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IT: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The syllabus ~~for Information Technology~~ at University of Calicut.

The syllabus at University of Calicut.

= COMBINED FIRST AND SECOND SEMESTER =

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Lab -1 : (object-oriented programming in - Java /C+ +) - Programs to bring out concepts of classes and objects - for example the abstract data type binary tree

Lab - 2 : (object oriented programming) Programs to demonstrate inheritance and class hierarchy - for example define a base class “shape” and derived classes for rectangle, square, ellipse, circle with proper class hierarchy

Lab - 3 : (object oriented programming) - Programs to demonstrate polymorphism, virtual functions - for example define base class for vectors and use inheritance to define complex and real vector with standard operations

Lab - 4 : (functional programming - in Lisp / scheme / Haskell) - Program to demonstrate functional specification for a solution - for example implementation of quick sort

Lab - 5 : (functional programming) - Program to demonstrate implementation of conventional data structures - for example implementation of binary search tree with insertion, deletion, and search operations

Lab -6 : (functional programming) - Program to demonstrate use of available data structures in functional programming languages - for example implementation of set with membership, union, and intersection operations

Lab - 7 : (logic programming - in prolog / VisiCalc) - Program to demonstrate ready implementation of propositional logic statements - for example implementation of logic program to find the gcd of two given integers

Lab - 8 : (logic programming) - Program to demonstrate language specific features - for example implement a logic program to check whether a given NFA accepts the given string

Lab - 9 : (concurrent programming - Java / Ada) Demonstration of concurrency support - for example program to find the least common ancestor of two given nodes in a binary tree may be implemented.

Lab - 10 : (concurrent programming) - Demonstration of synchronized concurrency - for example program for the readers and writers problem may be implemented.

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Regularity = 5

Total marks = 50

== IT04 508(P) : HARDWARE LAB ==

3 hours practical per week

Objective:

This course is to understand the relevance and characteristics of hardware and operating system components of a digital computer system through various laboratory experiments. It also gives the students the ability to interface devices to computer systems through various interfacing techniques.

Lab - 1 : Identification of components/cards and PC assembling from components

Lab - 2 : Assembly language program for implementing arithmetic operations

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Lab - 8,9 : Parallel Interface: Printer and HEX keyboard.

Lab - 10 : Serial Interface: PC to PC serial interface using MODEM.

Reference books

Messmer H.P., The Indispensable PC Hardware Book, Pearson Education Asia

Hall D.V., Microprocessors and Interfacing, Tata McGraw Hill

Norton P., Dos Internals

Sessional work assessment

Lab practicals & record = 25

2 tests 2x10 = 20

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Total marks = 50

SIXTH SEMESTER

= SIXTH SEMESTER =

~~Code~~

== IT04 601: Embedded Systems ==

~~Subject~~

~~Hours/Week~~

~~Internal Marks~~

~~University Examination~~

~~IT04 601~~

~~Embedded systems~~

3

1

-

50

3

~~100~~

~~IT04 602~~

~~Database Management Systems~~

3

1

-

50

3

~~100~~

~~IT04 603~~

~~Computer Networks~~

3

1

-

50

3

~~100~~

~~IT04 604~~

~~Computer Architecture~~

3

1

-

50

3

~~100~~

~~IT04 605~~

~~Human Computer Interaction~~

3

1

-

50

3

~~100~~

~~IT04 606~~

~~Information Retrieval~~

3

1

-

50

3

~~100~~

~~IT04 607(P)~~

~~Systems lab~~

-

3

50

3

~~100~~

~~IT04 608(P)~~

~~Mini Project~~

-

3

50

3

-

~~TOTAL~~

18

6

~~400~~

-

~~700~~

~~DETAILED SYLLABUS~~

IT04 601: Embedded Systems

(Common with CS04 601)

3 hours lecture and 1 hour tutorial per week

Objective:

Objective of the course is to teach students about architecture, h/w and s/w elements, programming models and practice and tools on embedded system design and implementation, common to computing streams. Note that there is an annoying duplication of computer organization and software engineering, which can't be avoided as it, appears in a different context here; time may be spent more on untaught aspects after revision of ideas. Thrust is on the available hardware and real time operating systems for the embedded systems design. Project works in the concerned field will supplement the learning process.

Module - I: (10 hours)

Introduction:

Definition - Classification - Processors in the system - Other h/w units.

Software components - Typical applications - Embedded systems on a chip(SoC) and use of VLSI circuits.

Module - II: (12 hours)

Hardware organization:

Structured units of a processor - Processor selection factors.

Common memory devices - Memory selection - Memory map - Internal devices & I/O devices map - Direct memory access - Interfacing the above.

Types of I/O devices - Serial devices - Parallel port devices - Sophisticated features - Timer and Counting devices - Advanced serial bus & I/O - High speed Buses - Common types - Advanced Buses.

Module - III: (15 hours)

Programming:

Compiling, cross-compiling - Optimized use of memory - Use of DFG for program analysis - Control Data Flow graph - Use of finite state machines model - Use of Petrinet models - Use of Petri table for Real time programming - Issues in multiprocessor systems.

Real time programming issues during software development process - Distinction between functions, ISR and tasks - Problems of sharing data in RTOS - Interprocess communication in RTOS.

Device drivers - Parallel port driver - Driver for internal programmable timing devices - Interrupt servicing mechanism - Context and periods for context switching - Deadline and Interrupt latency.

Module - IV: (15 hours)

Real Time Operating Systems:

Typical OS structure - RTOS structure - The context of its use - Schedule management for multiple tasks - Scheduling in real time - Interrupt routines in RTOS environment - RTOS task scheduling models - List of basic actions in pre-emptive scheduler and expected time taken - Strategy for synchronization - Discussion using Linux - OS securities issues - Mobile OS.

Case study of RTOS using MUCOS.

Case study for RTOS based programming - Coding for Automatic Chocolate vending machine using MUCOS.

Text books

1. Raj Kamal; Embedded systems - architecture, programming and design; Tata McGraw-Hill.

Reference books

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David E. Simon; An embedded software primer; Pearson Education Asia

Daniel W. Lewis; Fundamentals of Embedded Software where C and assembly meet; Pearson Education Asia

Internal work assessment

30 - Test papers (minimum 2)

15 - Open book tests/Assignments/Term project/any other mode decided by the teacher

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Q IV - 2 questions of 15marks each from module III with choice to answer any one

Q V - 2 questions of 15marks each from module IV with choice to answer any one

IT04 602 : DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

== IT04 602 : DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ==

(Common with CS04 602)

3 hours lecture and 1 hour tutorial per week

Objective:

To introduce basic concepts of data bases connected with software engineering techniques and background information useful for the management of data bases. The syllabus includes the file organization, database design and transaction processing techniques.

