| 1. | Aug 20 | Helen Howell | Group 1 | Introduction to XML |
| 2. | Aug 27 | Kunal Verma | Group 5 | XML Database Engines |
| 3. | Aug 31 | Hauntian Cao | Group 3 | XML Algebras |
| 4. | Sep 10 | Haijin Yan | Group 2 | XML Query Languages (XQuery) |
| 5. | Sep 17 | Kai Wang | Group 4 | Indexing for XML Databases |
| 6. | Sep 24 | Feng Sun | Group 3 | Main Memory Database Systems |
| 7. | Oct 1 | S. Chandrasekaran | Group 1 | Processing XML Meta-Data (DTD, XML Schema) |
| 8. | Oct 8 | Sudhanshu Sipani | Group 5 | Recovery for Main Memory Databases |
| 9. | Oct 15 | Jianping Zhu | Group 4 | Evolution of Indexing Techniques |
| 10. | Oct 22 | Xiaoqing Zeng | Group 5 | Transaction Management for XML Databases |
| 11. | Oct 29 | Dongsheng Che | Group 4 | Storage Organization for XML Databases |
| 12. | Nov 5 | Qian Bo | Group 2 | Query Language Translation Tools |
| 13. | Nov 12 | . | Group 1 | Client Query Tool |
| 14. | Nov 19 | . | Group 2 | Query Processor: Parsing |
| 15. | Nov 26 | . | Group 3 | Query Processor: Plan Generation |
| 16. | Dec 3 | . | Group 4 | XML Engine: Storage Structures |
| 17. | Dec 10 | . | Group 5 | XML Engine: Transaction Management |