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Ph.D in Computer Science

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Research Methodology
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Rough Set Theory
Fuzzy Logic & Fuzzy
Systems:
Theory, Simulations &
Applications
Simulations and Modeling
Web Engineering
Digital Watermarking &
Steganography
Advanced Operating
System
Digital Image Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Software Engineering
Software Architecture
Software Testing
Ad-hoc network
E-Learning

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RCSE-001
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RCSE-004

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RCSE-006
RCSE-007

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1. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
(Outline of Syllabus)
Introduction to Computer Science Research:
What is Research?, Types of Research, Why Research, Significance & Status of Research
in Computer Science. Steps in Research: Having grounding in Computer Science, Major
Journals & Publication in Computer Science, Major Research areas of Computer Science,
Identification, selection & Formulation of research problem, Hypothesis formulation,
Developing a research proposal, Planning your research, The wider community,
Resources and Tools, How engineering research differs from scientific research, The role
of empirical studies.
Basis of Computer Science Research
Introduction to Formal Models and Computability: Turing Machine & Computability,
Undecidability, Diagonalization and Self-Reference, Reductions.
Introduction to Basic Techniques for Designing Algorithms: Divide-and-Conquer,
Dynamic Programming, Greedy. Analysis of Algorithms.
Complexity Theory: Resources and Complexity Classes, Relationship between
Complexity Classes, Reducibility and Completeness, P vs NP problems.
Qualitative Reasoning: Qualitative Representations, Representing Quantity, Representing
Mathematical Relationship, Ontology, State, Time and Behaviors, Space and Shape,
Compositional Modeling, Domain Theories, and Modeling Assumptions, Qualitative
Reasoning Techniques, Model Formulation, Causal Reasoning, Simulation, Comparative
Analysis, Teleological Reasoning, Data Interpretation, Planning, Spatial Reasoning,
Applications of Qualitative Physics.
Simulation: What is simulation? How a simulation model works? Time & randomness in
simulation. Applications of simulations.
Research Data: What is data, Mathematical statistics and computer science views on
data analysis, Methods for finding associations: regression and pattern recognition,
Method for aggregation and visualisation: principal components and clustering,
Hypothesis testing.
Literature Survey: Finding out about your research area, Literature search strategy,
Writing critical reviews, Identifying venues for publishing your research.

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Writing Papers and the Review Process: Preparing and presenting your paper. The
conference review process, Making use of the referees reports, The journal review
process, Group exercise in reviewing research papers.
Thesis Writing: Planning the thesis, Writing the thesis, Thesis structure, Writing up
schedule, The Oral examination and Viva Voce.
Only for additional reading:
Ethical issues and Professional Conduct Ethics in general, Professional Ethics, Ethical
Issues that Arise from Computer Technology, General Moral Imperatives, More Specific
Professional Responsibilities, Organizational Leadership Imperatives.
REFERENCES:
1. Research Methods By Francis C. Dane, Brooks/ Cole Publishing
Company, California.
2. Basic of Qualitative Research (3rd Edition) By Juliet Corbin & Anselm
Strauss, Sage Publications (2008)
3. The Nature of Research: Inquiry in Academic Context By Angela
Brew, Routledge Falmer (2001)
4. Research Methods By Ram Ahuja, Rawat Publications (2001)
5. The Computer Science and Engineering Handbook by (Editor-in-Chief) By Allen
B. Tucker, jr. CRC Press, A CRC Handbook Published in co-operation with A
(only relevant parts of chapters of Chapter-2, Chapter-3, Chapter-4 Chapter9,Chapter-10 & Chapter-32)

2. DATA MINING
Reference Book: Data Mining: Concepts & Techniques (Second Edition) Jiawei Han &
Micheline Kamber (Morgan Kaufman Publisher, 2006)
Introduction
Relational Databases, Data Warehouse, Transactional Databases, Advanced Data and Information
Systems and Advanced Applications. Data Mining Functionalities. Concept/Class Description:
Characterization and Discrimination, Mining Frequent Patterns, Associations, and Correlations,
Classification and Prediction, Cluster Analysis, Outlier Analysis, Evolution Analysis.
Classification of Data Mining Systems, Data Mining Task Primitives, Integration of a Data
Mining System with a Database or Data Warehouse System, Major Issues in Data Mining.
Data Preprocessing
Descriptive Data Summarization: Measuring the Central Tendency, Measuring the Dispersion of
Data, Graphic Displays of Basic Descriptive Data Summaries. Data Cleaning: Missing Values,
Noisy Data, Data Cleaning as a Process. Data Integration and Transformation: Data Integration,
Data Transformation. Data Reduction: Data Cube Aggregation, Attribute Subset Selection,
Dimensionality Reduction, Numerosity Reduction. Data Discretization and Concept Hierarchy
Generation: Discretization and Concept Hierarchy Generation for Numerical Data, Concept
Hierarchy Generation for Categorical Data.
Data Warehouse and OLAP Technology
Differences between Operational Database Systems and Data Warehouses. A Multidimensional
Data Mode: Data Cubes, Stars, Snowflakes, and Fact Constellations: Schemas for
Multidimensional Databases, Examples for Defining Star, Snowflake, and Fact Constellation
Schemas, Measures: Their Categorization and Computation, Concept Hierarchies, OLAP
Operations in the Multidimensional Data Model, A Starnet Query Model for Quering
Multidimensional Database. Data Warehouse Architecture: Steps for the Design and Construction
of Data Warehouses, A Three-Tier Data Warehouse Architecture, Data Warehouse Back-End
Tools and Utilities, Metadata Repository, Types of OLAP Servers: ROLAP versus MOLAP
versus HOLAP. Data Warehouse Implementation: Efficient Computation of Data Cubes, Indexing
OLAP Data, Efficient Processing of OLAP Queries. From Data Warehousing to Data Mining:
Data Warehouse Usage, From On-Line Analytical Processing to On-Line Analytical Mining.

