Course Contents

Sl. No.	Topics
1	Evolution of Computer Hardware and Moore's law
2	Problem solving using computers Computer Languages
3	Operating systems
4	System software Large-scale software system design issues and seminal case studies and history
5	Next generation computing applications
6	Grand challenge problems in Computer Science and Engineering
7	Segmentation

References

Textbooks

G. Polya, "How to Solve It", 2nd ed., Princeton University Press, 1957, ISBN: 0-691-08097-6.

Jon Bentley, "Programming Pearls", Addison-Wesley, Inc., 2000, ISBN: 0-201- 65788-0.

Roger Penrose, "The Emperor's New Mind", Oxford University Press, 1990. ISBN: 0-192-86198-0.

Lecture Slides

1	Introduction
2	Algorithms
3	Computer Organization and DIGITAL DESIGN

Evaluation Pattern

Details	Marks
End Sem (written exam. ) 150 mins.	25
Written Assignment Topics	10
CLASS OPEN ORAL QUIZ (Starts Oct. 2011)	15
TOTAL	50

Announcement

Marks for the Oral Quiz

Tentative Weekly Schedule
Date	Schedule
16/09/2011	Release of Written Assignment
21/09/2011	SD
23/09/2011	SD
28/09/2011	SD
30/09/2011	SD
5/10/2011	Open Oral Quiz
7/10/2011	Open Oral Quiz
12/10/2011	Open Oral Quiz
14/10/2011	Guest Lecture: Dr. Jayalal Sharma
19/10/2011	Guest Lecture: Dr. Jayalal Sharma
21/10/2011	Guest Lecture: Prof. D. Janakiram, Written Assignment Due
26/10/2011	Diwali
28/10/2011	Guest Lecture: Prof. D. Janakiram
2/11/2011	Guest Lecture: Prof. Krishna Sivalingam
4/11/2011	Guest Lecture: Prof. P. Sreenivasa Kumar
9/11/2011	Guest Lecture: Prof. Krishna Sivalingam
11/11/2011	Guest Lecture: Prof. P. Sreenivasa Kumar
16/11/2011	SD
18/11/2011	SD