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Computer Science

500 West 15th Street
325 Computer Science Bldg.
Rolla, MO 65409
(573) 341-4491
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Ali R. Hurson
Department Chair and Professor
Department of Computer Science
Missouri University of Science and Technology
e-mail: Ali R. Hurson
325 Computer Science Building
Rolla, MO 65409-0350
(573) 341-6201 (Department)
(573) 341-4501 (Fax)



Full CV

Selected Publications ( Publications )

Gao, X., Hurson, A.R., and Kavi K., “Estimate Validity Regions for Nearest Neighbor Queries�?, ICSoft07.

Jean, E., Jiao, Y., Hurson, A.R., and Potok, T.E., “SAS: A Secure Aglet Server�?, Computer Security Conference 2007 in Myrtle Beach, SC, April 11-13, 2007.

Jiao, Y. and Hurson, A.R., “Energy-Efficient Wireless Information Retrieval�?, Journal of Computer and System Sciences, Special issue on Network-Based Computing, Vol. 73, No. 3, pp. 1145-1163, 2007.

Hsu Hung-Yuan and Hurson, A.R., “PEAN: A Probabilistic Energy Aware Neighbor Monitoring Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks�?, IEEE International Symposium on Pervasive Computing and Ad Hoc Communications, PCAP, pp. 201-206, 2007.

Jiao, Y., Hurson, A.R., and Shirazi, B., “Adaptive Application-Driven WLAN Power Management�?, Journal of Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 255-275, 2007.

Computer Science 4XX - Heterogeneous and Mobile Databases

Syllabus
CS 4XX Policy

Lectures
Unit 1 Database architectures
Unit 2 Distributed database query processing
Unit 3 Distributed database & Transaction
Unit 4 Heterogeneous databases Schema integration
Unit 5 Heterogeneous databases query processing
Unit 6 Heterogeneous databases security
Unit 7 Heterogeneous databases mobility
Unit 8 Mobile and Heterogeneous Databases Broadcasting
Unit 9 Mobile Databases Transactions

Homeworks
Homework #1 Solution
Homework #2
Homework #3
Homework #4

Reading Papers
1.  Read client/server section From "Fundamentals of Database Systems" by Elmasri and Navathe
2.   Database System Architecture — A Walk through Time:  From Centralized Platform to Mobile Computing Keynote Address
3.  A typical Relational Query Optimizer,  From "Database Management Systems" by Ramakrishnan and Gehrke
4.  Overview of Transaction Management,  From "Database Management Systems" by Ramakrishnan and Gehrke
5.   A Taxonomy and Current Issues in Multi database Systems  by Bright, Hurson and Pakzad
6.   Security issues and Solutions in Distributed heterogeneous Mobile Database Systems  by Hurson, Ploskonka and Haridas
7.  Data Broadcasting in a Mobile Environment", by A. R. Hurson and Y. Jiao.  Wireless Information Highway, Chapter 4.

Working Problems
Working Problem 1