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Mining Frequent Patterns, Associations, and Correlations

Market Basket Analysis: Frequent Itemsets, Closed Itemsets and Association Rules, Frequent
Patterns Mining: Efficient and Scalable Frequent Itemset Mining Methods: The Apriori
Algorithm: Finding Frequent Itemsets Using Candidate Generation, Generating Association Rules
from Frequent Itemsets, Improving the Efficiency of Apriori, Mining Frequent Itemsets without
Candidate Generation, Mining Frequent Itemsets Using Vertical Data Format, Mining Closed
Frequent Itemsets. Mining Various Kinds of Association Rules: Mining Multilevel Association
Rules, Mining Multidimensional Association Rules from Relational Databases and Data
Warehouses. From Association Mining to Correlation Analysis: From Association Analysis to
Correlation Analysis. Constraint-Based Association Mining: Metarule-Guided Mining of
Association Rules, Constraint Pushing: Mining Guided by Rule Constraints.
Classification and Prediction
Issues Regarding Classification and Prediction: Preparing the Data for Classification and
Prediction, Comparing Classification and Prediction Methods, Classification by Decision. Tree
Induction: Decision Tree Induction, Attribute Selection Measures, Tree Pruning, Scalability and
Decision Tree Induction, Bayesian Classification: Bayes Theorem, Nave Bayesian
Classification, Bayesian Belief Networks, Training Bayesian Belief Networks, Rule-Based
Classification: Using IF-THEN Rules for Classification, Rule Extraction from a Decision Tree,
Rule Induction Using a Sequential Covering Algorithm, Classification by Backpropagation: A
Multilayer Feed-Forward Neural Network, Defining a Network Topology, Backpropagation,
Backpropagation and Interpretability, Support Vector Machines: The Case When the Data Are
Linearly Separable, The Case When the Data Are Linearly Inseparable, Associative
Classification: Classification by Association Rule Analysis, Lazy Learners (or Learning from
Your Neighours): k-Nearest-Neighbor Classifiers, Case-Based Reasoning, Prediction: Linear
Regression, Nonlinear Regression, Other Regression-Based Methods, Accuracy and Error
Measures: Classifier Accuracy Measures, Predictor Error Measures, Evaluating The Accuracy of
a Classifier or Predictor: Holdout Method and Random Subsampling, Cross-Validation,
Bootstrap, Ensemble MethodsIncreasing the Accuracy: Bagging, Boosting, Model Selection:
Estimating Confidence Intervals, ROC Curves.

3. Machine Learning
Reference Book: Machine Learning by Tom
International Edition, 1997)

M.

Mitchell

(McGraw-Hill

Introduction
Well-Posed Learning Problems, Designing a Learning System: Choosing the
Training Experience; Choosing the Target Function; Choosing a Representation
for the Target Function; Choosing a Function Approximation Algorithm; The
Final Design, Perspectives and issues in machine learning.
Concept Learning
A Concept Learning Task: Notation, The Inductive Learning Hypothesis,
Concept Learning as Search, FIND-S: Algorithm for finding a Maximally
Specific Hypothesis: Version Spaces and the CANDIDATE-ELIMINATION
Algorithm; Convergence of CANDIDATE-ELIMINATION Algorithm to the
correct Hypothesis; Appropriate Training Examples for learning; Applying
Partially Learned Concept, Inductive Bias: A Biased Hypothesis Space; An
Unbiased Learner; The Futility of Bias-Free Learning.
Decision Tree Learning
Decision Tree Representation, Appropriate problems for decision tree learning,
The basic decision tree Learning Algorithm, Hypothesis Space Search in decision
tree learning, Inductive Bias in Decision Tree Learning, Issues in Decision Tree
Learning: Over fitting the Data; Incorporating Continuous-Valued Attributes;
Alternative Measures for Selecting Attributes; Handling Training Examples with
Missing Attribute Values; Handling Attributes with differing Costs.
Evaluating Hypotheses
Estimating Hypothesis Accuracy: Sample Error and True Error; Confidence
Intervals for Discrete-Valued Hypotheses. Basics of Sampling Theory: Error
Estimation and Estimating Binomial Proportions; The Binomial Distribution;
Mean and Variance; Estimators, Bias; and Variance; Confidence Intervals; Twosided and one-sided bounds. A General approach for deriving confidence
intervals: Central Limit Theorem. Difference in Error of two hypotheses;
Hypothesis Testing. Comparing Learning Algorithms: Paired t Tests; Practical
Considerations.

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Bayesian Learning
Bayes Theorem, Bayes Theorem and Concept Learning, Maximum Likelihood
and Least-Squared Error Hypotheses, Maximum Likelihood Hypotheses for
predicting probabilities: Gradient search to maximize likelihood in a neural net.
Minimum description length principle, Bayes Optimal Classifier, Gibbs
Algorithm, Naive Bayes Classifier, Bayesian Belief Networks: Conditional
Independence; Representation; Inference; Learning Bayesian Belief Networks;
Gradient Ascent Training of Bayesian Networks; Learning the structure of
Bayesian Networks; The EM Algorithm: Estimating Means of k Guassions;
General Statement of EM Algorithm; Derivation of the k Means Algorithm.
Computational Learning Theory
Introduction, Probably learning an approximately correct hypothesis: The
Problem Setting; Error of a Hypothesis; PAC-Learnability.
Sample Complexity for Finite Hypothesis Spaces: Agnostic Learning and
Inconsistent Hypotheses; Conjunctions of Boolean Literals Are PAC-Learnable;
PAC-Learnability of Other Concept Classes. Sample Complexity for infinite
hypothesis spaces: Shattering a set of Instances; The Vapnik-Chervonenkis
Dimension; Sample Complexity and the VC Dimension. The mistake bound
model of learning: Mistake bound for the FIND-S Algorithm; Mistake bound for
the HALVING Algorithm; Optimal Mistake Bounds; WEIGHTED-MAJORITY
Algorithm.

