Computer-science
Computer-science
Discrete Mathematics: Propositional and first order logic. Sets, relations, functions, partial orders and
lattices. Groups. Graphs: connectivity, matching, coloring. Combinatorics: counting, recurrence relations,
generating functions.
Linear Algebra: Matrices, determinants, system of linear equations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, LU
decomposition.
Calculus: Limits, continuity and differentiability. Maxima and minima. Mean value theorem. Integration.
Probability: Random variables. Uniform, normal, exponential, poisson and binomial distributions. Mean,
median, mode and standard deviation. Conditional probability and Bayes theorem.
Digital Logic
Boolean algebra. Combinational and sequential circuits. Minimization. Number representations and
computer arithmetic (fixed and floating point).
Machine instructions and addressing modes. ALU, data-path and control unit. Instruction
pipelining. Memory hierarchy: cache, main memory and secondary storage; I/O interface (interrupt and
DMA mode).
Programming in C. Recursion. Arrays, stacks, queues, linked lists, trees, binary search trees, binary
heaps, graphs.
Algorithms
Searching, sorting, hashing. Asymptotic worst case time and space complexity. Algorithm design
techniques: greedy, dynamic programming and divide-and-conquer. Graph search, minimum spanning
trees, shortest paths.
Theory of Computation
Regular expressions and finite automata. Context-free grammars and push-down automata. Regular and
contex-free languages, pumping lemma. Turing machines and undecidability.
Compiler Design
Operating System
Databases
ER-model. Relational model: relational algebra, tuple calculus, SQL. Integrity constraints, normal forms.
File organization, indexing (e.g., B and B+ trees). Transactions and concurrency control.
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Computer Networks
Concept of layering. LAN technologies (Ethernet). Flow and error control techniques, switching.
IPv4/IPv6, routers and routing algorithms (distance vector, link state). TCP/UDP and sockets, congestion
control. Application layer protocols (DNS, SMTP, POP, FTP, HTTP). Basics of Wi-Fi. Network security:
authentication, basics of public key and private key cryptography, digital signatures and certificates,
firewalls.
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