Module - I: (12 hours)

Introduction: characteristics of database approach - advantages of using DBMS - database concept and architecture - data models - schemes - instances - data independence - database languages and interfaces - database modeling using entity - relationship (ER) - entity sets attributes and keys - relationships - type role and structural constraints - weak entity types - enhanced entity-relationship (EER) and object modeling - sub classes - super classes and inheritance - specialization and generalization - modeling of union types

Module - II: (10 hours)

File organization and storage: secondary storage devices - RAID technology - operations in files - heap files and sorted files - hashing techniques - types of single level ordered index, multi-level indexes - B - trees and B + trees - indexes on multiple keys - other types of indexes

Module - III: (14 hours)

Database design: functional dependencies - normal forms - general definition of second and third normal forms - Boyce-Codd normal form - multi valued dependencies and fourth normal form - join dependencies and fifth normal form - inclusion dependencies - practical database design tuning - database design process relational model concepts - relational algebra operations - queries in SQL - insert - delete and update statements in SQL views in SQL

Module - IV: (16 hours)

Transaction processing: desirable properties of transactions, schedules and recoverability - serializability of schedules concurrency control - locking techniques - time stamp ordering multi version concurrency control - granularity of data items - database recovery techniques based on deferred up data and immediate updating - shadow pages - ARIES recovery algorithm - database security and authorization - security issue access control based on granting/revoking of privileges introduction to statistical database security

Text book

1. Elmasri & Navathe, "Fundamentals of Database Systems", Addison Wesley

Reference books

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Ullman J.D., “Principles of Database Systems”, Galgotia Publications

Date C.J., “ An Introduction to Database Systems “, Addison Wesley

Sessional work assessment

Assignments 2x7.5 = 15

Tests 2x15 = 30

Regularity = 05

Total marks = 50

University examination pattern

Q I - 8 short type questions of 5 marks each, 2 from each module

Q II - 2 questions of 15marks each from module I with choice to answer any one

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Q IV - 2 questions of 15marks each from module III with choice to answer any one

Q V - 2 questions of 15marks each from module IV with choice to answer any one

IT04 603: COMPUTER NETWORKS

== IT04 603: COMPUTER NETWORKS ==

(Common with CS04 603)

3 hours lecture and 1 hour tutorial per week

Objective:

This course is beneficial for the students to understand the mode of operation of different types of Computer networks that are used to interconnect a distributed community of computers and various interfacing standards and protocols. This course includes the essential theory and different techniques associated with Local Area Network (LAN), Wide area Network (WAN) and Inter network.

Module - I: (13 hours)

Local Area Networks - Project 802 - Ethernet - Token Bus - Token ring - FDDI, Wireless LANs, Wireless media, Transmission schemes, Medium access control, Switching - circuit switching - packet switching (Data gram & Virtual circuit) - Message switching, Connection oriented & Connectionless services.

Module - II: (14 hours)

ISDN - services - history - subscriber access - ISDN layers, Broadband ISDN, X.25 - layers - PLP packets - Information packet - Control Packet, Frame relay - layers - operation - implementation, ATM - design goals - topology - protocol architecture, SONET/SDH - layers - frames - multiplexing STS frames.

Module - III: (13 hours)

Networking devices - Bridges - Routers - Gateways, Routing algorithms - distance vector - link state, Transport layer - duties - connection - OSI transport protocol, Upper OSI layers - session layer - presentation layer - application layer.

Module - IV: (14 hours)

Overview of TCP/IP, Network layer - IP - ARP - RARP - ICMP - IGMP, Transport layer - UDP - TCP, Application layer - DNS - TELNET - FTP - Electronic Mail - SNMP - HTTP, World Wide Web - URL - browser architecture - WWW documents.

Text books

1. Behrouz Forouzan, Introduction to data communication and networking, Tata McGraw- Hill Publishing Company Ltd.

Reference books

1. Halsall F., Data Communication, Computer Networks and Open Systems, Addison Wesley

2. Peterson L.L. &Davie B.S., Computer Networks, A systems approach, Harcourt Asia

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5. Leon-Garcia A. & Widjaja I., Communication Networks, Tata McGraw Hill

6. Bertsekas & Gallagar, Data Networks, PHI

Sessional work assessment

Assignments 2x7.5 = 15

Tests 2x15 = 30

Regularity = 05

Total marks = 50

University examination pattern

Q I - 8 short type questions of 5 marks each, 2 from each module

Q II - 2 questions of 15marks each from module I with choice to answer any one

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Q IV - 2 questions of 15marks each from module III with choice to answer any one

Q V - 2 questions of 15marks each from module IV with choice to answer any one

IT04 604 : COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

== IT04 604 : COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE ==

3 hours lecture and 1 hour tutorial per week

Objective:

This paper is aimed to introduce a single concentrated course on parallel computing based computer architectures with a quantitative approach. The students will be able to understand new design paradigms to achieve parallelism, memory hierarchy design and interconnection networks.

Module - I: (15 hours)

Fundamentals: task of a computer designer - trends in technology usage and cost - performance measurement - quantitative principles of computer design - instruction set architectures - classification - addressing and operations - encoding an instruction set - role of compilers - case study: the DLX architecture - pipelining - pipeline for DLX - pipeline hazards - data and control hazards - implementation difficulties - pipelining with multicycle operations

Module - II: (12 hours)

Instruction level parallelism: concepts and challenges - dynamic scheduling - dynamic hardware prediction - multiple issue of instructions - compiler and hardware support for ILP - vector processing - vector architecture - vector length and stride - compiler vectorization - enhancing vector performance

Module - III: (13 hours)

Memory hierarchy design - reducing cache misses and miss penalty, reducing hit time - main memory - virtual memory and its protection - case study - protection in the intel pentium - crosscutting issues - I/O systems - performance measures - reliability and availability - designing an I/O system - case study - unix file system performance

Module - IV: (12 hours)

Interconnection networks - simple networks - connecting more than two computers - practical issues - multiprocessors - introduction - application domains - centralised-shared memory and distributed-shared memory architectures - synchronization - models of memory consistency

Text book

1. Hennesy J.L. & Pattersen D.A., Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, Harcourt Asia Pte Ltd. (Morgan Kaufman)

Reference books

Pattersen D.A. & Hennesy J.L., Computer Organization And Design: The Hardware/ Software Interface, Harcourt Asia Pte Ltd (Morgan Kaufman)

Hwang K., Advanced Computer Architecture: Parallelism, Scalability And Programmability, McGraw Hill

Sessional work assessment

Assignments 2x7.5 = 15

Tests 2x15 = 30

Regularity = 05

Total marks = 50

University examination pattern

Q I - 8 short type questions of 5 marks each, 2 from each module

Q II - 2 questions of 15marks each from module I with choice to answer any one

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Q IV - 2 questions of 15marks each from module III with choice to answer any one

Q V - 2 questions of 15marks each from module IV with choice to answer any one

IT04 605 : Human Computer Interaction

== IT04 605 : Human Computer Interaction ==

3 hours lecture and 1 hour tutorial per week

The problem of how to take into account the human and contextual part of a system with anything like the rigor with which other parts of the system are understood and designed is important in creating popular applications. Over the years, understanding the right interaction and implementing it has led to meddling with fields like applied psychology, industrial engineering, ergonomics. Human computer Interaction is the latest of these, more complex in some ways because of the breadth of user populations and application, the reach into cognitive and social constraints, and the emphasis on the interaction. Objective of the course is to introduce the well developed models in this emerging area with a thrust to plan interaction for a new IT application. Note that ubiquitous computing and rich sensor-filled environment are finding their way out of the laboratory, not just into films and fictions, but also into our workplaces and homes.