4. ROUGH SET THEORY AND ITS APPLICATIONS

Rough Sets: Introduction, Review of Ordinary Sets and Relations, Information Tables
and Attributes, Approximation Spaces, Knowledge and Classification, Knowledge Base,
Equivalence, Generalization and Specialization of Knowledge. Knowledge
Representation Systems, ID3 Approach. Comparisons with Other Techniques.
Imprecise Categories, Approximations and Rough Sets: Rough Sets, Approximations
of Set, Properties of Approximations, Approximations and Membership Relation,
Numerical Characterization of Imprecision, Approximation of Classifications, Rough
Equality of Sets, Rough Inclusion of Sets.
Reduction of Knowledge: Reduct and Core of Knowledge, Relative Reduct and
Relative Core of Knowledge, Reduction of Categories, Relative Reduct and Core of
Categories.
Knowledge Representation: Formal Definition, Significance of Attributes,
Discernibility Matrix.
Decision Tables: Formal Definition and Some Properties,
Simplification of Decision Tables
Reasoning about Knowledge: Decision Rules and Decision Algorithms, Truth and
Indiscernibility, Reduction of Consistent Algorithms, Reduction of Inconsistent
Algorithms, Reduction of Decision Rules.
Dissimilarity Analysis: The Middle East Situation, Beauty Contest, Pattern Recognition,
Buying a Car.
REFERENCES:

1.

Fundamentals of the New Artificial Intelligence Neural, Evolutionary, Fuzzy

and More (Second Edition) By Toshinori Munakata, Springer-Verlag London
Limited (2008).
2. Granular Computing: At the Junction of Rough Sets and Fuzzy Sets By
Rafeel Bello, Rafael Falcon, Witold Pedrycz, Janusz Kacprzyk (Eds) Springer
(2008).
3. Rough Sets: Theoretical Aspects of Reasoning about Data by Zdzislaw
Pawlak, Kluwer Academic Publishers (1991)

5. FUZZY LOGIC & FUZZY SYSTEMS: THEORY, SIMULATIONS AND

APPLICATIONS
Fuzzy Systems: Introduction, Fundamentals of Fuzzy Sets, Fuzzy set, Fuzzy Set
Relations, Basic Fuzzy set Operations and Their Properties, Operations Unique to Fuzzy
sets, Fuzzy Relations, Ordinary (crisp) Relations, Fuzzy Relations Defined on Ordinary
Sets, Fuzzy Relations Derived from Fuzzy Sets, Fuzzy Logic, Fuzzy Logic
Fundamentals, Fuzzy Control, Fuzzy Control Basics, Case Studies: Extended Fuzzy ifthen Rules Tables, Fuzzy Control Expert Systems, Hybrid Systems.
Fuzzy Numbers, Alpha-Cuts, Inequalities,. Fuzzy Arithmetic: Extension Principle,
Interval Arithmetic, Fuzzy Arithmetic. Fuzzy Functions: Extension Principle, Alpha-Cuts
and Interval Arithmetic, Differences. Ordering/ Ranking Fuzzy Numbers, Optimization,
Discrete Versus Continuous.
Fuzzy Estimation: Introduction, Fuzzy Probabilities , Fuzzy Numbers from
Confidence Intervals, Fuzzy Arrival/Service Rates , Fuzzy Arrival Rate , Fuzzy
Service Rate , Fuzzy Probability Distributions , Fuzzy Binomial, Fuzzy Estimator of
in the Normal, Fuzzy Estimator of 2 in the Normal, Fuzzy Exponential, Fuzzy
Uniform ,
Fuzzy Probability Theory: Introduction, Fuzzy Binomial , Fuzzy Poisson, Fuzzy
Normal, Fuzzy Exponential, Fuzzy Uniform ,
Fuzzy Systems Theory: Fuzzy System, Computing Fuzzy Measures of Performance
Simulation Examples (from: Simulating Fuzzy Systems by James J. Buckley,
Springer- Verlag (2005)):
Call Center Model: Introduction, Case 1: First Simulation, Case 2: Second
Simulation, Case 3: Third Simulation,
Machine Shop I : Introduction, Case 1: First Simulation, Cases 2 and 3: Second
and Third Simulation,
Machine Shop II: Introduction, Case 1: First Simulation, Case 2: Second
Simulation, Case 3: Third Simulation
Inventory Control I: Introduction, Case 1: First Simulation, Case 2: Second
Simulation, Case 3: Third Simulation , Summary, References
Inventory Control II: Introduction, Case 1: First Simulation, Case 2: Second
Simulation, Case 3: Third Simulation , Summary, Reference
Bank Teller Problem: Introduction, First Simulation: Multiple Queues , Second
Simulation: Single Queue, Summary.

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References:
1. Fundamentals of the New Artificial Intelligence Neural, Evolutionary, Fuzzy
and More (Second Edition) By Toshinori Munakata, Springer-Verlag London
Limited (2008).
2. Artificial Intelligence (Second Edition) By Elaine Rich, Kevin Knight, Tata
McGraw-Hill (2000).
3. Artificial Intelligence A Modern Approach (Second Edition) By Stuart Russell,
Peter Norving, Prentice-Hall of India (2000).
4. Foundations of Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems, and Knowledge
Engineering By Nikola K. Kasabov MIT Press (1998).
5. Simulating Fuzzy Systems by James J. Buckley, Springer- Verlag (2005)

