| Aaron Feng on 17 Aug 2011 09:10:39 -0700 |
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| Re: [Philly Lambda] RSVP - August 24th - "The Relational Model, not SQL" by Michael Glaesemann |
The meeting is on the 24th. The room was booked for the wrong date the first time. Aaron On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Walt Mankowski <waltman@pobox.com> wrote: > Is the meeting happening tonight or next Wednesday? The Doodle says > the 24th, but some emails went around the Drexel CS department (where > I'm a PhD student) yesterday saying the 17th. The MCS Society's > website (they sent out one of the announcements) also says the 17th: > > http://society.cs.drexel.edu/ > > Walt > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 07:50:30AM -0400, Aaron Feng wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I don't have the location 100% ironed out yet, but most likely it will >> be at Drexel again. >> As usual, we will start the meeting at 6:30PM, but the door will be >> opened at 6PM. >> >> I currently don't have a food sponsor. If your company would like to >> sponsor it, please >> let me know. >> >> RSVP if you plan to come: >> >> http://www.doodle.com/ux2f8iau4stwa7gb >> >> Below is the abstract: >> >> Most people know relational databases through the lens of SQL as it's by far the >> most popular language used to access relational databases. However, SQL is far >> from perfect tool for expressing fully all of the concepts of the Relational >> Model, the mathematical theory that provides the foundation for working with >> relational databases. >> >> Take a tour of the Relational Model, learn to see SQL in a new perspective, >> hear about alternatives to SQL, and even discuss what might make a >> better system! >> >> Aaron >