Module - I: (14 hours)

The problem of how to take into account the human and contextual part of a system with anything like the rigor with which other parts of the system are understood and designed is important in creating popular applications. Over the years, understanding the right interaction and implementing it has led to meddling with fields like applied psychology, industrial engineering, ergonomics. Human computer Interaction is the latest of these, more complex in some ways because of the breadth of user populations and application, the reach into cognitive and social constraints, and the emphasis on the interaction. Objective of the course is to introduce the well developed models in this emerging area with a thrust to plan interaction for a new IT application. Note that ubiquitous computing and rich sensor-filled environment are finding their way out of the laboratory, not just into films and fictions, but also into our workplaces and homes.

Module - I: (14 hours)

Foundations:

Introduction to model human processor - Input-output channel - Human memory - Thinking - Emotion - Difference between individuals - Psychology and the design of interactive systems.

Typical Computer - Text entry devices - Positioning, pointing and drawing - Display devices - Devices for virtual reality & 3D interaction - Physical controls, sensors & special devices - Printing & scanning - Memory - Processing & networks.

Introduction to interaction - Model - Frameworks & HCI - Ergonomics - Interactive styles - Elements of WIMP interface - Interaction & its context - Experience and engagement - Paradigms for interaction.

Module - II: (15 hours)

Design Process:

Introduction to interaction design - Process of design - User focus - Scenarios - Navigational design - Screen design & layout - Prototyping.

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Evaluation - Expert analysis - Evaluate through user participation - Choosing an evaluation method.

Universal design principles - Multi-modal interaction - Design for diversity - Approaches to user support - Adaptive help systems.

Module - III: (12 hours)

Models & theories:

Cognitive models - Linguistic model - Physical & device model - Socio-organizational issues - Communication and collaboration model - Uses of task analysis.

Dialog notation & design - Diagrammatic notation - Textual dialog notation - Dialog analysis and design.

Module - IV: (11 hours)

GroupWare systems - Computer mediated communication - Meeting & discussion support systems - Shared applications and artifacts - Framework for GroupWare.

Ubiquitous computing & realities - Ubiquitous computing applications research - Virtual and augmented reality - Information and data visualization.

Text books

Alan Dix, Janet Finlay, Gregory D. Abowd, Russell Beale; Human - Computer Interaction, 3rd edition; Pearson Education Asia

Reference books

John M. Carroll; Human computer interaction in the New Millennium; Pearson Education Asia

Ben Shneiderman; Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction, 3rd edition; Pearson Education Asia

Internal work assessment

30 - Test papers (minimum 2)

15 - Open book tests/Assignments/Term project/any other mode decided by the teacher

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Total marks = 50

University examination pattern

Q I - 8 short type questions of 5 marks each, 2 from each module

Q II - 2 questions of 15marks each from module I with choice to answer any one

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Q IV - 2 questions of 15marks each from module III with choice to answer any one

Q V - 2 questions of 15marks each from module IV with choice to answer any one

IT04 606 : INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

== IT04 606 : INFORMATION RETRIEVAL ==

3 hours lecture and 1 hour tutorial per week

Objective:

In the current scenario of information explosion, tools and techniques for deriving the right information at the right time will give a competitive edge to an organization. This paper examines this aspect in detail in the context of the World Wide Web. It covers many forms of information, such as text, image, audio and video formats, and presents several research issues related to different IR tasks.

Module - I: (10 hours)

Introduction: Information versus Data Retrieval, IR: Past, present, and future. Basic concepts: The retrieval process, logical view of documents. Modeling: A Taxonomy of IR models, ad-hoc retrieval and filtering. Classic IR models: Set theoretic, algebraic, probabilistic IR models, models for browsing.

Module - II: (12 hours)

Retrieval evaluation: Performance evaluation of IR: Recall and Precision, other measures, Reference Collections, such as TREC, CACM, and ISI data sets. Query Languages: keyword based queries, single word queries, context queries, Boolean Queries, Query protocols, query operations.

Module - III: (12 hours)

Text and Multimedia Languages and properties, Metadata, Text formats, Markup languages, Multimedia data formats, Text Operations. Indexing and searching: Inverted files, Suffix trees, Suffix arrays, signature files, sequential searching, Pattern matching.

Module - IV: (16 hours)

Multimedia IR: Spatial access methods, Generic multimedia Indexing approach, Distance functions, feature extraction, Image features and distance functions. Searching the Web: Characterizing and measuring the Web. Search Engines: Centralized and Distributed architectures, user Interfaces, Ranking, Crawling the Web, Web directories, Dynamic search and Software Agents.

Text book

1. R. Baeza-Yates and B. R. Neto: Modern Information Retrieval:, Pearson Education, 2004.

Reference books

1. C.J. van Rijsbergen: Information Retrieval, Butterworths, 1979.

2. C.D. Manning and H. Schutze: Foundations of Statistical natural Language Processing

(Chapters 13, 14, and 15 only), The MIT Press, Cambridge, London.2001.

3. David Hand, Heikki Mannila, Padhraic Smyth, Data Mining, Prentice hall of India

Sessional work assessment

Assignments 2x7.5 = 15

Tests 2x15 = 30

Regularity = 05

Total marks = 50

University examination pattern

QI - 8 short type questions of 5 marks, 2 from each module

QII - 2 questions of 15 marks each from module I with choice to answer anyone

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QIV - 2 questions of 15 marks each from module III with choice to answer anyone

QV - 2 questions of 15 marks each from module IV with choice to answer anyone

IT04 607(P) : SYSTEMS LAB

== IT04 607(P) : SYSTEMS LAB ==

3 hours practical per week

Objective:

This course is useful to understand the operating system (OS) structures and the implementation aspects of various OS functions and schedulers. The data base problems are incorporated to familiarize problems connected with Data Base designs.

Operating systems

Implementation of dining philosophers problem by multiprogramming using threads, semaphores and shared memory

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Program to convert SQL subset into relational algebra (tools like YACC may be used.)