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6. SIMULATIONS & MODELING

Introduction to Simulation: When Simulation Is the Appropriate Tool, When
Simulation Is not Appropriate, Advantages and Disadvantages of Simulation, Areas of
Application, Systems and System Environment, Components of a system, Discrete and
Continuous Systems, Model of a System, Types of Models, Discrete-Event System
Simulation, Steps in a Simulation Study.
System Studies: Subsystems, A Corporate Model, Environment Segment, Production
Segment, Management Segment, The Full Corporate Model, Types of System Study,
System Analysis, System Design, System Postulation.
System Simulation: The Technique of Simulation, The Monte Carlo Method,
Comparison of Simulation and Analytical Methods, Experimental Nature of Simulation,
Types of System Simulation, Numerical Computation Technique for Continuous Models,
Distributed Lag Models, Cobweb Models.
System Dynamics: Exponential Growth Models, Exponential Decay Models, Modified
Exponential Growth Models, Logistic Curves, System Dynamics Diagrams, Simple
System Dynamics Diagrams, Multi-Segment Models, Representation of Time Delays.
Probability Concepts in Simulation: Stochastic Variables, Discrete Probability
Functions, Continuous Probability Functions, Measures of Probability Functions,
Numerical Evaluation of Continuous Probability Functions, Continuous Uniformly
Distributed Random Numbers, Computer Generation of Random Numbers, A Uniform
Random Number Generator, Generating Discrete Distributions, Non-Uniform
Continuously Distributed Random Numbers, The Rejection Method.
Arrival Patterns and Service Times: Congestion in Systems, Arrival Patterns, Poisson
Arrival Patterns, The Exponential Distribution, The Coefficient of Variation, The Erlang
Distribution, The Hyper-Exponential Distribution, Service Times, The Normal
Distribution, Queuing Disciplines, Queuing notation, Measures of Queues, Mathematical
Solutions of Queuing Problems.
Discrete System Simulation: Discrete Events, Representation of Time, Generation of
Arrival Patterns, Simulation of a Telephone System, Delayed Calls, Simulation
Programming Tasks, Gathering Statistics, Counters and Summary Statistics, Measuring
Utilization and Occupancy, Recording Distributions and Transit Times, Discrete
Simulation Languages.
Input Modeling: Data Collection, Identifying the Distribution with Data, Parameter
Estimation, Selecting Input Models without Data.

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Simulation Software: Simulation in C++, Simulation in GPSS.

Introduction to GPSS: GPSS Programmes, General Description, Action Times,
Succession of Events, Choice of Events, Choice of Paths, Simulation of a Manufacturing
Shop, Facilities and Storages, Gathering Statistics, Conditional Transfers, Programme
Control Statements.
Reference:
1. System Simulation By Geoffery Godon Second Edition, PHI.
Chapter 2: System Studies, Chapter 3: System Simulation, Chapter 5: System
Dynamics,
Chapter 6: Probability Concepts in Simulation , Chapter 7: Arrival Patterns and
Service Times,
Chapter 8: Discrete System Simulation, Chapter 9: Introduction to GPSS.
2. Discrete-event System Simulation by Jery Banks, John S. Carson, Eastern
Economy Edition PHI.
Chapter 1: Introduction to Simulation, Chapter 4: Simulation Software, Chapter
9: Input Modeling.

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7. WEB ENGINEERING
The Need for Web Engineering: An Introduction: Web Applications Versus
Conventional Software, Web Hypermedia, Web Software, or Web Application, Web
Development vs. Software Development, The need for an Engineering Approach,
Empirical Assessment.
Web Effort Estimation: Effort Estimation Techniques, Expert Opinion, Algorithmic
Techniques, Artificial Intelligence Techniques, Measuring Effort Prediction Power and
Accuracy, Measuring Predictive Power, Measuring Predictive Accuracy, Which is the
most Accurate Prediction Technique, Case Study, Data Validation, Variables and Model
Selection, Extraction of effort Equation, Model Validation.
Web Quality: Different Perspectives of Quality, Standard and Quality, Quality Versus
Quality in Use, Quality and User Standpoints, What is Web Quality, Evaluating Web
Quality using WebQEM, Quality Requirements Definition and Specification, Elementary
Measurement and Evaluation, Global Evaluation, Conclusions and Recommendations,
Automating the Process using WebQEM_Tool, Case Study: Evaluating the Quality of
Two web Applications, External Quality Requirements, Designing and Executing the
Elementary Evaluation, Designing and Executing the Partial/Global Executing, Analysis
and Recommendations.
Web System Reliability and Performance: Web Application Services, Web Resources
Classification, Web Applications Bearing on System Resources, Workload Models and
Performance Requirements, Applications Predominantly Dynamic, Dynamic Request
Service, Software Technologies for the Application Logic, System Platforms, Testing
Loop Phase, Representation of the Workload Model, Traffic Generation, Data Collection
and Analysis, Performance Improvements, System Tuning, System Scale-up, System
Scale-out, Case Study, Service Characterisation and Design, Testing Loop Phase, System
Consolidation and Performance Improvement.
Web Application Testing: Introduction, Web Application Testing: Challenges and
Perspectives, Testing the Non-functional Requirements of a Web Application, Testing the
Functional Requirements of a Web Application, Web Application Representation Models,
Unit Integration and System Testing of a Web Application, Unit Testing, Integration
Testing, System Testing, Strategies for Web Application Testing, White Box Strategies,
Bloc Box Strategies, Grey Box Testing Strategies, User Session Based Testing, Tools for
Web Application Testing, A Practical Example of Web Application Testing.

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Conceptual Modelling of Web Applications: The OOWS Approach:

A Method to Model Web Application, OO-Method Conceptual Modelling, OOWS:
Extending Conceptual Modelling to Web Environments, A Strategy To Develop the Web
Solution, Case Study: Valencia CF Web Application.
Model-Based Web Application Development: The OOHDM approach- An Overview,
Requirements Gathering, Conceptual Design, Navigational Design, Abstract Interface
Design, Implementation, Building an Online CD,
Requirements Gathering, Conceptual Modelling, Navigation Design,
Abstract Interface Design, From Design to Implementation,
Discussion and Lessons Learned.

