M. Sc. Tech.

in Computer Science & technology (3 Years)

Course Code & Title Credit Pattern (L: T: P)
Hard Core Subjects
MSCH1 Discrete Mathematics 3:1:0
MSCH2 Principles of Programming & Problem Solving 2:1:1
MSCH3 Data Structures 2:1:1
MSCH4 Computer Architecture 2:1:1
MSCH5 Algorithmics 2:0:2
MSCH6 System Software 2:1:1
MSCH7 Operating System 3:1:0
MSCH8 Theory of Languages 2:1:0
MSCH9 Data Base Management System 2:1:1
MSCH10 Computer Networks 2:1:1
MSCH11 Computer Graphics 2:1:1
MSCH12 Software Engineering 2:1:1
MSCH13 Object Oriented Analysis and Design 2:0:2

Soft Core Subjects

MSCS1 Compiler Construction 2:1:1
MSCS2 Graph Theory 3:1:0
MSCS3 Data Communications 3:1:0
MSCS4 Software Quality Assurance 2:1:1
MSCS5 Multi-Data Analysis 2:1:1
MSCS6 Research Methodology & Documentation 3:1:0
MSCS7 . Net Technology 2:0:2
MSCS8 Fuzzy Theory 3:1:0
MSCS9 Image Processing 3:0:1
MSCS10 Information Retrieval 2:1:1
MSCS11 Pattern Recognition 3:0:1
MSCS12 Probability and Distribution Theory 3:1:0
MSCS13 Artificial Intelligence 3:1:0
MSCS14 JAVA Programming 2:0:2
MSCS15 Operations Research and Optimization 3:1:0
MSCS16 Simulation and Modeling 3:1:0
MSCS17 Numerical Algorithms 2:0:2
MSCS18 Mobile Communication 3:1:0

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Elective Subjects
MSCE1 Communication Skills and Professional Management 3:1:0
MSCE2 Cryptography 3:1:0
MSCE3 Data Analysis 3:0:1
MSCE4 Data Compression 3:0:1
MSCE5 Data Mining 3:1:0
MSCE6 Data Indexing 2:1:1
MSCE7 Distribution Theory 3:1:0
MSCE8 Embedded Systems 2:1:1
MSCE9 Advanced Data Structures 2:1:1
MSCE10 Hardware and Networking 2:1:1
MSCE11 Java Programming 2:0:2
MSCE12 MATLAB Programming 1:1:2
MSCE13 Medical Imaging 3:0:1
MSCE14 Microprocessor 3:0:1
MSCE15 Multimedia Communication 3:1:0
MSCE16 Network Security 2:1:1
MSCE17 Numerical Algorithms 2:0:2
MSCE18 Practicing Software Design 1:1:2
MSCE19 Simulation and Modeling 2:1:1
MSCE20 Software Engineering Case Tools 1:1:2
MSCE21 Software Quality Testing 2:1:1
MSCE22 Symantec Web 2:1:1
MSCE23 System Analysis and Design 3:1:0
MSCE24 Theory of Complexity 3:1:0
MSCE25 Process Automation 2:1:1
MSCE26 Parallel Computing 3:1:0
MSCE27 Data Clustering 3:1:0

Note: The subjects in soft core list not taken as soft core can also
be considered as elective subjects.

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Detailed Syllabi for the M. Sc. Tech. course in Computer Science &
Technology Course

HARD CORES

Discrete Mathematics 3:1:0

Objective:

Prerequisites:

Course Content: Mathematical logic, Set theory, Relation, Recurrence relation, Function,
Groups and coding theory.
References:
1. Discrete Mathematical Structures with applications to Computer Science by Tremblay &
Manohar.
2. Discrete Mathematics by Kolman & Busby.

Principles of Programming Languages 2:1:1

Objective: This is to introduce the various programming paradigms existing with their role in
solving problems by computers and selection of an appropriate language for solving a problem
Prerequisites:

Course Content: Programming Languages, Role of Programming Languages in Problem

Solving, Different Programming Paradigms, Imperative Programming-Design Principles,
Control flow, pros and cons of imperative programming, Case Study using C, Object-oriented
programming-General Characteristics, Design Principles - Objects, Classes, Messages, Methods,
Data abstraction, Encapsulation, Polymorphism, Inheritance, Dynamic binding, Case Study using
C++, Functional Programming - Mathematical Functions, Lambda functions, Higher Order
Functions, Recursions. Introduction to LISP, Scheme, Haskell, Applications of Functional
Languages, Comparison of Functional and Imperative Languages Logic Programming-
Computing with Relations, Logic Programming with Prolog, Basic principles of Parallel
Programming.
References:
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 1. Seyed H. Roosta - Foundations of programming languages: design and implementation,
Thomson/Brooks/Cole, 01-Aug-2002.
2. Ravi Sethi – Programming Languages: concepts and constructs, 2nd edition.
3. Robert W Sebesta – Concepts of Programming Languages, 4th edition.

Data Structures 3:0:1

Objective: To introduce the students to the concepts of data structures and its significance in
solving problems. The course shall be taught keeping in mind that the learners are designers of
data structures rather than its practitioners.

Prerequisites: Programming Fundamentals

Course Content: Notion of Algorithm, Data, Data types and Abstract data types, Types of Data
structures; Primitive, Non primitive, Linear- Nonlinear, Array, Stack, Queues, Graphs, Binary
Trees, General Tree, Forest, Representation of data structures based on sequential storage and
linked list storage – Associated functions and Axioms.

References:

1. Jean-Paul Tremblay, P. G. Sorenson – An Introduction to Data Structures With

Applications, McGraw-Hill.
2. Horowitz Ellis, Sahni Sartaj & Anderson-Freed Susan, Fundamentals of Data Structures
In C(++), Orient Black Swan.

3. Debasis Samantha- Classic Data structures, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., 2nd edition.

Computer Architecture 2:1:1

Objective:

Prerequisites:

Course Content: Introduction, addressing methods and machine program sequencing, assembly
language, Stacks and Queues operations and applications subroutines, subroutine nesting, Logic
instructions (AND, OR, NOT, XOR), Shift and Rotate instructions, Multiplication and Division
operations, Register gating and timing of data transfers, Register Transfers, Performing
arithmetic or logic operation, Execution of a complete instruction, Performance considerations,
Hardwired control, Microprogrammed control, Input-Output organization, memory organization.

