Computer Science and Engineering (CS) Syllabus 2023

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Theory of Computation:

Regular languages and finite automata, Context free languages and Push-down automata, Recursively enumerable sets and Turing machines, Undesirability; NP-completeness.

Digital Logic:

Logic functions, Minimization, Design and synthesis of combinational and sequential circuits; Number representation and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating point) .

Computer Organization and Architecture:

Machine instructions and addressing modes, ALU and data-path, CPU control design, Memory interface, I⟋O interface (Interrupt and DMA mode) , Instruction pipelining, Cache and main memory, Secondary storage.

Programming and Data Structures:

Programming in C; Functions, Recursion, Parameter passing, Scope, Binding; Abstract data types, Arrays, Stacks, Queues, Linked Lists, Trees, Binary search trees, Binary heaps.

Algorithms:

Analysis, Asymptotic notation, Notions of space and time complexity, Worst and average case analysis; Design: Greedy approach, Dynamic programming, Divide-and-conquer; Tree and graph traversals, Connected components, Spanning trees, Shortest paths; Hashing, Sorting, Searching.

Compiler Design:

Lexical analysis, Parsing, Syntax directed translation, Runtime environments, Intermediate and target code generation, Basics of code optimization.

Operating System:

Processes, Threads, Inter-process communication, Concurrency, Synchronization, Deadlock, CPU scheduling, Memory management and virtual memory, File systems, I⟋O systems, Protection and security.

Databases:

ER-model, Relational model (relational algebra, tuple calculus) , Database design (integrity constraints, normal forms) , Query languages (SQL) , File structures (sequential files, indexing, B and B + trees) , Transactions and concurrency control.

Computer Networks:

ISO⟋OSI stack, LAN technologies (Ethernet, Token ring) , Flow and error control techniques, Routing algorithms, Congestion control, TCP⟋UDP and sockets, IP (v4) , Application layer protocols (icmp, dns, smtp, pop, ftp, http) ; Basic concepts of hubs, switches, gateways, and routers.