) and to start HW4 after 8.06.2011.
Last updated on 29/5/2011, 23:02:06  
HW2 - checked
HW2 was checked, the grades are available in GR.
The exercises will be returned on the next week.
Created on 26/5/2011, 20:47:52  
Ex 3 and Ex 4
Ex 3 was published, it is due Wednesday, June 8, at 12:00. You are supposed to start it after 18.05.2011.

Ex 4 was also published, it is due Wednesday, June 22, at 12:00. You are supposed to start Ex4 after 8.06.2011.

Note that Ex 3 and Ex 4 are two last home assignments in the course.
Last updated on 15/5/2011, 21:29:25  
Tuesday's tutorial
The tutorial on Tuesday, next week (17.05.2011) is canceled.
Note that the Monday's tutorial will be given as usual.
Created on 12/5/2011, 15:41:00  
HW1 - checked
HW1 was checked, the grades are available in GR.
The exercises will be returned on Sunday (8.5.2011).
Created on 4/5/2011, 23:50:36  
Ex 2
Ex 2 was published, it is due Wednesday, May 18, at 12:00.
You are supposed to start it after the Complementary tutorial on Wednesday (13.04.2011).
That means the assignment is given for more than a month and no postponements will be given.


Created on 11/4/2011, 16:41:03  
Complementary Tutorial on Wednesday (13/04/2011)
The Complementary Tutorial will be given for both groups and all the students are strongly recommended to come.
The tutorial will be given on Wednesday 12:30-13:30 in 13/04/2011, in Taub 5.
The subject is B+, secondary index.

You will need this tutorial to solve HW2 which will be published after this complementary tutorial.
Last updated on 5/4/2011, 16:23:27  
Lecture slides
The lecture slides for sorting were updated: the new slides were added, starting from
slide 47 and there are a few corrections in early slides.
Please download the new slides for the sorting subject.
Created on 26/3/2011, 02:48:24  
Ex 1
Ex 1 was published, it is due Wednesday, April 13, at 12:00.
The most popular (important) questions about this assignment will be answered in the
F.A.Q.section.
Last updated on 22/3/2011, 20:02:36  
Reminder: Wednesday (23/3/2011) is YOM MATKONET of Sunday
Dear Students,
Please note that Wednesday (23/3/2011) is YOM MATKONET of Sunday.
So, the lecture will be held on Wednesday 23/3/2011.


Created on 21/3/2011, 13:35:45  
Tuesday's tutorial - Change of the place
Tuesday's tutorial (of Meirav Zehavi) will be held (permanently) in Taub 4.
Created on 8/3/2011, 14:52:24  
Clarification: there is no tutorial on Wednesday
Dear students,
we would like to stress that there is no tutorial on Wednesday, it was canceled permanently.

Regards,
Course staff.
Created on 28/2/2011, 19:03:41  
Tutorials on the first week are canceled
The tutorials on Monday (28.02.2011) and Tuesday (01.03.2011) are canceled.
The lectures and tutorials will be held as usual starting Sunday (06.03.2011).

Note also that the homework grades transfer policy was published in F.A.Q.
Created on 24/2/2011, 09:20:12  
Welcome
Welcome to File Systems Spring 2011.
Please follow the announcements on this web site.

We wish you good luck,
Course staff.
Created on 21/2/2011, 23:07:35