References:
1. Computer Organization: V. Carl Hamacher, Zvonko G. Vranesic and Safwat G. Zaky,
McGraw – Hill International Editions, Fourth Edition.

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 2. Fundamentals of Logic Design: C. H. Roth, 4th Edition.
3. Digital Design: Morris M. Mano, Prentice-Hall, Eaglewood Cliffs.
4. Digital Logic Design: J. P. Hayes, Addition-Wesley.

Algorithmics 3:1:1
Objective: This is to help the students to be able to understand apriori - analysis of an algorithm in a
better way and learn to profile an algorithm and to be able to understand the design strategies and
apply them and also get introduced to some advanced concepts

Prerequisites: A student should have gone through Programming and Data Structures courses
before taking up this course
Course Content: Characteristic features of an algorithm, Aprirori and Aposteriori analysis,
Deriving expressions for the worst case and best case computing time, exact and approximate
expressions, profiling for average computing time, Case studies, Heaps, Hashing, design
Strategies – Divide and Conquer, Greedy, Back tracking, Brach and Bound, Dynamic
Programming, P, NP issues and Speed up issues through Parallel implementation.
References:
1. Algorithms – E Horowitz, S Sahni, S Rajasekaran, UP.
2. Algorithms – T. H. Cormon, CE Leiserson, RL Rivert, PHI.

Systems Software 2:1:1

Objective: To introduce the students to the concepts of systems software and also get to study
the designing principles of the various systems softwares.
Prerequisites: Digital Electronics, Computer Organization
Course Content: Introduction - Components of a programming system, assembler, loaders,
macros, linkers, compilers, operating systems, Formal Languages. Assemblers - Design of an
assembler, Macros – Design of a Macro, Loader and linkers – Various loading schemes,
Compilers - Introduction to compilers, Various Phases of a compiler, Operating Systems -
Introduction to Operating System.
References:
1. John J. Donovan – “System Programming”, 12th Edition, TMH Publications, New Delhi,
1997.
2. Leland L. Beck - “System Software” 3rd edition, Addison Wesley, 1997.
3. Barron D. W. - “Assemblers and Loaders”, Mc Donald and Javes, 1978.
4. Ullman J. D. – “Fundamentals of Programming Systems”, Addison and Wesley, 1985.
5. D. M. Dhamdhere - “Systems Programming and Operating System”, 2nd edition, JMH,
1999.

Operating Systems 3:1:0

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Objective: Introducing the theories of the designing principles of a very important system
software which helps

Prerequisites: Systems Software

Course Content: Introduction – Definition, Necessity, various viewpoints of an OS, Features,

Functions, Structure, Virtuality, Process Management – Concepts, Scheduling, Concurrent &
cooperating processes, inter-process communication, Process Synchronization and Deadlocks,
Threads, Storage Management – Main Memory Management – Various Strategies, Virtual
Memory based methods, File system interface – file concept, access method, directory structure,
file system structure and its implementation, Mass storage structure – Disk, structure,
scheduling, management, Protection and security – Goals, domains, security problems,
cryptography. Case study – Linux operating system - Design principles, Kernel Module,
process management, scheduling, memory management, file system, input and output, inter-
process communication.
References:
1. Operating System Concepts by Abraham Silberschatz and Peter Baer Galvin and Greg
Gagne, VIII Edition, John Wiley and sons, 2003.
2. Operating System Concepts and Design by Milan Milankovic, Second Edition, McGraw
Hill 1992.
3. Operating System by Harvey M. Deitel, Addison Wesley,1990
4. Operating System – A Concept Based Approach, D.M. Dhamdhere, Tata McGraw Hill,
2002.

Theory of Languages 3:0:1

Objective: Introducing the theories of natural language acquisition and their importance to the
artificial languages that had originated in computer science.

Prerequisites: Set theory

Course Content: Alphabets, languages, grammars, types of languages, regular languages:

regular expressions, regular grammars, algorithmic properties of regular languages, various types
of finite automata. Context-free languages: context-free grammars, derivation trees, ambiguous
and unambiguous grammars, properties of context-free languages, push down automata, context
sensitive grammars, Turing machines.

References:

1. Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation by John E.

Hopcroft, Rajeev Motwani, Jeffrey D. Ullman, Pearson/Addison Wesley, 2007.

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 2. An Introduction to Formal Languages and Automata by Peter Linz, Jones & Bartlett
Learning, 01-Jan-2001.

Data Base Management System 2:1:1

Objective:

Prerequisites:

Course Content: Introduction to Database Systems, Advantages, Data Models, Concept of

Entities, Relationships, Database modeling using Entity-Relationship Diagram, Design of an E-R
Database schema, Specialization and generalization. Relational Model, The Relational-Algebra,
Introduction to SQL, its usage, Aggregation, Updates in SQLs, Views in SQL, Integrity
Constraints, Domain Constraints, Referential Integrity, Functional Dependencies, Assertion and
Triggers, Theory of Database design , Pitfalls in a relational database design, Desirable
properties of a good database, Normal forms, Reduction of an E-R schema to Tables, Database
Recovery, Database recovery techniques based on immediate and deferred updates, ARIES
recovery algorithm, Shadow paging, Overview of Concurrency Control, Schedules, , Lock based
protocols, Time stamp based protocols, Time stamp ordering Transaction Processing, Deadlock
handling, File Organization, Indexing and Hashing, Buffer management.
References:

1. Database System Concepts by S. Sudarshan, Abraham Silberschatz, Henry F. Korth

2. Database Management Systems by Raghu Ramakrishnan and Johannes Gehrke.
3. Database Systems: The Complete Book by: Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey D. Ullman,
Jennifer Wisdom.