Implement optimistic concurrency control algorithm

Reference books

Nutt G.J., "Operating Systems - A Modern Perspective", Addison Wesley

Bach M.J., "The Design of the Unix Operating System", Prentice Hall India

Elmasri & Navathe, "Fundamentals of Database Systems", Addison Wesley

Ramakrishnan R. & Gehrke J., "Database Management Systems", McGraw Hill

Sessional work assessment

Lab practicals & record = 25

2 tests 2x10 = 20

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Total marks = 50

IT04 608(P) : MINI PROJECT

== IT04 608(P) : MINI PROJECT ==

3 hours per week

Guidelines for Project Formulation

Objectives

Guidelines for Project Formulation

Objectives

The mini project is aimed at improving the professional competency by touching the areas which otherwise is not covered in theory classes or laboratories - There is a greater realization of importance of the application of ideas to build a solution in complementing the learning process - Result of this exercise may be a completely deployable product with documentation made by following practice in Software Engineering - It is recommended to have connection between mini project and final year project - A report is to be submitted and students will be evaluated in groups and individually.

Type of project

Students may be given an introduction to problems related to industry and level of current research. They may be given idea about the state of technology in India and abroad and about typical killer applications to understand the implications of a product(computing solution). Then each student is assigned to a project.

Two approaches are possible

To ask the students to select their work from already prepared list of works (prepared by a competitive person and revised from time to time)

To ask the students to select a relevant work which is approved by an approving authority.

In any case, the work selected may include the use of as many as possible from the following list.

OS platforms: Relevant to the current state, with support for networked environment, for distributed computing, for development of multi-platform applications. For example latest GNU Linux with supporting packages.

Internet technologies : XML, Scripting languages like Perl / Python, Middleware(Component) technologies, Architectural concepts like RMI / CORBA

OS platforms: Relevant to the current state, with support for networked environment, for distributed computing, for development of multi-platform applications. For example latest GNU Linux with supporting packages.

Front end / GUI: Code development (XWINDOWS in GNU Linux) or development based on tools(Qt designer, Jbuilder etc…)

RDBMS/Back end: Relevant to current state, with database connectivity to different platforms. For example MySQL or PostgreSQL

Internet technologies : XML, Scripting languages like Perl / Python, Middleware(Component) technologies, Architectural concepts like RMI / CORBA

Languages: Qt, Glade or any similar 4GLs, scripting languages and C & C++ in GNU Linux (under GNU gcc)

Front end / GUI: Code development (XWINDOWS in GNU Linux) or development based on tools(Qt designer, Jbuilder etc…)

RDBMS/Back end: Relevant to current state, with database connectivity to different platforms. For example MySQL or PostgreSQL

Languages: Qt, Glade or any similar 4GLs, scripting languages and C & C++ in GNU Linux (under GNU gcc)

Universal n/w applications development platforms: JAVA, GNU .NET or any similar platform

Unix internals : Device drivers, RPC, Threads, Socket programming

Embedded systems: RTOS, Embedded hardware with software for an application, Code optimization, security etc…

Unix internals : Device drivers, RPC, Threads, Socket programming

Embedded systems: RTOS, Embedded hardware with software for an application, Code optimization, security etc…

The project may be related to one of the following application areas:

Financial / Manufacturing / Multimedia / Instructional design / DBMS / Networking or communication software development / Internet-intranet applications / TCP-IP programming / Protocol study / Operating systems / Distributed systems

Projects like development of payroll, inventory, library system or any similar system and use of old packages like dbase III plus should not be entertained. Development based on “Office suite” is also not recommended; for example, use of Visual Basic front end and MS-Access backend for development should not be entertained.

Format of report

A format may be designed and enforced at each institution - formats must be available in all current OS platforms and students must be asked to use a specific document preparation systems recommended by each institution - they may be asked to provide the report in electronic form also - this electronic form, made available in CD, will contain the entire project document besides multi-media illustration material prepared using any presentation software.

Guidelines for conduct and evaluation:

A committee may be constituted for conduct and co-ordination of mini project related activities. The committee is responsible for developing schedules for various activities and keeping them. The functioning of a committee is over only after the final evaluation of the project.

Project may be allotted to a student or groups of size at the most four. Each student may be asked to select a guide and then finalize a topic following the guidelines given above. After finalizing the topic, students should submit a Project proposal to the guide. The project work can start only after the approval of the report by guide. The institution has to offer infrastructure recommended by guide till the completion of the project work. In case of non-approval, the suggestions for reformulating the project will be communicated to the students. The revised proposal may be submitted again to guide in a different time slot. Sufficient number of chances may be given; the guide may device a time schedule to accommodate this revision process looking into the available time frame for the project.

The project may be an in-house project or an external project. In any case, the student is associated with a guide. The guide must be competent in terms of academic qualifications and experience in the selected area. A list of guides available for a term may be published by the committee mentioned above.

The project proposal should be prepared in consultation with guide. It states clearly the project objective and the environment of the proposed project to be undertaken. The following details may be included in it:

The project proposal should be prepared in consultation with guide. It states clearly the project objective and the environment of the proposed project to be undertaken.

The following details may be included in it:

Title of the project

Objective of the project

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Students are supposed to go through initial software engineering activities related to the selected problem and may convince the guide about the genuineness of attempt. The proposal need be formed only after this. The proposal may be at the most ten pages in size.

The committee mentioned above should do an assessment of the project work at the end of the semester. The students, with the approval of guide, must submit a project report on the work done. Besides, they will make a presentation followed by demonstration before the committee for the evaluation purpose. The assessment is made individually and in groups. The pattern for awarding marks will be as follows:

Attendance : 5 marks

Work in design and way of presentation evaluated by committee : 30 marks

Report and individual assessment by guide : 15 marks

Total = 50 marks

For external projects, the attendance may be evaluated based on proof for attendance provided by a competent authority of the external agency. In addition, the technical report may contain a certificate from competent authority of the external agency as proof for originality of work done by the student at their premise.

SEVENTH SEMESTER

For external projects, the attendance may be evaluated based on proof for attendance provided by a competent authority of the external agency. In addition, the technical report may contain a certificate from competent authority of the external agency as proof for originality of work done by the student at their premise.