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8. DIGITAL WATERMARKING AND STEGANOGRAPHY

Introduction
Introduction to Digital Watermarking, Digital Steganography, Differences between
Watermarking and Steganography, A Brief History.
Classification in Digital Watermarking
Classification Based on Characteristics: Blind versus Nonblind, Perceptible versus
Imperceptible, Private versus Public, Robust versus, Fragile, Spatial Domain-Based
versus Frequency Domain-Based.
Classification Based on Applications: Copyright Protection Watermarks, Data
Authentication Watermarks, Fingerprint Watermarks, Copy Control Watermarks, Device
Control Watermarks.
Mathematical Preliminaries
Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), Discrete Cosine Transform, Random Sequence
Generation, The Chaotic Map, Error Correction Code, Set Partitioning in Hierarchical
Tree.
Digital Watermarking Fundamentals
Spatial-Domain Watermarking, Substitution Watermarking in the Spatial Domain,
Additive Watermarking in the Spatial Domain, Frequency-Domain Watermarking,
Substitution Watermarking in the Frequency Domain, Multiplicative Watermarking in the
Frequency Domain, Watermarking Based on Vector Quantization, The Rounding Error
Problem, The Fragile Watermark, The Block-Based Fragile Watermark, Weaknesses of
the Block-Based Fragile Watermark, The Hierarchical Block-Based Fragile Watermark,
The Robust Watermark, The Redundant Embedding Approach, The Spread Spectrum
Approach.
Watermarking Attacks and Tools
Image Processing Attacks, Attacks by Filtering, Attack by Remodulation, Attack by
JPEG Coding Distortion, Attack by JPEG 2000 Compression, Geometric Transformation,
Attack by Image Scaling, Attack by Rotation, Attack by Image Clipping, Attack by
Linear Transformation, Attack by Bending, Attack by Warping, Attack by Perspective
Projection, Attack by Collage, Attack by Template, Cryptographic Attach, Protocol
Attacks, Watermarking Tools.

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Combinational Digital Watermarking in the Spatial

An Overview of Combinational Watermarking, Watermarking in the Spatial Domain,
Watermarking in the Frequency Domain, Experimental Results, Further Encryption of
Combination Watermarking.

Genetic Algorithm-Based Digital Watermarking

Introduction to the Genetic Algorithm: The Chromosome, Basic Operations of the
Genetic Algorithm, Reproduction, Crossover, Mutation, The Fitness Function, The
Concept of Genetic Algorithm-Based Watermarking, Genetic Algorithm-Based
Rounding-Error Correction Watermarking, Definitions: Chromosome, Fitness Function,
and Genetic Algorithm Operations, Chromosome, Fitness Function, Reproduction,
Crossover, Mutation, The Genetic Algorithm-Based Rounding-Error, Correction
Algorithm, An Advanced Strategy for Initializing the First Population, An Overview of
the Proposal Technique, The Signature Image, Textual Data, The Improved Scheme
Based on Genetic Algorithms, Experimental Results.
Adjusted-Purpose Digital Watermarking
An Overview of Adjusted-Purpose Digital Watermarking, The Morphological Approach
of Extracting Pixel-Based Features, The Strategies for Adjusting the Varying-Sized
Transform, Window and Quality Factor, Experimental Results, The Collecting Approach
for Generating the VSTW.
Robust High-Capacity Digital Watermarking
The Weakness of Current Robust Watermarking, The Concept of Robust Watermarking,
Enlargement of Significant Coefficients, Breaking the Local Spatial Similarly, The
Block-Based Chaotic Map, The Determination of Embedding Locations, IntersectionBased Pixels Collection, The Reference Register and Container, The RHC Watermarking
Algorithm, The Embedding Procedure, The Extracting Procedure, The Embedding and
Extracting Strategies, The Embedding Strategy, The Extracting Strategy, Experimental
Results, Capacity Enlargement, Robust Experiments, Performance Comparisons.
Introduction to Digital Steganography
Types of Steganography, Technical Steganography, Linguistic Steganography, Digital
Steganography, Applications of Steganography, Cover Communication, One-Time Pad
Communication, Embedding Security and Imperceptibility, Examples of Steganographic
Software, S-Tools, StegoDos, EzStego, Jsteg-Jpeg.

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Steganalysis
An Overview, The Statistical Properties of Images, The Visual Steganalytic System,
IQM-Based Steganalytic System, Learning Strategies, Introduction of the Support Vector
Machine, Neural Networks, Principle Component Analysis, Frequency-Domain
Steganalytic System.
Genetic Algorithm-Based Steganography
An Overview of the GA-Based Breaking Methodology, The Fitness Function,
Reproduction, Crossover, Mutation, The GA-based Breaking Algorithm on the SDSS,
Generating the Stego-Image on the Visual Steganalytic System, Generating the StegoImage on the Image Quality, Measure-Based Steganalytic System, The GA-Based
Breaking Algorithm on the FDSS, Experimental Results, The GA-Based Breaking
Algorithm on the VSS, The GA-Based Breaking Algorithm on the IQM-SDSS, The GABased Breaking Algorithm on the JFDSS, Complexity Analysis.

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9. ADVANCED OPERATING SYSTEMS

Introduction: Overview of advanced operating systems: motivation for their design, and
various types of advanced operating systems.
Process Management: Process overview, process states and state transition,
multiprogramming, multi-tasking, levels of schedulers and scheduling algorithms.
Interprocess Communication and Synchronization: Classical problems in concurrent
programming, Critical section and mutual exclusion problem, Semaphores, Monitors,
Deadlock Prevention.

Memory Management: Classical memory management

segmentation, virtual memory, Demand Paging, Thrashing.

techniques,

paging,

Real time Operating System: Real time applications, Reference model, Real time
scheduling, Real time communication.
Network Storage OS: Storage Area Networks and cluster services, Architecture of
Storage area networks.
Distributed Systems: Architecture of distributed systems, deadlock detection/resolution,
Distributed Scheduling- introduction, issues in load distribution, components of load
distributing algorithm, selecting a suitable load sharing algorithm, requirements for load
distribution.
Operating Systems for Multiprocessors:
Grid Computing: Technology and Architecture, Web services and SOA, Grid and
Database.
Cluster Computing: Architecture, Networking, Protocols and I/O for clusters, Setting up
and Administering a cluster, Scheduling jobs in cluster, Load sharing and Load
Balancing.
Parallel Computing: Architecture of parallel computer, Parallel algorithms, OS for
parallel computers, Performance evaluation of parallel computers.
Suggested Readings
1. Silbersachatz and Galvin, Operating System Concepts, John Wiley, 8 th Ed., 2009.
2. A.S. Tanenbaum, Modern Operating Systems (3rd ed.), Prentice-Hall of India, 2008.
3. William Stallings, Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles (5 th ed.), Pre

ntice-Hall of India, 2006.