Computer Networks 2:1:1

Objective:

Prerequisites:

Course Content: A Communication Model, Data Communication, WAN, LAN, Protocols,

TCP/IP Protocol Architecture, OSI Model, Standards, Characteristics, Functions, transmission

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Media, Optical fiber, Wireless transmission; LANs and Medium Access Control Protocols -
Multiple Access Communications, LAN Standards, Network Layer & Networking Devices.
References:

Computer Graphics 2:1:1

Objective:

Prerequisites:

Course Content: Input/output devices, output primitives, region filling, 2D transformation,

Viewing transformation, Clipping, 3D representation and transformation, Projection, Hidden
surface elimination.
References:
1. Computer Graphics by Hearn & Baker.

Software Engineering 2:1:1

Objective:

Prerequisites:

Course Content: Introduction, software life cycle models, requirements analysis and
specification, software design, function-oriented design, object-oriented design using UML, user
interface design, coding and testing, software reliability and quality management, software
maintenance, computer aided software engineering, software project management.
References:
1. Roger S. Pressman – Software Engineering, Sixth Edition, Mc Graw Hill.
2. Ian Sommerville – Software Engineering, Fifth Edition, Addison-Wesley.
3. Rajib Mall – Fundamentals of Software Engineering, PHI.

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 4. Pankaj Jalote – An Integrated Approach to Software Engineering, Third Edition.

Object Oriented Analysis and Design 2:0:2

Objective:

Prerequisites: Basic programming concepts of C

Course Content: Complexity - Structure of complex system, Inherent Complexity of software,
Attributes of complex system, categories of analysis and design methods, Designing complex
system, The Object Model – The evolution of object model, Elements of object model, applying
the object model, Foundations of the object model, Classes and Objects – The nature of an
object, Relationship among objects, the nature of a class, Relationship among classes, The
interplay of classes and objects, On building Quality classes and objects, invoking a method,
Classification – The importance of proper classification, Identifying classes and objects, Key
abstraction and mechanisms, Notation – UML, Basic Behavioral Modeling, Basic elements,
Diagram - Package, Component, Deployment, Use Case, Activity, Class , sequence, Interaction
overview, Composite structure, State machine, Timing, Object, Communication, Process –
Principles, macro process – SDLC, Micro process – Analysis and design process, Pragmatics-
Management and planning, staffing, Release management, Reuse, Quality Assurance Metrics,
Documentation, Tools, The benefits and risks and Object-oriented development, A few Case
studies.

References:

1. Object Oriented Analysis and Design with Application by Grady Booch et al, 3nd
Edition, Pearson Education.
2. Object-Oriented Modeling and Design with UML by Michael R. Blaha, James R.
Rumbaugh, 2nd Edition, Pearson Education.
3. UML 2 and the Unified Process: Practical Object-Oriented Analysis and Design by Jim
Arlow, 2nd Edition, Pearson Education.
4. Object Oriented Systems Development by Ali Bahrami, First Edition, Irwin-McGraw
Hill New Delhi, International Edition.
SOFT CORES

Compiler Construction 2:1:1

Objectives: This course is to introduce the concept of compilation and various stages in
compilation with associate algorithmic models.
Prerequisites: Theory of formal languages

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Course Content: Language processing system, analysis of source program, the phases of a
complier, lexical analyzer, syntax analyzer, Bottom up Parsing, Top down parsing, LR parsers,
Syntax Directed translation scheme, Intermediate code generation and 3-adres code
representation, code generation and optimization.

References:
1. Alfred W Aho, Ravi Sethi, Jeffrey D Ullman, compilers- principles, techniques and tools,
addition- Wesley.
2. Andrew W Apple, modern complier implementation in c, Cambridge university press,
1997.
3. Kenneth C Louden, Complier construction principles, Thomson Education, 1997.

Graph Theory 3:1:0

Objective: Appreciate and apply Graph theory to build models for problem solving and as a
frame work for algorithm design. Design and Profile graph theoretic algorithms for some
applications studies.
Pre requisites: Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms.
Graph- Simple and General Graphs, Undirected and Directed Graphs, Graph data Structures-
Incidence matrix and Adjacency matrix- Algorithmic formulation, Paths, Walks, Traversals,
Eulerian and Hamiltonian traversals, Shortest distances, Greedy, Dynamic, Depth First –
Backtracking, Breadth First, Branch and Bound Strategies for algorithmic implementation, Tress,
Cusets, Planarity, Duality, Chromaticity, Applications, Algorithmic implementation.
References:
1. Graph Theory – N Deo.
2. Graph Theory - Douglas B West.
3. Chapters from the books on Algorithms.

Data Communication 3:1:0

Objective: This course will allow students to develop background knowledge as well as core
expertise in data communication technologies, which is one of the fastest growing industries in
today’s world. The course, starts from the very basics of communication technology and goes up
to the Internet, spanning all the five layers of TCP/IP model. The students will be exposed to
communication principles, different types of media, modulation techniques, multiplexing,
switched networks, the Internet, TCP/IP suite.
Prerequisites: Computer Networks

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Course Content: Data Communications, A communication Model, Data Representation,
Networks, Protocols and Standards, TCP/IP Protocol Suite, OSI Model, Signals, Data rate limits,
Impairments, Digital transmission, Modes of transmission, Analog transmission, Telephone
modems, Multiplexing, Transmission media, Circuit Switching, Error Detection and Correction,
Data Link Control and Protocols, HDLC, Multiple Access, Connecting Devices, Virtual Circuit
Switching, Frame Relay, ATM, Addressing, Routing, Network Layer Design Issues,
Implementation of Connectionless and Connection Oriented Service, Routing Algorithms,
Shortest Path Routing, General Principles of Congestion Control, Congestion Prevention
Policies, Transport Service Primitives, Berkeley Sockets, Elements of Transport Protocols.
References:
1. Behrouz A Forouzan, Data Communications and Networking, Tata McGraw Hill-2001,
2nd edition.
2. William Stallings, Data and Computer Communication, 6th Edition, Pearson Education,
2001.
3. Alberto Leon – Gracia and Indra Widjaja, Communication Networks – Fundamental
Concepts and Key architectures, Tata McGraw Hill, 2000.
4. Achyut S Godbole, Data Communications and Networks Tata McGraw Hill, 2002.