~~Code~~

~~Subject~~

= SEVENTH SEMESTER =

~~Hours/Week~~

== IT04 701 : DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS ==

~~Internal Marks~~

~~University Examination~~

~~IT04 - 701~~

~~Distributed Systems~~

3

1

-

50

3

~~100~~

~~IT04 - 702~~

~~Cryptography & Network security~~

3

1

-

50

3

~~100~~

~~IT04 - 703~~

~~Management Information Systems~~

3

1

-

50

3

~~100~~

~~IT04 - 704~~

~~Computer Graphics & Multimedia~~

3

1

-

50

3

~~100~~

~~IT04 - 705~~

~~Elective I~~

3

1

-

50

3

~~100~~

~~IT04 - 706(P)~~

~~Networks lab~~

-

3

50

3

~~100~~

~~IT04 - 707(P)~~

~~Seminar~~

1

-

3

50

-

~~IT04 - 708(P)~~

~~Project Work~~

-

3

50

-

~~TOTAL~~

18

6

~~400~~

-

~~700~~

~~ELECTIVE-I~~

A

~~Digital Signal Processing~~

B

~~Advanced Topics in Database systems~~

C

~~Theory of computation~~

D

~~Parallel architectures & algorithms~~

E

~~Professional Ethics~~

F

~~Critical Perspective of Technology~~

~~DETAILED SYLLABUS~~

IT04 701 : DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

(Common with CS04 701)

3 hours lecture and 1 hour tutorial per week

Objective:

The development of distributed systems followed the emergence of high-speed local area networks, the availability of high performance PCs, workstations and servers has resulted in a recent shift towards distributed systems, and away from centralized, multi user systems. This trend has been accelerated by the development of distributed system software designed to support the development of distributed applications. This course is to impart basic knowledge of the issues concerning distributed systems, from both software and hardware viewpoints.

Module - I: (10 hours)

Operating system fundamentals - distributed system concepts and architectures - major design issues - distributed computing environments (DCE)

Module - II: (13 hours)

Concurrent processes and programming - threads and processes - client server model - time services language mechanisms for synchronization - concurrent programming languages

Module - III: (13 hours)

Interprocess communication and coordination - message passing communication - request/reply communication - transaction communication - name and directory services - distributed mutual exclusion - leader election

Module - IV: (16 hours)

Distributed process scheduling - static process scheduling, dynamic load sharing and balancing - distributed process implementation - real-time scheduling - concepts of distributed file systems - distributed shared memory - distributed computer security

Text book

1. Chow R & Johnson T., "Distributed Operating Systems and Algorithms", Addison Wesley

Reference books

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Singhal M. & Shivaratri, "Advanced Concepts In Operating Systems, Distributed Databases and Multiprocessor Operating Systems", McGraw Hill

Sessional work assessment

Assignments 2x7.5 = 15

Tests 2x15 = 30

Regularity = 05

Total marks = 50

University examination pattern

Q I - 8 short type questions of 5 marks each, 2 from each module

Q II - 2 questions of 15marks each from module I with choice to answer any one

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Q IV - 2 questions of 15marks each from module III with choice to answer any one

Q V - 2 questions of 15marks each from module IV with choice to answer any one

IT04 702 : CRYPTOGRAPHY & NETWORK SECURITY

== IT04 702 : CRYPTOGRAPHY & NETWORK SECURITY ==

(Common with CS04 702)

3 hours lecture and 1 hour tutorial per week

Objective:

This course introduces the principles and practice of cryptography and network security. It includes the issues to be addressed by network security capability and practical applications that have been implemented and are in use to provide network security.

Module - I: (14 hours)

Congruence equations : properties - complete and reduced residue systems - Fermat's theorem - Euler function.

Indeterminate equations - linear and second degree diophantine equations - congruences in one unknown - congruences of higher degree with prime and composite modulo - Wilson's theorem - quadratic residues.

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Modern techniques - DES - cryptanalysis - block cipher principles and design - Algorithms - triple DES - IDEA - blowfish

Confidentiality - placement of encryption function - traffic confidentiality - key distribution - random number generation.

Module - II: (14 hours)

Public key encryption - RSA algorithm - key management and exchange.

RSA Design and implementation- Chinese Remainder theorem, Garner's formula, RSA Model definition, Digital signatures and public Exponents, Public Key, RSA Key generating functions, Pitfalls in using RSA ,RSA encryption function, Signature functions.

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encryption, faster multiplication, Elliptic curve cryptography - message authentication -

requirements - functions and codes - hash functions - security of hash functions and MACs algorithms - MD5 message digest algorithm , Secure Hash (SHA-1 ) algorithm

Module - III: (14 hours)

Digital signature algorithm - DSA Decription -DSA prime generation-Security of DSA-GOST Digital Signature Algorithm-ONG-Schnorr-Shamir, ESIGN, - Identification schemes- Feige- Fiat-Shamir and its simplified form ,enhancements - Guillou-Quisquater

schemes, - Schnorr schemes - Key-exchange Algorithms, Diffie-Hellman scheme and modifications- Encrypted Key exchange(EKE),- Conference Key Distribution and secret

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Coin Flips- Fair and Failsafe Cryptosystems ,Blind Signatures- Probabilistic Encryption-

Quantum Cryptography

Module- IV: (10 hours)

Kerberos- Model, working principle, key servers, Sesame- Common Cryptographic Architecture(CCA),ISO Authentication framework, Privacy-Enhanced Mail(PEM), Pretty

Good Privacy(PGP), Public-Key Cryptography Standards(PKCS).

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WEB Security-Socket layer and Transport layer security, Secure Electronic transaction ,

password selection strategies ,Intrusion detection.

Text book

1. Stallings W., Cryptography and Network Security Principles and Practice, Pearson Education Asia.

2. Schneier B., Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, John Wiley

3. Schneier B, Ferguson N. , Practical Cryptography, Wiley-Dream - tech India Pvt.Ltd.

Reference books

1. Wenbo Mao , Modern cryptography - Theory and Practice, Pearson Education Asia

2. Niven & Zuckerman H.S., An Introduction to The Theory of Numbers, John Wiley

3. Pfleeger C.P., Pfleeger S.L., Security in Computing ,, Pearson Education (Singapore) Pte.Ltd.

4. Michel E. Whiteman, Herbert J.Mattord, Principles of Information Security, Thomson, Vikas Publishing House

Sessional work assessment

Assignments 2x7.5 = 15

Tests 2x15 = 30

Regularity = 05

Total marks = 50

University examination pattern

Q I - 8 short type questions of 5 marks each, 2 from each module

Q II - 2 questions of 15marks each from module I with choice to answer any one

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Q IV - 2 questions of 15marks each from module III with choice to answer any one

Q V - 2 questions of 15marks each from module IV with choice to answer any one

IT04 703 : MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

== IT04 703 : MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS ==

3 hours lecture and 1 hour tutorial per week

Objective:

This course will introduce the methods and the influence of the information systems in management milieu and use MIS as an effective tool in management and decision making.