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4. D.M. Dhamdhere, Operating Systems: A Concept Based Approach (2nd ed.), Tata M

cGraw-Hill, 2007.
C.S.R. Prabhu, Grid and Cluster Computing, PHI, 2009.
Raj Kumar Buyya, High Performance Cluster Computing, Pearson Education, 2008.
Jane W.S.Liu, Real Time Systems, Pearson Education, 2008.
V.Rajaraman and C.SivaRam Murthy, Parallel Computers, Architecture and Program
ming, PHI.
9. Ananth Grama, Anshul Gupta, George karypis, Vipin Kumar, Intro to Parallel Comp
uting, Pearson Education, 2nd ed., 2009.
10. Stephen C.Payne and Robert Wiphel, Novells guide to Storage Area Network and C
luster Services, Wiley, 1st ed., 2002.
11. Mukesh Singhal, Niranjan G.Shivaratri, Advanced Concepts in operating systems:Di
stributed, Database and Multiprocessor operating systems, TMH,2001.
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10. DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING

Digital Images : Programming with Images, Image Acquisition, The Pinhole Camera
Model, The Thin Lens Model, Pixel Values, Image File Formats, Raster versus Vector
Data, TIFF, GIF, PNG, JPEG, BMP etc
ImageJ : Image Manipulation and Processing, ImageJ Overview, Key Features,
Interactive Tools, ImageJ Plugins
Histograms : What Is a Histogram?, Interpreting Histograms, Image Acquisition, Image
Defects, Computing Histograms, Histograms of Images with More than 8 Bits, Binning,
Implementation, Color Image Histograms, Intensity Histograms, Individual Color
Channel Histograms, Combined Color Histograms, Cumulative Histogram
Point Operations: Modifying Image Intensity, Contrast and Brightness, Limiting the
Results by Clamping, Inverting Images, Threshold Operation, Point Operations and
Histograms, Automatic Contrast Adjustment, Modified Auto-Contrast, Histogram
Equalization, Histogram Specification, Frequencies and Probabilities, Principle of
Histogram Specification, Adjusting to a Piecewise Linear Distribution, Adjusting to a
Given Histogram (Histogram Matching), Gamma Correction, Point Operations in ImageJ,
Point Operations with Lookup Tables, Arithmetic Operations, Point Operations Involving
Multiple Images, Methods for Point Operations on Two Images
Filters : What Is a Filter?, Linear Filters, The Filter Matrix, Applying the Filter, Filter
Plugin Examples, Formal Properties of Linear Filters, Nonlinear Filters, Implementing
Filters, Gaussian Filters, Nonlinear Filters
Edges and Contours: What Makes an Edge?, Gradient-Based Edge Detection, Partial
Derivatives and the Gradient, Derivative Filters, Edge Operators, Prewitt and Sobel
Operators, Roberts Operator, Compass Operators, Edge Operators in ImageJ, Other Edge
Operators, Edge Detection Based on Second Derivatives, Edges at Different Scales ,
Contours, Contour Following, Edge Sharpening.
Morphological Filters:
Shrink and Let Grow, Neighborhood of Pixels, Basic Morphological Operations, The
Structuring Element, Point Sets, Dilation, Erosion, Properties of Dilation and Erosion,
Designing Morphological Filters, Composite Operations, Opening, Closing, Grayscale
Morphology, Implementing Morphological Filters. .
Color Images: RGB Color Images, Organization of Color Images, Color Spaces and
Color Conversion , Conversion to Grayscale, Desaturating Color Images, HSV/HSB and
HLS Color Spac, TV Color SpacesYUV, YIQ, and YCb Cr, Statistics of Color Images,
Color Histograms

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11. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Unit-1: Fundamentals Concepts: Definitions of AI, The Foundations of Artificial
Intelligence: Philosophy, Mathematics, Economics, Neuroscience, Psychology,
Computer engineering, Control theory and cybernetics, Linguistics. Brief History of
Artificial Intelligence.
Unit-2: Solving Problems by Searching: Problem-Solving Agents, Well-defined
problems and solutions, Formulating problems, Uninformed Search Strategies: Breadthfirst search, Depth-first search, Depth limited search, Iterative deepening depth-first
search, Bidrectional search. Comparing uninformed search strategies, Avoiding
Repeated States, Searching with Partial Information.
Unit-3: Informed Search and Exploration: Informed (Heuristic) Search Strategies,
Greedy best-first search, A* search: Minimizing the total estimated solution cost.
Memory-bounded heuristic search, Learning to search better, Heuristic Functions, Local
Search Algorithms and Optimization Problems, Hill-climbing search, Simulated annealing
search. Local Search in Continuous Spaces, Online Search Agents and Unknown
Environments, Online search problems, Online search agents, Online local search,
Learning in online search.
Unit-4: Constraint Satisfaction Problems: Backtracking Search for CSPs, Intelligent
backtracking: looking backward, Local Search for Constraint Satisfaction Problems, The
structure of Problems.
Unit-5: Adversarial Search: Games, Optimal Decisions in Games, Optimal strategies,
The minimax algorithm, Optimal decisions in multiplayer games, Alpha-Beta Pruning,
Imperfect, Real-Time Decisions, Evaluation functions, Cutting off search.
Unit-6: Knowledge Representation: Introduction to Semantic Networks, Frames,
Scripts, Propositional calculus. First-Order Logic: Syntax and Semantics of First-Order
Logic, Models for first-order logic, Using First-Order Logic, Assertions and queries in
first-order logic, Knowledge Engineering in First-Order Logic, the knowledge engineering
process. Resolution Method.
Unit-7: Misc. special Topics related to topic of Research (only for Term Paper)
References:
1. Artificial Intelligence A Modern Approach, Second Edition By Stuart Russell,
Peter Norving., Prentice Hall of India Private Limited New Delhi-110001,( 2003).
2. Artificial Intelligence (second edition) by E. Rich & K. Knight, (McGraw Hill,
1991)
3. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence by D. W. Patterson, ( Prentice Hall, 1990)