Software Quality Assurance 2:1:1

Objective:

Prerequisites:

Course Content: The software quality challenge, Software quality, Software quality factors, The
components of software quality assurance system, Integrating quality activities in the project life
cycle, Software testing, Assuring the quality of software maintenance components, Case tools
and their effect on software quality, Procedures, work instructions and quality devices, Staff
training and certification, Software configuration management, Documentation control, Software
quality metrics, Quality management standards, Management and its role in software quality
assurance, The SQA unit and other actors in the SQA syatem.

References:

1. Daniel Galin, Software Quality Assurance: From Theory to Implementation, Addison

Wesley, 2003.
2. Stephen Kan, Metrics and Models in Software Quality Engineering (2nd Edition),
Addison Wesley, 2002.
3. Watts S. Humphrey, Managing the software process, Addison-Wesley.

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Multi-Dimensional Data Analysis 2:1:1
Objective:

Prerequisites:

Course Content: Data – Temporal data, Spatial data, Multispectral data, Multi Sensor/ Source
data, Features, Samples, Multidimensional Representation, Proximity matrix, Distance
Computation, Analysis with missing feature values, Learning in Multidimensional data space,
Data Representation, Cluster Analysis, Case studies from Pattern Recognition, Image Processing,
Data Mining and other applications.
References: Appropriate Literature.

Research Methodology & Documentation 3:1:0

Objective: The course is to familiarize the students with the foundations of research which are
essential in taking up any research activity.
Prerequisites: Data Structures, Algorithms
Course content: Advanced Algorithms: Complexity Issues, P vs NP, Nondeterministic Problem
Reduction, Approximation Algorithms, Data: Types of Data, Clustering, Normalization,
Strategies of Clustering, Reduction of Dimension, Graph Slicing, Research: Overview,
Hypothesis, Research Categories, Research Process, Documentation, Paper Publications, Thesis
Writing, Research Discussions (Seminars, Conferences, Symposiums, Workshops).
References:
1. Ellis Horowitz, Sartaj Sahni, Sanguthevar Rajasekaran-Computer Algorithms, Silicon
Press, 2008.
2. Jean-Paul Tremblay, P. G. Sorenson – An introduction to data structures with
applications, McGraw-Hill.
3. Horowitz Ellis Sahni Sartaj & Anderson-Freed Susan Fundamentals of Data Structures In
C (Pul), Orient Black Swan.
4. Anil K Jain, R. C. Dubes: Algorithms for Clustering Data.
5. Anil K Jain, M. N. Murthy and P. J. Flynn: Data Clustering-A Review.
6. Related Research papers.

. Net Technology 2:0:2

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Objectives: This allows the students to learn about Web development. Also this course will help
them in the Development of projects like mini projects and major projects.

Prerequisites: Basic programming concepts of C & C++

Course Content: Introduction: An overview of the .NET framework. CLR, FCL, ASP.NET to
support Internet development and ADO.NET to support database applications, Introduction to
C#: Program structure, Writing methods, Recursion and overloading arrays and data presentation
Class definitions. Properties, indexers, and access Arrays control, Inheritance and polymorphism,
delegates, Exception handling.
AOD.NET: Introduction to SQL, ADO.NET after Native Drivers, ODBC Drivers, DAO/RDO and
ADO. Database using VS.NET Establishing Connection with Database, ASP.NET: Web forms in
ASP.NET, States, Validation, Login; ASP.NET Administrative tasks ASP.NET Data controls, Ajax
Extensions, LINQ, Working with XML data, Web Services.

References:

1. Pro C# with .NET 3.0 by Andrew Troelsen.

2. Microsoft ASP.NET by G. Andrew Duthie.
3. Building ASP.NET WebPages with Microsoft web Matrix. By Steve Lydford.

Fuzzy Theory 3:1:0

Objective:

Prerequisites:

Course Content: Introduction, classical sets and fuzzy sets, classical relations and fuzzy
relations, Properties of Membership Functions, Fuzzification, and Defuzzification, Development
of Membership Functions, Fuzzy Classification and Pattern Recognition, fuzzy arithmetic, fuzzy
system design.

References:
1. Fuzzy Logic with Engineering Applications: Timothy J Ross, Second Edition, John
Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, England.
2. Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Logic-Theory and Applications: George J. Klir and Bo Yuan,
Prentice Hall, New Jersy.

Probability and Statistics 3:1:0

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Objective:

Prerequisites:

Course Content: Basic Concepts, discrete probability distribution, Continuous probability

distribution, Joint probability distributions, functions of random variables, Sampling and
estimation, Hypothesis Testing, Correlation and Regression
References:
1. Probability and Statistics with applications to Computer Science by K. S. Trivedi.
2. Probability and Statistics for Engineers by G.S.S. Bhishma Roa.

Pattern Recognition 3:0:1

Objective:

Prerequisites:

Course Content:

Image Processing 3:0:1

Objective:

Prerequisites:

Course content:

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Information Retrieval 2:1:1
Objective: It is to introduce the concepts of different ways of archiving effectively a large
corpus of data/information and to learn methods for Retrieval of relevant information for a given
query. The course shall also cover some applications as case studies.

Prerequisites: Data Structures, Algorithms

Course Content: Information retrieval using the Boolean model. The dictionary and postings
lists. Tolerant retrieval. Index construction and compression. Vector space model and term
weighting. Evaluation in information retrieval. Relevance feedback and query expansion.
Probabilistic information retrieval. Language models for information retrieval. Text
classification and clustering. Latent semantic indexing. Web search basics. Web crawling and
indexes. Link analysis.

References:

1. C. D. Manning, P. Raghavan, and H. Schutze, Introduction to Information Retrieval,

Cambridge University Press, 2008.
2. Recent Literature.

Artificial Intelligence 3:1:0

Objectives: To expose the learner to some topics of AI that includes search methods, theorem
proving using the most widely used methods, more reasoning systems to reason with common
statements which are often fuzzy and probabilistic, Expert systems, learning and planning.

