Paper: Computer Science (200 Marks)
Paper-I (100 Marks)
Section-A (50 Marks)
I. Introduction to Computing
Introduction to Information Technology and Computers, History of Computing, Computer HW and SW Details,
Computer System Components and Communication System, Input &Output devices and their types, Storage
Media and their types, Types of Computer Hardware, Software, and Programming languages, Information
Representation & Number Systems, User interfaces, Major Software Issues, Creation, formatting, and
maintenance ofComputer documents, Usage of Word processors, Spread sheets, Power-Point, Email, Search
Engines, Browsers, Messengers, and Internet , Computers & Society, InformationSecurity/Privacy, Computer
Crimes and Ethical Challenges, Viruses, Plagiarism, Intellectual Property Rights, Difference between computer
science, software engineering, information technology, information systems, computer engineering and
bioinformatics; IEEE / ACM computing disciplines guidelines.
II. Programming Fundamentals
Basic programming elements and concepts, Problem Solving & Program Design, Components of a
programming language, Program development and execution, Program structure, Data types and variable
declarations, Standard I/O streams, and statements, Control structures, Standard library functions, User
defined functions and parameterpassing, Arrays, pointers, and strings, Structures, unions, and bit manipulation
operators.
III. Object Oriented Paradigm
Object Oriented Programming Concepts ( Object-oriented paradigm, data abstraction, encapsulation,
inheritance, Polymorphism), Introduction to Classes and Objects ( classes,objects, data members, member
functions), Classes Advanced ( friends, static, composition, this, const), Operator overloading (streaminsertion,
stream extraction, binary operator, unary operator), Inheritance (single inheritance, multiple inheritances,
protected members, method over-riding), Polymorphism (virtual function, pure-virtual functions, abstract class,
abstract super class), Standard Template Library (STL), Files & streams (sequential access files, random
access files), File processing, Exception Handling.
Section-B (50 Marks)
IV. Algorithms & Data Structures
Fundamental concepts, Properties of algorithms, Criteria for an Algorithm, Parameters for selecting an
algorithm, Algorithm Representations, Pseudo Code and Flow Charts, Designing Algorithms, Algorithm Analysis
and Asymptotic Notations, Classification of Lists, Abstract Data Types, Implementation of Stacks and Queues
using ADTs, Searching and Sorting Algorithms (Linear Search, Binary Search, Bubble Sort, Merge Sort, Quick
Sort, Heap Sort), Stacks and Queues, Hash Tables (Linear Probing, Bucketing, Chaining), Recursion, Trees
(Binary Trees, Binary Search trees, AVL Trees, Two-Three Trees), Graphs, Heuristic (Guided) Search, Genetic
Algorithms, Encryption Algorithms (DES, RSA)
V. Software Engineering
Software Processes, Software Process Models, Agile Software Development, Analysis Modeling,
Requirements Engineering, Design Concepts, Architectural Design, Design & Implementation, Software
Testing, System Delivery and Maintenance, Software Evolution Formal Specification, Software Quality
Assurance, Introduction to Proofs of Correctness (LNO), Distributed Software Engineering, Aspect-Oriented
Software Engineering, Project Management, Process Improvement
VI. Compiler Construction
Difference among various type of Translators, Phases of Compilers, Classification of Compilers, Lexical Analysis
(Input buffering, Specification & Recognition of tokens, Regular expressions, Finite automata, Syntax Analysis
(Context-free grammars and their classification, LL(k) vs. LR(k) grammars, Top-down vs. Bottom-Up parsers,
Parsing Techniques, FIRST and FOLLOW sets, Predictive Parsing using LL(1) grammars, Syntaxerror handling
and recovery strategies), Syntax Directed Translation (Synthesized attributes, Inherited attributes, Construction
of syntax trees, Top-down translation), Semantic analysis (Symbol tables, Type Expressions, Type Checking
of statements), Intermediate Code Generation, Code Generation (Issues in the design of code generation,The
target machine, Run-time storage management, Register allocation), Code optimization (Elimination of
Redundant code, Folding of Constant, Loop optimization, Peephole optimization, Problems of optimization)
Paper-II (100 Marks)
Section-A (50 Marks)
I. Computer Organization & Architecture
Fundamental concepts, Overview of a Computer System, Evolution & Performance Languages, Architectural
levels, Virtual machines, Processor types, Metrics, Machine instructions, Instruction execution cycle, CISC vs.