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12. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Unit-1: Software processes: Software as process and product, Process activities,
Coping with change, The Rational Unified Process. Review of SDLC models and CMM,
CBSE; Agile methods, Plan-driven and agile development, Extreme programming, Agile
project management, Scaling agile methods.
Unit-2: Requirements engineering: Functional and non-functional requirements, The
software requirements document, Requirements specification, Requirements
engineering processes, Requirements elicitation and analysis, Requirements validation,
Requirements management, Context models, Interaction models, Structural models,
Behavioral models, Model-driven engineering.
Unit-3: Architectural design and Implementation: Architectural design decisions,
Architectural views, Architectural patterns, Application architectures, object-oriented
design using the UML, Design patterns, Implementation issues, Open source
development, Development testing, Test-driven development, Release testing, User
testing.
Unit-4: Software Quality Evolution: Evolution processes, Program evolution dynamics,
Software maintenance, Legacy system management; Risk-driven requirements
specification, Safety specification, Reliability specification, Security specification, Formal
specification; and redundancy and diversity, Dependable processes, Dependable
systems architectures, Dependable programming.
Unit-5: Security Engineering: Security risk management, Design for security, System
survivability; Static analysis, Reliability testing, Security testing, Process assurance,
Safety and dependability cases.
Unit- 6: Managing software engineering: The separation of concerns, Aspects, join
points and pointcuts, Software engineering with aspects; Risk management, Managing
people, Teamwork; Software pricing, Plan-driven development, Project scheduling, Agile
planning, Estimation techniques; Software quality, Software standards, Reviews and
inspections, Software measurement and metrics; Change management, Version
management, System building, Release management; and The process improvement
process, Process measurement, Process analysis, Process change, The CMMI process
improvement framework.
Unit-7: Misc. Topics related to the Topic of Research (only for Term Paper)

References:
1. Software Engineering: Ian Sommerville, Pearson Edition,
2. Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach by Roger Pressman, McGrawHill 7 edition,
3. The Project Manager's Guide to Software Engineering's Best Practices
(Practitioners) by Mark Christensen and Richard H. Thayer,
4. Managing the Software Process by Watts S. Humphrey.

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13. SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE

Unit-1: Meaning and importance of term software architecture, architecture life cycle,
role of architecture , architecture vs design ,Envisioning an Architecture,
Unit-2: Creating an Architecture, The Architecture Business Cycle, Importance of
Software Architecture,
Unit-3: Architectural Structures and Views Requirements and Qualities, Functionality
and Architecture, Architecture and Quality Attributes How to Achieve,
Unit-4: Architectural Patterns and Styles, Designing the Architecture, Forming the
Team Structure, Documenting Software Architectures,
Uses of Architectural
Documentation Views,
Unit-5: Unified Modeling Language, Reconstructing Software Architectures, Analyzing
Architectures: The ATAM, The CBAM, Moving From One System to Many: Software
Product Lines: Re-using Architectural Assets, Working of Software Product Lines ,
Unit-6: Architectures for Product Lines, Architectural Solution, Building Systems from
Off-the-Shelf Components, Impact of Components on Architecture,
Software
Architecture in the Future
Unit-7: Misc. Topics related to Topic of Research (only for Term Paper)
References:
1. Bass, L., P. Clements, and R. Kazman. Software Architecture in
Practice. 2nd ed. Prentice-Hall, 2003
2. Pressman: Software Engineering, TMH
3. Sommerville: Software Engineering, Pearson Edition

14. SOFTWARE TESTING

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Unit 1: SOFTWARE TESTING FUNDAMENTALS: The incremental testing approach:

Exploration, Baseline test, Trends analysis, Inventory, Inventory combinations, Push the
boundaries, devious data, Stress the environment; Extract the requirements, the outline approach:
Test outline development, Test categories, applying the test categories, more product information,
the last iteration; evaluating the outline Schedule estimation; Creating test cases, Documentation
shortcuts; Documentation test cases: Documentation approaches, Test documentation shortcuts,
Detailed test descriptions, Automated test case creation; State machines: Creating test cases from
the state table, Test execution and testing levels; Test case table with multiple inputs, Decision
table: Reducing the decision table, Expanding the decision table, Coverage analysis; Applications
with complex data; Managing tests: Test planning, Test case matrix, Tracking test execution and
status.
Unit 2: TESTING OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE: Introduction, Comparing object
oriented and procedural software: object-oriented terminology, testing the software; System
testing example: Test cases from outlines, Test cases from use cases; Unit testing of classes:
Testing using orthogonal arrays, Testing inheritance, Test execution issues.
Unit 3: TESTING WEB APPLICATIONS: Introduction, Sample application, Functional and
usability issues: Functional testing, Usability testing, Navigation testing, Forms testing, Page
content testing; Configuration and compatibility testing, Reliability and availability, Performance;
Scalability testing, Load testing, Stress testing; Security testing, End-to-end transaction testing,
Database testing, Post-implementation testing, Post-implementation strategy, Timeline, Postimplementation team, Acceptance test checklist, Load test checklist, Rollback plan.
Unit 4: OPTIMIZING TEST CASES: Introduction, Prioritization guidelines, Priority category
scheme, Risk analysis: Components of risk, Risk matrix, Risk analysis in the real world;
Interviewing to identify problem areas: Development issues, Customer issues, Management
issues, Personnel issues; Combination schemes, Tracking selected test cases: Requirement
traceability matrix, Risk and test matrix, Documentation shortcuts.
Unit 5: CREATING QUALITY SOFTWARE: Introduction, Development environment
infrastructure: Requirements, Project management, Software configuration management,
Software quality assurance, Reviews and inspections; software testing environment: Unit testing,
Integration testing, System testing, Regression testing, Acceptance testing; Software testing tasks:
Test planning, Test automation, Problem reporting system, Test reporting.
Unit 6: APPLYING SOFTWARE STANDARDS TO TEST DOCUMENTATION:
Introduction, Common elements: Configuration management, Reviews, Requirements
traceability; Industry standards: ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 12207 and IEEE/EIA 12207, IEEE software
engineering standards, Capability with the standards; Complying with the standards.
Unit 7: Miscellaneous Special Topics related to topics of Research (for Term Paper only)
References: 1. Introducing Software Testing by Louise Tamres; Pearson Education, 2006
2. Software Engineering (6th Edition); Pressman, TMH
3. Software Testing Techniques (2nd Edition); Beizer, Dreamtech Publication.