Prerequisites:

Course Content: Introduction; State space search - Blind searches, Heuristic searches, Search in
game tree; Predicate logic - Backward reasoning, Resolution; Other reasoning methods -
Probabilistic, Fuzzy, Non monotonic; Knowledge representation - Overview of Semantic nets,
Frames, Conceptual dependency, Scripts; Planning - Goal stack, Non linear, Hierarchical;
Expert systems; Learning - Rote, By Advice, By Analogy, Macro.

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References:
1. Artificial Intelligence, Elaine Rich, Kevin Knight, Shivashankar Nair, Tata McGraw Hill.
2. Artificial Intelligence, Patrick Henry Winston, AWL.
3. Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems, Dan W. Patterson, PHI.
4. Artificial Intelligence, Nils J Nilson, Elsevier, Morgan Kaufmann.
5. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Eugene Charnaik, Drew McDermott, AWL.

JAVA Programming 2:0:2

Objectives: Introduce the concept of object oriented programming and implementation of OOPs
concepts using JAVA.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with at least one programming language and database concepts
Course Content: Introduction - Java features, basic java programming constructs, classes and
objects – Creating objects, Methods overloading, Constructors, Abstract classes, Arrays, vectors,
string and wrapper classes, Inheritance and packages– Types of inheritance, Methods
overriding, , Interface – Creating and extending interface, Packages, – API packages, creating
user defined package, access protection, enum type, Applets, thread and exception handling –
Creating and executing applets, Applet life cycle, Applet methods, parameterized applets,
Graphics applications , Multithreading, thread methods and states, thread priority,
Synchronization, Exception handling – try and catch block, multiple try and catch blocks, user
define exception, Input output stream classes Networking and database application – Network
programming – Client server, TCP/IP, socket programming, multithreaded sockets, GUI in java
– AWT, container class, layouts, Swings and Database application using java, Java Servlets,
Creating RMI applications
Reference:
1. K. Arnold and J. Gosling, “The JAVA programming language”, Fourth edition, Addison
Wesley Publishing Company (2005).
2. C. Thomas Wu, “An introduction to Object-oriented programming with Java”, Fourth
Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing company Ltd., 2006.
3. Herbert Schildt, Java: The Complete Reference, 8th Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill
Publishing Company Ltd., 2006.
4. Daniel Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, 7th Edition, Pearson Education, 2008.

Operations Research and Optimization Techniques 3:1:0

Objectives: To introduce various optimization models useful for scientists and managers in
decision making.
Prerequisites:

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Course Content: Linear programming- LPP models, Graphical solution, Simplex solution, Big
M method, Two phase method, Dual, Primal dual relation, Dual simplex method, Revised
simplex method, Sensitivity, Transportation and Assignment models; Network models- Spanning
tree, Shortest routes and distances, Maximal flow, Minimum cost flow, CPM, PERT; Decision
making- Deterministic and probabilistic methods; Game theory- Zero sum games.
References:
1. Operations Research-An Introduction, Hamdy A Taha, PHI.
2. Operations Research, R Panneer Selvam, EEE.
3. Operations Research, P Shankar Iyer, Sigma Series.

Simulation and Modeling 3:1:0

Objective: To introduce the theory and problems in various simulation models, make the learner
understand the methods of generating random numbers and testing these, analyze the fitted
models.
Prerequisites:

Course Content: Introduction – Simulation as a tool, Good and bad about simulation,
Applications, System Environment and components, Types of Models, Steps in Simulation
Study; Simulation Examples – Hand simulation of continuous and discrete systems, lag models;
Probability distributions; Pseudo random numbers – Generation, tests, various distributions,
problems, tests; Frequency, independence, runs, gap; Special purpose simulation language –
Problem solving; Analysis, Validation of models, verification, run length determination, variance
reduction.
References:
1. Discrete System Simulation, Jerry Banks, John S Carson II, Barry L Nelson, David M
Nicol, Pearson Education Asia.
2. System Simulation, Geoffrey Gordon, Prentice Hall India.
3. System Simulation with Digital Computers, N. Deo, PHI.

Numerical Algorithms 2:0:2

Objective:

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Prerequisites:

Course Content: Computers and Error analysis, Algorithm to computing roots of equations ,
Algorithms to solve system of linear algebraic equations, Regression and Interpolation,
Integration and Differential Equations - Numerical Integration- Trapezoidal rule, Simpson’s rule,
Ordinary differential equations, Partial differential
References:
1. V. Rajaraman, “Computer oriented numerical methods”, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall of
India, 1992.
2. R K Jain, P.K Iyengar “Numerical methods for scientist and engineers”.
3. Numerical methods by S. S. Sastry.
4. Numerical methods by E. Balaguruswamy.
5. Numerical methods by V. N. Vedamurthy and N.C.S.N. Iyengar.
6. S C Chapra and R P Canale, Numerical methods for engineers McGraw international
edition, 1990.

Mobile Communication 3:1:0

Objectives: This course focuses on the objectives to understand the frame work of TCP/IP, the
current trends of Telecommunication Systems, applications of satellite systems, WLAN and
Mobile Network layer.
Prerequisite Course: Computer Network, Data Communication
Course Content: History of wireless communication, Some open research topics, simplified
reference model, Signals, Antennas , Signal propagation, Multiplexing, modulation, spread
spectrum, cellular system .Medium access control .MAC,SDMA,FDMA,TDMA,CDMA, GSM,
DECT, TETRA,UMITS and IMT-2000,Satellite systems, Routing , Localization ,handover,
Broadcast Systems, Cyclical repetition of data, Digital audio broadcasting, digital video
broadcasting, convergence of broadcasting and mobile communication, Wireless LAN, Infra-red
v/s radio transmission, Ad-hoc networking, IEEE 802.11, Hyper LAN, Bluetooth, Mobile
Network layer, Mobile IP, Dynamic host configuration protocol, Mobile ad-hoc networks
References:
1. Mobile Communication- John Schiller, second edition.
2. S Stallings, W. “Wireless Communications and Networks”.
3. Roy Blake, “Wireless Communication Technology”, Cengage Learning, India Edition.
4. Mark Ciaampa, Jorge Olenewa, “Wireless Communications”, Cwenage learning.
5. Principles of Mobile Computing Uwe Hansmann, et. Al, Springer International Ed.