Module - I: (12 hours)

Information systems - functions of management - levels of management - framework for information systems - systems approach - systems concepts - systems and their environment - effects of system approach in information systems design - using systems approach in problem solving - strategic uses of information technology

Module - II: (10 hours)

An overview of computer hardware and software components - file and database management systems - introduction to network components - topologies and types - remote access - the reasons for managers to implement networks - distributed systems - the internet and office communications

Module - III: (14 hours)

Application of information systems to functional - tactical and strategic areas of management, decision support systems and expert systems

Module - IV: (16 hours)

Information systems planning - critical success factor - business system planning - ends/means analysis - organizing the information systems plan - systems analysis and design - alternative application development approaches - organization of data processing - security and ethical issues of information systems

Text book

1. Robert Schultheis & Mary Sumner, Management Information Systems-The Manager's View, Tata McGraw Hill

Reference books

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Alter S., Information Systems: A Management Perspective, Addison Wesley

Effy Oz., Management Information Systems, Thomson, Vikas Publishing House

Sessional work assessment

Assignments 2x7.5 = 15

Tests 2x15 = 30

Regularity = 05

Total marks = 50

University examination pattern

Q I - 8 short type questions of 5 marks each, 2 from each module

Q II - 2 questions of 15marks each from module I with choice to answer any one

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Q IV - 2 questions of 15marks each from module III with choice to answer any one

Q V - 2 questions of 15marks each from module IV with choice to answer any one

IT04 704 : COMPUTER GRAPHICS & MULTIMEDIA

== IT04 704 : COMPUTER GRAPHICS & MULTIMEDIA ==

3 hours lecture and 1 hour tutorial per week

Objectives:

The objective of the course is to introduce fundamental principles of computer graphics design in software engineering and background information useful for the students of computing sciences stream. For adequacy this has to be complemented by exercises appearing in texts and references.

Module - I: (14 hours)

Introduction to computer graphics - basic raster graphics algorithms for drawing 2D primitives - scan converting lines - circles - generating characters - geometrical transformations - 2D transformations - homogeneous coordinates and matrix representation of transformations - window-to-viewport transformation - input devices and interactive techniques - interaction hardware - basic interaction tasks - 3D graphics - viewing in 3D - projections - basics of solid modeling - 3D transformations

Module - II: (12 hours)

Introduction to multimedia - media and data streams - properties of a multimedia system - data stream characteristics - information units - multimedia hardware - platforms - memory and storage devices - input and output devices - communication devices - multimedia software - multimedia software tools - multimedia authoring tools

Module - III: (13 hours)

Multimedia building blocks - audio - basic sound concepts - music - speech - MIDI versus digital audio - audio file formats - sound for the web - images and graphics - basic concepts - computer image processing - video and animation - basic concepts - animation techniques - animation for the web - multimedia building blocks - audio - basic sound concepts - music - speech - MIDI versus digital audio - audio file formats - sound for the web - images and graphics - basic concepts - computer image processing - video and animation - basic concepts - animation techniques - animation for the web

Module - IV: (13 hours)

Data compression - storage space and coding requirements - classification of coding/compression techniques - basic compression techniques like JPEG, H.261, MPEG and DVI - multimedia database systems - characteristics of multimedia database management system - data analysis - data structure - operations on data - integration in a database model

Text books

Foley J.D., Van Dam A., Feiner S.K., & Hughes J.F., Computer Graphics Principles And Practice, Addison Wesley

Ralf Steinmetz & Klara Nahrstedt, Multimedia: Computing, Communications And Applications, Pearson Education

Reference books

Newmann W. & Sproull R.F., Principles of Interactive Computer Graphics, McGraw Hill

Rogers D.F., Procedural Elements for Computer Graphics, McGraw Hill

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Koegel Buford J.F., Multimedia System, Addison Wesley

Vaughan T., Multimedia: Making It Work, Tata McGraw Hill

Sessional work assessment

Assignments 2x7.5 = 15

Tests 2x15 = 30

Regularity = 05

Total marks = 50

University examination pattern

Q I - 8 short type questions of 5 marks each, 2 from each module

Q II - 2 questions of 15marks each from module I with choice to answer any one

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Q IV - 2 questions of 15marks each from module III with choice to answer any one

Q V - 2 questions of 15marks each from module IV with choice to answer any one

IT04 705A : DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING

== IT04 705A : DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING ==

(Common with CS04 705A)

3 hours lecture and 1 hour tutorial per week

Objective:

Current communication technology is based on digital signal processing. Here the fundamental principles of various transforms and the tools used in analysis and design of discrete-time systems for signal processing are introduced.

Module - I: (12 hours)

Discrete time signals and systems - discrete signal sequences - linear shift invariant systems - discrete signals - stability and casualty - difference equations - frequency domain representations - fourier transform and its properties - relationship between system representations, review of Z-transforms

Module - II: (15 hours)

Discrete fourier transform - representation of discrete fourier series - properties of discrete fourier series - periodic convolution - DFT - properties of DFT - computation of DFT - circular convolution - linear convolution using DFT - FFTs - DIT-FFT and DIF-FFT - FFT algorithm for composite N

Module - III: (13 hours)

Design of digital filters - IIR and FIR filters - low pass analog filter design - Butterworth and Chebyshev filters - design examples - bilinear transformation and impulse invariant techniques - FIR filter design - linear phase characteristics - window method

Module - IV: (12 hours)

Realization of digital filters - discrete form I and II - cascade and parallel form - finite word length effects in digital filters - quantizer characteristics - saturation overflow - quantization in implementing systems - zero input limit cycles - introduction to DSP processors

Reference books

Proakis & Manolalus, Digital Signal Processing, Principles, Algorithm & Applications, Prentice Hall

Oppenheim & Schafer, Discrete Time Signal Processing, Prentice Hall

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Terrel T.J. & Shark L.K., Digital Signal Processing, Macmillan

Sanjit K. Mitra, Digital Signal Processing- A Computer- Based Approach, Tata McGraw-Hill.

Sessional work assessment

Assignments 2x7.5 = 15

Tests 2x15 = 30

Regularity = 05

Total marks = 50

University examination pattern

Q I - 8 short type questions of 5 marks each, 2 from each module

Q II - 2 questions of 15marks each from module I with choice to answer any one

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Q IV - 2 questions of 15marks each from module III with choice to answer any one

Q V - 2 questions of 15marks each from module IV with choice to answer any one

IT04 705B : ADVANCED TOPICS IN DATABASE SYSTEMS

== IT04 705B : ADVANCED TOPICS IN DATABASE SYSTEMS ==

(Common with CS04 705B)

3 hours lecture and 1 hour tutorial per week

Objective:

The course is intended to impart knowledge on the latest advancements in implementations of database management systems. This imparts sound idea on the latest methodologies such as object oriented, distributed and deductive database systems along with comparisons supported by some case studies. By the end of the course, it enables the student to analyze, design and implement modern database systems, especially for a distributed environment.