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15. AD-HOC NETWORK

Unit 1: AD-Hoc Networks :
Wireless Evolution, Characteristics of Manet,Ad Hoc Network Applications, Importance of QoS
and Energy Efficiency in MANETs, MANET Fundamentals, Performance Metrics, The Layered
Communication Network. The Channel, Physical Layer,Data Link Layer4 Medium Access
Control,Network Layer,Transport Layer. Application Layer. Cross-layer Design,Mobility
Unit 2: Medium Access Control :
Fixed Assignment MAC Protocols, Random Access MAC Protocols, Centralized MAC Protocols,
Distributed MAC Protocols, TCP-MAC Interaction in Multi-hop Ad-hoc Networks, IEEE
802.11 challenges, 2.1 Medium contention and spatial reuse, TCP-MAC interaction in multi-hop
ad-hoc networks,.1 Impact of hidden terminal and exposed terminal problem, Impact of TCP
transmission rate, TCP redundant ACKs, 4. TCP modifications over MAC layer in ad-hoc
networks,4.1 Limiting TCPs packet output
Unit 3: Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks :
Organization, Background, Routing Protocols,Expected Properties of Manet Routing Protocols,
Categorizing the Routing Protocols for Manet, Proactive Routing Protocols,Reactive Routing
Protocols,Hybrid Routing, Major Features Proactive Routing Protocols: Dynamic
Destination-Sequenced Distance-Vector Routing Protocols, Wireless Routing Protocol, Cluster
Gateway Switch Routing, Global State Routing, FishEye State Routing, Hierarchical State
Routing, Zone-Based Hierarchical Link State Routing Protocol, Landmark Ad Hoc Routing,
Optimised Link State Routing, Major Features Reactive Routing Protocols: AssociativityBased Routing, Signal Stability-Based Adaptive Routing Protocol, Temporarily Ordered
Routing Algorithm, Cluster Based Routing Protocol, Dynamic Source Routing, Ad hoc OnDemand Distance Vector Routing, Major Features Hybrid Routing Protocols: Dual-Hybrid
Adaptive Routing, Adaptive Distance Routing, Zone Routing Protocol, Sharp Hybrid Adaptive,
Neighbor-Aware Multicast Routing Protocol, Criteria for Performance Evaluation of Manet
Routing Protocols:Mobility Factors, Wireless Communication Factors, Security Issues.
Unit 4: Quality of Service Support in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Introduction:
Admission Control , Resource Reservation , Buffer Management , Classifying and Scheduling ,
End-to-End Delay , Packet Jitter , QoS Hard vs Soft State, Challenges of QoS Provisioning in
WANET ,
Factors Affecting QoS Protocol Performance , QoS Signalling INSIGNIA , QoS MAC Protocol
, QoS Routing Mechanism, Classification Based on MAC Layer Interaction : Protocols
Relying on Contention-Free MAC , Protocols Based on Contended MAC Protocols Independent
of the Type of MAC , Classification Based on Routing Protocol: the QoS Provisioning
Mechanism Interaction
Classification Based on the Routing Information Update Mechanism Employed
Unit 5: Security in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks :
Key Management in Wireless Networks ,Symmetric Key Management, Public Key Management,
Broadcast Packet Authentication,Assumptions, Network Model, Attacker Model, Authentication
Primitives: Public Key Cryptography, Symmetric. Keys, One-way Hash Function, Classification
of Broadcast Authentication Protocols. Public Key Management with Resource Constraints.

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Unit 6: Security Threats in Ad Hoc Routing Protocols :

Organisation, Background, Taxonomy of Ad Hoc Network Routing Attacks: Elements of
Attack Behavior, Attack Behavior, Attack Scenarios: Black Hole Attack, Wormhole, Network
Partitioning, Cache Poisoning, Selfishness, Sleep Deprivation Security Threat Analysis:OLSR
Fundamentals, Protocol Analysis:Local Resources, Propagation Analysis , Casual RelationsEffects and Behavior: States of Network Connectivity, Effects of Attacks (Malicious Behavior),
Risk Estimation, Inference, Intrusion Detection in mobile and adhoc, Trust management
Unit 7: Miscellaneous Special Topics related to topics of Research (for Term Paper only)

References:
1) Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Energy-Efficient Real-Time Data Communications
by BULENT TAVLI University of Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
And WENDI HEINZELMAN
University of Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
(Print 2006 Springer).
2) Guide to Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
by Sudip Misra Isaac Woungang Subhas Chandra Misra
(Published by Springer-Verlag London Limited 2009.
3) AD HOC NETWORKS Technologies and Protocols
Edited by PRASANT MOHAPATRA University of California Davis
SRIKANTH V. KRISHNAMURTHY University of California Riverside
Print 2005 Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. Boston
4) Guide to Wireless Ad Hoc Networks by
Sudip Misra Isaac Woungang Subhas Chandra Misra
(Published by Springer-Verlag London Limited 2009.
5) Security in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Erdal ayrc NATO Joint Warfare Centre, Norway,
Chunming Rong University of Stavanger, Norway
Print 2009 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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16. E-LEARNING

Unit 1: Conceptual Frame Work: Pedagogy, Managerial Perspectives, Online

Learning, Media Interactivity, E-Learning Framework,

Unit 2: Technologies and Applications: Social Networking, Really Simple Syndication,

Concept Maps in e-Learning, Learning Management Systems,
Unit 3: Miscellaneous Special Topics related to topics of Research (for Term Paper only)

References: 1) STRIDE HANDBOOK 08, E-LEARNING (Chapters 1,2,3,4,5,16,20,22,25)

Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education,
IGNOU New Delhi-110068.
2) The Virtual University? Knowledge Markets, and Management by KEVIN
ROBINS AND FRANK WEBSTER, Oxford University Press, 2002.
3) Virtual Education Cases in Learning and Teaching Technologies by Fawzi
Albalooshi, IRM Press, 2003.

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