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 ELECTIVE SUBJECTS

Communication Skills and Professional Management 3:1:0

Objective: To groom the students as an overall professional.
Prerequisites: Basic English Language
Course Content: Importance of communication, its basic model, formal and informal
communications, barriers to communication, feedback and its effectiveness, conflict
communication, Oral communication – influencing factors, self confidence, role of trust,
motivational factors, style, importance of listening, role of visual arts, informative and persuasive
communication, Written communication – writing style, important of writing skills, book review
and disadvantages over oral communication, Letter writing – formal and informal letters, official
and demi-official letters, business and commercial letters, personal correspondence. Technical
report writing and effective meeting, Support by word processing systems, LOTUS, Graphics
software for Professional Management.
References:
1. Effective Communication made simple – Rupa & Co.
2. Communication for results – C Hamilton & Parker.
3. Instrument of Communication – P Meredith.
4. Basic Management skills for all – E H McGrath.
5. Managerial Communication – P M Timm.
6. Thesis and Assignment writing – Anderson.

Cryptography 3:1:0
Objective:

Prerequisites: Computer Networks

Course Content: Introduction- Security concepts, Attacks, Services, Mechanisms, Model for
security, Need for security, Trends in security; Symmetric ciphers - Classical substitution
techniques, Transposition techniques, Rotor machines, Steganography; Block ciphers-
Principles; Feistel design; DES; Multiple encryption and triple DES; Asymmetric ciphers-
Background mathematics, RSA, Diffie Hellman key exchange, Hash function, MAC, Digital
signature; Mutual trust- Key management and distribution, User authentication; Internet security-
E mail security, IP security; System security- Intruders, Virus, Worms, Firewalls.
References:
1. Cryptography and Network Security, William Stallings, Pearson.
2. Cryptography and Network Security, Atul kahate, Tata McGraw Hill.

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 3. Cryptography, Forouzan.

Data Compression 3:0:1

Objectives: The goal of this course is to give students a conceptual understanding, and hands-on
experience, of the state-of-the-art compression algorithms and approaches. These include both
Lossless and Lossy compression techniques with an emphasis on widely deployed, standardized
coding schemes.
Pre-requisites: Algorithmics
Course Content: Introduction to the need of compression and various compression techniques-
Lossless and Lossy Compression, Huffman Coding, Arithmetic Coding, Dictionary Techniques,
Lossless Image Compression, Scalar Quantization, Vector Quantization, Differential Encoding,
Transform Coding, Sub-band Coding, Wavelet-Based Compression, Audio Coding, Introduction
to Video Compression.
References:
1. Data Compression – David Salomon, Springer Publication, 4th Edition.
2. Introduction to Data Compression – Khalid Sayood, Morgan Kaufmann Series, 3rd
Edition.

Data Mining 3:1:0

Objective:

Prerequisites:

Course Content: Introduction: Basic Data Mining Tasks, Data Mining Issues, Data Mining
Metrics, Data Mining from a Database Perspective, Data Mining Techniques: A Statistical
Perspective on Data Mining, Similarity Measures, Decision Trees, Neural Networks, Genetic
Algorithms, Classification: Statistical-Based Algorithms, Distance-Based Algorithms, Decision
Tree-Based Algorithms, Neural Network-Based Algorithms, Rule-Based Algorithms, Combining
Techniques, Clustering: Similarity and Distance Measures, Hierarchical Algorithms, Partitional
Algorithms, Clustering Large Databases, Clustering with Categorical Attributes, Association
Rules: Basic Algorithms, Parallel and Distributed Algorithms, Incremental Rules, Advanced
Association Rule Techniques, Measuring the Quality of Rules, Advanced Techniques: Web
Mining, Spatial Mining, Temporal Mining.
References:

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 1. Han and Kamber, Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques, 2nd Ed., Morgan Kaufman,
2006.
2. Dunham, Data Mining: Introductory and Advanced Topics, Pearson, Education, 2001.
3. Witten and Frank, Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques,
Morgan Kaufmann, 2000.
4. Hand, Mannila and Smyth. Principles of Data Mining. Prentice-Hall. 2001.

Data Indexing 2:1:1

Objectives: This course is to introduce the students to the need for data indexing and various
data indexing techniques available in the literature.
Pre-requisites: Fundamental of Data Structures and algorithms
Course Content: Introduction to the notion and importance of data indexing. Different indexing
structures: Binary tree as search tree, Concept of balanced trees, KD-trees, B+ trees, R-trees, G-
trees and associated insertion and deletion algorithms,. Hashing: Static Hashing, Collision and its
resolution, perfect and near perfect hashing, Dynamic hashing: combination of hashing and tree
structures. Functions and axioms associated.
References: Associated literature papers.

Distribution Theory 3:1:0

Objective:

Prerequisites:

Course Content: Random variable, discrete distribution, Continuous distribution, Joint and
Conditional distribution, Sampling distributions and applications, Distributions of functions of
random variables, Estimation and inference, Multivariate distribution, Compound distribution.
References:
1. Probability and Statistics with applications to Computer Science by K. S. Trivedi.

Embedded Systems 2:1:1

Objective: It is to learn the area of Embedded Systems with a focus to use VLSI technology to
reduce overall system size and improve the performance of systems.

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Prerequisites: Computer Organization, Programming Concepts.
Course Content: Introduction to Embedded Systems, Classification, Major Application Areas,
Characteristics and Quality Attributes of Embedded Systems, Typical Embedded Systems,
ASICs, PLDs, , Memory: ROM, RAM, Memory Shadowing, Memory selection for Embedded
Systems, Sensors and Actuators, Communication Interface: Onboard and External
Communication Interfaces, Embedded Firmwares, Reset Circuit, Brown-out Protection Circuit,
Oscillator Unit, Real Time Clock, Watchdog Timer, Embedded Firmware Design Approaches
and Development Languages, RTOS Based Embedded System Design, Operating System
Basics, Types of Operating Systems, Tasks, Process and Threads, Multiprocessing and
Multitasking, Task Scheduling. Task Communication, Shared Memory, Message Passing,
Remote Procedure Call and Sockets, Task Synchronization, Device Drivers.