Module - I: (11 hours)

Overview of relational database concept - object oriented database - overview of object oriented concepts - object definition language - object query languages - object database conceptional design - overview of CORBA standard for distributed objects

Module - II: (13 hours)

Distributed database concepts - data fragmentation replication and allocation - types of distributed database system - query process - concurrency control for distributed database - overview of client - server architecture and its relationship to distributed database

Module - III: (13 hours)

Deductive database - introduction to deduction database prolog/datalog notation - interpretation of rules - basic inference mechanism for logic programs - datalog programs and their evaluation - deduction database systems - data Warehousing and data mining - database on World Wide Web - multimedia database - mobile database - geographic information system - digital libraries

Module - IV: (15 hours)

Oracle and Microsoft access - basic structure of the oracle system m database structures and its manipulation in oracle - storage organization programming oracle applications - oracle tools - an overview of Microsoft access features and functionality of access - distributed databases in oracle

Text book

Elmasri & Navathe, Fundamentals of Database Systems, Addison Wesley

Reference books

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Silberschatz, Korth H.F. & Sudarshan S., Database System Concepts, Tata McGraw Hill

Theory T.J., Database Modelling And Design, Harcourt Asia (Morgan Kaufman)

Sessional work assessment

Assignments 2x7.5 = 15

Tests 2x15 = 30

Regularity = 05

Total marks = 50

University examination pattern

Q I - 8 short type questions of 5 marks each, 2 from each module

Q II - 2 questions of 15marks each from module I with choice to answer any one

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Q IV - 2 questions of 15marks each from module III with choice to answer any one

Q V - 2 questions of 15marks each from module IV with choice to answer any one

IT04 705C : Theory of Computation

== IT04 705C : Theory of Computation ==

3 hours lecture and 1 hour tutorial per week

Objective:

Being a fundamental course on computational models and computability, the emphasis is on teaching the fundamentals regarding the theory. Beginning with introductory concepts of languages and their classification, the course proceeds through treatment of their recognizers and automata. The learners of this course are expected to have sound knowledge of set theory and relations as well as various proof techniques. The course concludes with a treatment on the ways and means of classifying algorithm into the various computability classes and proofs of some standard algorithms. The course teaches fundamental computability theory which can be later on used to lay the foundation for parsing theory and algorithms.

Module - I: (13 hours)

Introduction to formal proof - Inductive proofs - Concepts of automata theory - Deterministic finite automata - Nondeterministic finite Automata - equivalence of deterministic and nondeterministic finite automata - Nondeterministic Finite automata with a transitions - Regular expressions - Finite automata and regular expressions - Algebraic laws for Regular expressions - Pumping lemma for regular languages - closure properties of regular languages - Decision properties of regular languages - Equivalence and minimization of automata.

Module - II: (13 hours)

Context free Grammars - Derivations - sentential forms - The language of grammar - Parse trees - Ambiguity in grammar and languages - Inherently ambiguous languages - Pushdown automata - Formal definition - Graphical notation - The language of a PDA - Acceptance by PDA - Empty stack - Final state - PDAs to grammars - Deterministic PDAs and CFLs - Non deterministic PDAs - Chomsky Normal Form - Greibach Normal Form - Pumping lemma for CFLs - Closure properties of CFLs - Decision properties of CFLs - CYK algorithm

Module - III: (14 hours)

Turing Machines - Notation - Instantaneous Description - Transition Diagram - The language of a Turing Machine - Halting of TMs - Programming techniques for Turing Machines - Extension to basic TMs - Nondeterministic TMs - Restricted TMs - Recursive and Recursively Enumerable Languages - Halting problem of TMs - Undecidable problem about TMs - Rice's Theorem - Post's Correspondence problem - Undecidablity of PCP - Undecidable problems on Languages

Module - IV: (12 hours)

Intractable problems - The classes P and NP - Polynomial time reducibility - NP-Complete problems - The Satisfiability problem - NP-Completeness of the satisfiability problem - NP-Completeness of CSAT - NP-Completeness of 3SAT - Node cover problem - Directed Hamiltonian circuit problem - The class of languages Co-NP - Problems solvable in polynomial space.

Text books

Hopcroft J.E, Motwani R & Ullman J. D., Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages and Computation, Pearson Education.

Reference books

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Linz: P., An Introduction to Formal Languages & Automata, Narosa

Martin J. C., Introduction to Languages & the Theory of Computation, Tata McGraw Hill

Sessional work assessment

Assignments 2x7.5 = 15

Tests 2x15 = 30

Regularity = 05

Total marks = 50

University examination pattern

QI - 8 short type questions of 5 marks, 2 from each module

QII - 2 questions of 15 marks each from module I with choice to answer anyone

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QIV - 2 questions of 15 marks each from module III with choice to answer anyone

QV - 2 questions of 15 marks each from module IV with choice to answer anyone

IT04 705D : PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES & ALGORITHMS

== IT04 705D : PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES & ALGORITHMS ==

3 hours lecture and 1 hour tutorial per week

Objective:

This is a continuation of the Computer Architecture course and is trying to throw more light on issues of programmability, performance and scalability of parallel architectures.

Module - I: (11 hours)

Trends in parallel architectures - convergence of parallel architectures - fundamental design issues - parallel application case studies - the parallelization process - examples

Module - II: (14 hours)

Programming for performance - partitioning - data access and communications - orchestration for performance - performance factors - case studies - implications for programming models - workload-driven evaluation - scaling workloads and machines - evaluating a real machine - evaluating an architectural idea - illustrating workload characterization

Module - III: (15 hours)

Cache coherence - memory consistency design space for snooping protocols - assessing protocol design trade-offs - synchronization - snoop-based multiprocessor design - correctness requirements - single-level caches with an atomic bus - multilevel cache hierarchies - split-transaction bus - case studies - extending cache coherence

Module - IV: (12 hours)

Scalable multiprocessors - scalability - realizing programming models - physical DMA - user-level access - dedicated message processing - shared physical address space - clusters and networks of workstations - implications of parallel software - synchronization - directory-based cache coherence - scalable cache coherence - directory-based approaches - assessing directory protocols and tradeoffs - design challengers for directory protocols - memory-based directory protocols - cache-based directory protocols - performance parameters - synchronization - hardware / software tradeoffs

Text book

Culler D.E., Singh J.P. & Gupta A., Parallel Computer Architecture: A hardware/ Software Approach, Harcourt Asia, Morgan Kaufman

Reference books

Sima D., Fountain T. & Kacsuk P., Advanced Computer Architectures, Addison Wesley

Hwang K., Advanced Computer Architecture, McGraw Hill

Quinn M.J., Parallel Computing Theory and Practice, McGraw Hill

Sessional work assessment

Assignments 2x7.5 = 15

Tests 2x15 = 30

Regularity = 05

Total marks = 50

University examination pattern

Q I - 8 short type questions of 5 marks each, 2 from each module

Q II - 2 questions of 15marks each from module I with choice to answer any one

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Q V - 2 questions of 15marks each from module IV with choice to answer any one

IT04 705E: Professional Ethics

== IT04 705E: Professional Ethics ==

3 hours lecture and 1 hour tutorial per week

Objective:

The course introduces student to important philosophical inputs of professional ethics. The course introduces widely accepted theories in ethics as well as their applications in areas of human service. Understanding of these principles would lead to a student to take sound decisions and justify those, while confronting with dilemmas.