RISC, Parallelism, Internal/External datarepresentation, Computer Function and Interconnections, Cache Memory,
Internal Memory, External Memory, Input /Output System, Computer Arithmetic Microprocessor and its Bus
Structure, I/O Types, Types of Buses, Memory Organization and Structure, information flow and execution in
Machine, Instruction Representation, Machine Instruction Characteristics, Instruction Processing, Processor
Structure & Function, Control UnitOperation, Micro-programmed Control, Instruction-Level Parallelism And
Superscalar Processors, Parallel Processing, Multi-Processor and Multi-core Systems
II. Computer Communications & Networks
Basic Concepts and Classification of Networks, Circuit switching, Packet switching, Multiplexing (TDM, FDM),
Layering: OSI and TCP/IP, Application Layer (Network application architectures, HTTP, FTP, Email, DNS, P2P
applications), Transport Layer (Multiplexing in UDP and TCP, Connectionless Transport: UDP, Reliable data
transfer andTCP, Congestion avoidance and control), Network Layer (The Internet Protocol, IPv4 Datagram,
Internet Address Classes, Special IP Addresses ARP, IPv6, ICMP, Network Address Translation (NAT),
Internet Routing Protocols and Algorithms, X.25, Frame relay and ATM, MPLS), Physical & Link Layer
Functionalities (Error Detection & Control, ARQ, Link layer addressing, LAN Technologies, Bridges and Hubs,
Multiple Access), Special topics (Security, Overlay networks, naming, Content distribution networks, Peer to
peer systems, DHTs, Network Attacks)
III. Operating Systems Concepts
Roles of an Operating System, Operating-System Evolution, Structures, and Operations, Classification of
Operating Systems, Computing Environments, Design and Components of OS, Process Management,
Process Synchronization, Deadlocks, Memory Management, Virtual Memory Management, File Systems
(UNIX and Windows Systems), I/OManagement
Section-B (50 Marks)
IV. Database Systems
Introduction to Database Systems, Relational Data Model & Relational Database Constraints, Relational
Data Model, SQL, Relational Algebra & Calculus, ER Model, ER toRelational Mapping, PL/SQL Stored
Procedures & Triggers, Functional Dependencies and Normalization, Storage & Indexing, Indexing
Structure, XML documents & Web Services, Query Processing & Evaluation, Query Optimization,
Transaction processing, Object- Oriented Databases, Distributed Databases, Database Security &
Access Control
V. Digital Image Processing
The relation between Image Processing, Computer Graphics, Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence;
Image Sensing and Acquisition Techniques; Representing Digital Image; Image Sampling and
Quantization; Image Storage and Operations; Image Transformations(Translation, Scaling, Rotation,
Shear); Image Histogram; Image Enhancement (Contrast,Smoothing, Sharpening); Gray-scale and Color
Images; Color Models (RGB, CMYK and HIS); Image Restoration; Noise Models; Morphological
Operators (Erosion, Dilation, Opening, Closing, Skeletonization, Thinning); Image Segmentation; Point
Detection, Line Detection, Edge Detection and Boundary Detection; Image Compression
VI. Web Engineering & Technologies
Modeling techniques for web applications, Introduction to web engineering, requirement engineering,
requirement, types of requirements, functional requirements, non-functional requirements, Requirement
engineering process (Elicitation and negotiation, Documentation, Validation and verification,
Management), HTML(hypertext markup language), Software Architecture, Styles, Patterns, and
frameworks, Components of Web Architecture, Classifications of web architecture , Web Application
layered architecture ( client server, n- layered, JSP model, struts, OOHDM ), Integration Architecture,
Data Aspect architectures, Cascading Style Sheet(CSS), CSS properties, JavaScript (Functionalities,
Events, Variables, Operators), DOM(Document Object Model), XML, RSS,API, Client-side programming
using (HTML, XHTML, XML, JavaScript, and CSS), Server- side programming using PHP, Web
development process, Web Application Development Methodologies, Web site promotion and
deployment, Web applications Issues (Accessibility, testing, performance, operation, maintenance,
security)