References:
1. Introduction to Embedded Systems - Shibu K.V, Tata McGraw Hill.
2. Embedded Systems - Raj Kamal, TMH.

Advanced Data Structures 2:1:1

Objective: It is to learn and practice recent developments in the field of data representation and
organization along with the associated algorithms with an emphasis on spatial data structures.
Prerequisites: Course on Data Structures, Algorithmics
Course Content: Review of fundamental data structures, Spatial data representation-2D strings
and its variants, 9DLT, TSR, Indexing- B-trees and its variants, R-trees and its variants, G-trees,
K-D trees, quad trees, Hashing algorithms, associated algorithm along with the study on their
time/space complexity, applications.
References:
1. Symbolic projection for image information retrieval and spatial reasoning by S. K.
Change and E. Jungert.
2. Jean-Paul Tremblay, P. G. Sorenson – An introduction to data structures with
applications, McGraw-Hill, 1984 – Computers.
3. Related research papers.

Hardware and Networking 2:1:1

Objective:

Prerequisites: Basic Concepts, Digital Electronics, Computer Organization.

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Course Content: Hardware: Basic Computer System & Peripherals, Mother Board, Serial
Device, Storage Devices, Parallel Devices, Types of software’s, Boot process, Types of
PC’S,PC Tool’s, Power Supply, OPERATING SYSTEM - Introduction, File System, CPU &
Disk, Memory Management, Features of Windows, Linux, Networking:- Basic Data
Communication, Data Transmission, Transmission Media, Protocols & Architecture Data Link,
Local Area Network, Networking Devices, Network Layer, Transport Protocols, Wide Area
Network, Basic Video Conferencing

References:

1. Hardware and Networking Course Kit by Vikas Guptha.

2. Computer Networks by C. R. Sarma.

MATLAB Programming 3:0:1

Objectives: This course is to introduce the students to the use of a high-level programming
language, Matlab, for scientific problem solving with applications and examples from
mathematics, statistics and the natural sciences.
Prerequisites: Programming in C, Matrix Algebra
Course Content: Introduction to the basic features of Matlab including data structures, control
structures and functions. Development environment for managing code, files, and data.
Interactive tools for iterative exploration, design, and problem solving, Mathematical functions
for linear algebra, statistics, Fourier analysis, filtering, optimization, and numerical integration,
2-D and 3-D graphics functions for visualizing data. Tools for building custom graphical user
interfaces, Functions for integrating MATLAB based algorithms with external applications and
languages, such as C, C++, FORTRAN, Java, COM, and Microsoft® Ex.
References:
1. Stephen Chapman, MATLAB Programming for Engineers, Cengage
Learning, Technology & Engineering.
2. Matlab programming, Kirani Singh, B. B. Chaudhuri, Phi Learning Pvt. Ltd.
3. Essential MATLAB for scientists and engineers by Brian D. Hahn, Arnold, 2001, ISBN
0-7506524-0-3.

Medical Imaging 1:1:2

Objectives: A comprehensive introduction to the major aspects of standard medical imaging
systems used today and to introduce the fundamental approaches for processing of different
types of medical images.
Prerequisites: Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing, Matrix Algebra

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Course Content: Introduction to digital image processing techniques, sources of medical
imaging- radiography images, x-ray computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging,
nuclear medicine imaging, ultrasound imaging, medical image analysis, manual and automated
analysis, computational strategies for medical image analysis, spatial and frequency domain
techniques for medical image analysis, discrete transformation techniques, visualization
techniques for diagnosis and therapy, techniques for image reconstruction, image enhancement,
image restoration, image segmentation.
References:
1. Fundamentals of Medical Imaging, Paul Suetens, Cambridge University Press.
2. Medical Image Processing, Reconstruction and Restoration: Concepts and Methods, Jiri
Jan, CRC Press.
3. Medical image processing: the mathematics of medical imaging, James A. Green,
Greenwood Research.
4. Handbook of Medical Image Processing and Analysis, Isaac Bankman, Academic
Press.

Microprocessor 2:0:2
Objective: This course introduces to the students to interpret, analyze, verify, and troubleshoot
fundamental microprocessor circuits and programs using appropriate techniques and test
equipment.

Prerequisites:

Course Content: 8085 microprocessor, architecture, instruction set, addressing modes, memory
organization & interfacing, Assembly language programming using 8085, 8085 interrupts, 8255
PPL and its organization, 8254 programmable timer, organization & interfacing with 80S5, 8279
keyboard & display, controller, organization & interfacing with 8085, analog & digital
interfacing using 8255, keyboard/display interfacing using 8255 & 8279, Serial data
transmission, DMA controller 8257 & its organization, 8086/8088 microprocessor, architecture,
instruction set, addressing modes, simple programs, memory organization and interfacing.

References:
1. Ramesh S. Goankar, “Microprocessor Architecture, Programming and Applications with
8085”, 5th Edition, PHI.
2. Microprocessor Architecture, Programming &Application - R. Gaonkar, Wiley
Publications.
3. Advanced Microprocessor & Peripherals - Ray & Bhurchnadi, MH Publications.
4. Microprocessor & Interfacing - Hall, MH Publications
5. Fundamental of Microprocessor - Uday Kumar, Pearson Publications.
6. Microprocessor & Microcontroller - Krishnakant, PHI.

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 7. Microprocessor & Peripherals - Chowdhury & Chowdhury, Scitech. Publications.
8. 8085 Microprocessor Programming & Interfacing - N. K Srinath, PHI.
9. Microprocessor-Theory &Application - M. Rafiquezzaman, PHI.

Multimedia Communication 3:1:0

Objective:

Prerequisites: Computer Networks, Data Communication, Multimedia Database.

Course Content: : Introduction to Multimedia and Communications - Media and Data
Streams-Perception, representation, presentation of medium, Properties of multimedia system,
Traditional data streams characteristics, Sound/Audio – Basic sound concepts, Music, MIDI
concepts, devices, speech Generation, analysis, Transmission, Images and Graphics-Basic
concepts, digital representation, image and graphics format, Image Synthesis, Analysis and
Transmission, Video and Animation- TELEVISION, Computer based Animation, Data
Compression- Basic Technology, Blocks, models and logical Data format, Multimedia
Operating System - Real time, Resource management, Process management.
References:
1. Multimedia Communications by Ralf Steinmetz and Klara Nahrstedz.
2. Multimedia Communications Technology by J R Ohm.
3. Multimedia Communications by Fred Halsall.