Module - I: (12 hours)

Ethical concepts and theories - autonomy - rights and right action - utilitarian theories - deontological theories - justification

Module - II: (12 hours)

Ethics and health care - issues : abortion, euthanasia, mental retardedness - justice and health care

Module - III: (12 hours)

Business ethics - issues : corporatism, employer-employee relations - products and the consumers - social and ecological responsibilities

Module - IV: (12 hours)

Ethics in technology development and use - information technology - genetic engineering - appropriate technology

Text book

1. David Appellbam, Sarah Veroni Lawton, Ethics and Professions, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 1980

2. John H Piet and Ayodhya Prasad, An Introduction to Applied Ethics, Cosmo Publications, India 2000

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Arsenio Talingdon, Implications of Computer use in politics, Technology and Society, 12, Sep 1980

C Valbonia, J Johnson and S Beggs, Moral and legal implications of physicians responsibility in a computerized health system, Man and Computer 1974

Sessional work assessment

Assignments 2x7.5 = 15

Tests 2x15 = 30

Regularity = 05

Total marks = 50

University examination pattern

Q I - 8 short type questions of 5 marks each, 2 from each module

Q II - 2 questions of 15marks each from module I with choice to answer any one

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Q V - 2 questions of 15marks each from module IV with choice to answer any one

IT04 705f : Critical Perspectives of Technology

== IT04 705f : Critical Perspectives of Technology ==

3 hours lecture and 1 hour tutorial per week

Objective:

The course introduces student to various concepts of information society, knowledge society, techniques of production of knowledge in a society, along with the various forms of risks associated during application of such concepts in a society. The course enables critical thinking on part of student as an academic exercise.

Module - I: (13 hours)

The concept of knowledge-society - knowledge society and information society - knowledge and power - power of knowledge - knowledge in modern societies

Module - II: (13 hours)

Modernity - techno structures - postmodernity - expertise and designing the lifeworld - knowledge and expertise - production and function of expertise

Module - III: (13 hours)

Concept of risk society - modernization and risks - risks and human existence - advanced technological risks and traditional risks

Module - IV: (13 hours)

Knowledge and economy - human capital - knowledge production - risks and expertise - knowledge society as risk producing society - expertise - rationality

Reference books

Nicostehr and Richard V Ericson, The culture and power of knowledge in modern society, Walter de Gruyber, New York, 1992

Wiio, OA, The information society, is it really like this?, Intermedia 13:12-14, 1985

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Pacey, Arnold, The culture of technology, MIT Press, Cambridge, 1983

Rouse, Joseph, Knowledge and Power : Toward a political philosophy of science, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1987

Sessional work assessment

Assignments 2x7.5 = 15

Tests 2x15 = 30

Regularity = 05

Total marks = 50

University examination pattern

Q I - 8 short type questions of 5 marks each, 2 from each module

Q II - 2 questions of 15marks each from module I with choice to answer any one

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Q V - 2 questions of 15marks each from module IV with choice to answer any one

IT04 706(P) : NETWORKS LAB

== IT04 706(P) : NETWORKS LAB ==

3 hours practical per week

Objective:

This practical course includes experiments in computer networking using basic network components and systems there by allowing the students to gain an intuitive feel for network protocols. This course is very much significant both from research perspective and from application perspective.

Lab - 1 : Implementation of PC to PC file transfer using serial port and MODEM.

Lab - 2, 3 : Software simulation of IEEE 802.3, 802.4 and 802.5 protocols.

Lab - 4, 5 : Software simulation of medium access control protocols -

1) Go back N

2) Selective repeat and

3) Sliding window.

Lab - 6 : Implementation of a subset of simple mail transfer protocol using UDP

Lab - 7, 8 : Implementation of a subset of file transfer protocol using TCP/IP

Lab - 9 : Implementation of “finger” utility using remote procedure call (RPC)

Lab - 10 : Generation and processing of HTML forms using CGI.

Reference books

Richard S.W., Unix Network Programming, PHI

Comer D.E., Internetworking With TCP/IP, Vol.1, 2 & 3, PHI

Campione et. al M., The Java Tutorial Continued, Addison Wesley

Sessional work assessment

Lab practicals & record = 25

2 tests 2x10 = 20

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IT04 707(P): SEMINAR

== IT04 707(P): SEMINAR ==

3 +1 hours per week

Objective

Each student is expected to present a seminar on a topic of current relevance in Information Technology - they are expected to refer papers from standard journals like ACM, IEEE, JPDC, IEE, or RFCs (from www.ietf.org) etc - at least three cross references must be used - the seminar report must not be the reproduction of the original paper.

Conduct and evaluation

An evaluation committee must be formed to determine the schedule of activities and subsequently conduct evaluation. The members of the committee must be competent in academic qualification and experience. Students are supposed to select a topic in consultation with any of the members of committee. The committee may publish guidelines to complete this process easily. After this, an abstract may be submitted along with title of the seminar. A formal approval of the committee is necessary for the seminar presentation. In case of non-approval, the suggestions for reformulating it will be communicated to the students. The revised proposal may be submitted again to the committee in a different time slot. Sufficient number of chances may be given; the committee may device a time schedule to accommodate this revision process looking into the available time frame for seminar.

A seminar report need to be submitted in a format insisted by the institution well in advance to the presentation. Marks may be awarded according to the following pattern:

Sessional work assessment

A seminar report need to be submitted in a format insisted by the institution well in advance to the presentation. Marks may be awarded according to the following pattern:

Sessional work assessment

Presentation & discussion = 25

Regularity = 5

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Total marks = 50

IT04 708(P) : PROJECT

== IT04 708(P) : PROJECT ==

3 hours per week

Guidelines for Project Formulation

Objectives

Guidelines for Project Formulation

Objectives

The project is aimed at improving the professional competency by touching the areas which otherwise is not covered in theory classes or laboratory classes - There is a greater realization of importance of the application of ideas to build a solution in complementing the learning process. The work practice here will help student develop ability to apply theoretical and practical tools/techniques to solve real life problems related to industry and current research. It is recommended to have connection between mini project and final year project. However, there is clear distinction in terms of time frame for project and mini project and hence problems must be selected carefully. Problems related to mini project domain should never be allowed here.

Type of project

Students may be given an introduction to problems related to industry and level of current research. They may be given idea about the state of technology in India and abroad and what an employer expect from them. They may be given idea about the venues for higher studies in India and abroad and what such institution expects from them. They may be given idea about opportunities of making use of technology and what capacities an entrepreneur should have for successfully running an enterprise. Then each student is assigned to a project.

Two approaches are possible

To ask the students to select their work from already prepared list of works (prepared by a competitive person and revised from time to time)

To ask the students to select a relevant work which is approved by an approving authority