Network Security 2:1:1

Objective:

Prerequisites:

Course Content: Authentication applications, Email security, IP security, Web security,

Intruders, Malicious software, Firewalls.
References:
1. Cryptography and Network Security, William Stallings, Pearson.
2. Cryptography and Network Security, Atul Kahate, Tata McGraw Hill.
3. Cryptography, Forouzan.

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Advanced Numerical Algorithms 2:0:2
Objective:

Prerequisites:

Course Content: Review of Algorithmic Complexity issues, Repetitive, Iterative and Recursive
implementations, and Parallel implementations, Review of algorithm to solve f(x) = 0, solve
simultaneous equations, Advanced issues – diagonal dominancy, simultaneous functions, linear
programming problems, Differential equations, initial values, boundary values, Continuous system,
Partial differential equation models – case studies – sequential verses parallel implementations.

References:
1. Numerical Methods for Engineers by Steven Chapra and Raymond Canale.

Practicing Software Design 1:1:2

Objective:

Prerequisites:

Course Content:

References:

Software Engineering Case Tools 1:1:2

Objective:

Prerequisites:

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Course Content:
References:

Software Quality Testing 2:1:1

Objective:

Prerequisites:

Course Content:
References:

Symantec Web 2:1:1

Objective:

Prerequisites:

Course Content: Overview and Introduction, XML, RDF, FreeBase, DBPedia, RDF Schema,
OWL, Knowledge Representation, Ontologies and Description Logic, OWL & Ontology
Engineering / Protege Editor, OWL Formal Syntax, SW Programming, Semantic Web
Methodologies and Design Patterns, SPARQL, Semantic Web Services, Linked Data and
Publishing on the Semantic Web, Semantic Web Vocabularies and Applications.

References:

1. Foundations of Semantic Web Technologies, Chapman & Hall/CRC Textbooks in

Computing.
2. Semantic Web Programming, John Hebler, Matthew Fisher and others.
3. A Semantic Web Primer, Grigoris Antoniou, Paul Groth, Frank van Harmelen and Rinke
Hoekstra.

System Analysis and Design 3:1:0

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Objectives: This course is intended to give the students both knowledge about various issues
concerned with a system’s analysis as well as its design, techniques taught in the class will be
applied on substantial team assignments.

Prerequisites:

Course Content: Course topics will be as follows: Data & Information., Information
Gathering., System Concepts., System Analysis and Design Life Cycle., Support System for
Planning , Control and Decision Making., Tools for System Analysts., System design( input,
output, files etc.,)., Prototype Development Strategy., System Implementation, Training and
Maintenance., Complete System Analysis and Design Case Studies.

References:

1. Analysis and Design of Information Systems, Second Edition, By: V. Rajaraman.

2. Analysis and Design of Information Systems, By: James A Senn McGraw Hill
publications.
3. Gordon B Davis, By: Margrethe H Olson, McGraw Hill Publications.

Theory of Complexity 3:1:0

Objective:

Prerequisites:

Course Content: Introduction- Time and space analysis of algorithms, Determining O, , 

bounds of algorithms, Algorithms of various complexities; Lower bound theory-Lower bound
determination using comparison trees, Lower bound calculation techniques for algebraic
problems, Some lower bounds on parallel computation; NP-hard and NP-Complete problems-
Basic concepts, Mp-Hard graph problems, NP-Hard scheduling problems, NP-Hard code
generation problems; Approximation algorithms- Absolute approximations, -approximations,
Polynomial time approximation methods, Probabilistically good algorithms.
References:
1. Fundamentals of Computer Algorithms, Ellis Horowitz, Sartaj Sahni, Sanguthevar
Rajasekaran, Universities Press.
2. The Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithms, Alfred V Aho, John E Hopcroft,
Jeffrey D Ullman, Addison Wesley.

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Process Automation 2:1:1

Objective: Process Automation is the most important development in modern technology for
operating various industries. This course provides a broad overview of Control and Automation
for designing various plants.
Prerequisite: Knowledge of working with software packages.
Course Content: Introduction, Process, History, Mechanization, Organization Structure,
Principles of automation, management automation, types of automation, Reasons for
automation, Adapting Organization To New Technology, Impact of Automation on Industrial -
Relations system, Impact of automation on education training and retraining, Case studies.
References:
1. Designing Effective organisation , T Elaine Gagne & David K Banner , Sage Publication,
California 1995.
2. The future of the Organisation, Colin Coulson Thomson, Kogan Page Limited, London
1997.
3. Organisation Learning, Micheal D Cohen, Lee S Sproull, Sage Publication, California
1996.

Parallel Computing 2:1:1

Objective:

Prerequisites:

Course Content: High Speed Computing, Parallel Computing, Temporal Parallelism, Data
Parallelism, Pipe line, Vector Computers, Parallel Algorithms, Parallel programming, Issues with
Compilers and Operating Systems, performance evaluation

References:
1. Parallel Computer Architecture and Programming by V. Rajaraman and C. Siva Ram
Murthy.

Data Clustering: 3:1:0

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Objective: This course is to make the learners understand categorization of data into groups
based on their features, thro identification of natural groups in the population. The target is to
deal with algorithms for clustering data.
Prerequisites: Data Structures and Algorithm.
Course Content: Data, Features, Feature Space, Data Normalization, Data Reduction, Proximity
Indices and Similarity/Dissimilarity measures, Fuzzy Measures, Symbolic Measures, Clustering
Strategies-Agglomerative Clustering, Divisive Clustering, Partitional Clustering, Cluster
Validity, Applications of Data Clustering.
References:
1. Anil K Jain, R. C. Dubes: Algorithms for Clustering Data.
2. Anil K Jain, M. N. Murthy and P. J. Flynn: Data Clustering-A Review.
3. Related Research Papers.

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