ACADEMIC CURRICULA

POSTGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMMES

SCHOOL OF COMPUTING

Master of Technology

(M.Tech - Two Years)

in

CLOUD COMPUTING

CURRICULUM

(Empowered by Virtusa)

Academic Year - 2019

 SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(Deemed to be University u/s 3 of UGC Act, 1956)

Kattankulathur, Kancheepuram 603203, Tamil Nadu, India

SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY

Kattankulathur, Kancheepuram 603203, Tamil Nadu, India

Kattankulathur, Kancheepuram 603203, Tamil Nadu, India

1. M. Tech in CLOUD COMPUTING

1. (a) Mission of the Department

Mission Stmt - 1 To establish knowledge to excel in their career.

Mission Stmt - 2 To establish research and development in Cloud Computing technology to serve the needs of society
To demonstrate strong communication skills and possess the ability to design systems individually
Mission Stmt - 3
as well as part of a multidisciplinary teams.
To instill societal , safety, cultural, environmental, and ethical responsibilities in all professional
Mission Stmt - 4
activities
To produce successful in Cloud computing postgraduates with personal and professional
Mission Stmt - 5
responsibilities and commitment to lifelong learning
1. (b) Program Educational Objectives (PEO)

Students will have the ability to adapt, contribute and innovate new technologies and systems in the key
PEO - 1
domains of Cloud computing
 Students will be able to perform in technical/managerial roles ranging from design, development, problem
PEO - 2
solving to production support in software industries and R&D sectors in Cloud platform.
PEO - 3 Students will be able to successfully pursue higher education in reputed institutions.

1. (c) Mission of the Department to Program Educational Objectives (PEO) Mapping

Mission Stmt. - 1 Mission Stmt. - 2 Mission Stmt. - 3 Mission Stmt. - 4 Mission Stmt. - 5
PEO - 1 H H H H H
PEO - 2 H H H H H
PEO - 3 H H H L H
H – High Correlation, M – Medium Correlation, L – Low Correlation

1. (d) Mapping Program Educational Objectives (PEO) to Program Learning Outcomes (PLO)

Program Learning Outcomes (PLO)

Graduate Attributes (GA)

Communication
Development

Modern Tool
Engineering
Knowledge

Life Long
Design &

Analysis,

Research

Learning
Analysis
Problem

Design,

Usage
PEO - 1 H H H H H H H
PEO - 2 H H H H H H H
PEO - 3 H H H H H L H
1. (a) Program Structure (M. Tech in CLOUD COMPUTING)

1. Core Courses 2. Program Elective

courses
Hours/ (Any one course each in 2nd
Course Course
Week and 3rd Semester)
Code Title L T P C Hours/
Course Course
CC2021 Web Application 3 0 2 4 Week
Development Code Title L T P C
CC2022 Cloud Architectures 3 0 2 4 CC2131 Design & Development of 2 0 2 3
CC2023 Cloud Storage Infrastructure 3 0 2 4 Cloud Applications
CC2024 Data Center Networking 3 0 2 4 CC2132 Application Development 2 0 2 3
CC2025 Cloud Security 3 0 2 4 Frameworks
CC2026 Managing Virtual 3 0 2 4 CC2133 Scripting for System 2 0 2 3
Environments Administrators
Total Learning Credits 24 CC2134 Data Warehousing and 3 0 0 3
Mining
CC2135 Converged Networks 3 0 0 3
3. Industry Supportive
CC2136 Network Security 3 0 0 3
Elective courses
CC2137 Enterprise Storage Systems 3 0 0 3
(Any one course each in
1st& 2nd semester and two CC2138 Object Oriented Software 2 0 2 3
courses in 3rd Semester) Engineering
Hours/ CC2139 Data Center Virtualization 3 0 0 3
Course Course CC2140 Cloud Application 2 0 2 3
Week
Code Title L T P C Development
CC2143 Industry Elective Course 1 3 0 0 3 CC2141 Cloud Strategy Planning & 3 0 0 3
CC2144 Industry Elective Course 2 3 0 0 3 Management
CC2145 Industry Elective Course 3 3 0 0 3 CC2142 Data Science & Big Data 2 0 2 3
CC2146 Industry Elective Course 4 3 0 0 3 Analytics
Total Learning Credits 12 Total Learning Credits 6

5. Supportive courses 4. Industry Supportive

certification courses
Hours/
Course Course Hours/
Week Course Course
Code Title L T P C Week
CC2012 Data Analysis using 3 0 0 3 Code Title L T P C
Multivariate Techniques and One Cloud specialized
Forecasting Methods CC2147 certification course in I 0 0 2 1
Total Learning Credits 3 semester (Pass/Fail Course)
One Cloud specialized
6. Seminar CC2148 certification course in II 0 0 2 1
semester (Pass/Fail Course)
Hours/ One Cloud specialized
Course Course
Week CC2149 certification course in III 0 0 2 1
Code Title L T P C semester (Pass/Fail Course)
CC2057 Seminar (Pass/Fail Course) 0 0 2 1 Total Learning Credits 3
Total Learning Credits 1
 7. Career Advancement
Courses 8. Project Work

Hours/ Hours/
Course Course Course Course
Week Week
Code Title L T P C Code Title L T P C
CC2059 Project Phase-I 0 0 12 6
Career Advancement Course
CAC2001 1 0 1 1 CC2060 Project Phase-II 0 0 32 16
for Engineers - I
Career Advancement Course Total Learning Credits 22
CAC2002 1 0 1 1
for Engineers - II
Career Advancement Course
CAC2003 1 0 1 1
for Engineers - III
Total Learning Credits 3
 1. (a) Program Articulation (M. Tech in CLOUD COMPUTING)

Program Learning Outcomes

(PLO)
PROFESSIONAL CORE Graduate Attributes

Modern Tool Usage

Life Long Learning

Problem Analysis

Analysis, Design,

Communication
Development
Course

Engineering
Knowledge
Course Name

Design &
Code

Research
CC2021 Web Application Development H H H H H M H
CC2022 Cloud Architectures H H H H H M H
CC2023 Cloud Storage Infrastructure H H H H H L H
CC2024 Data Center Networking H H H H H L H
CC2025 Cloud Security H H H H H M H
CC2026 Managing Virtual Environments H H H H H M H
CC2057 Seminar (Pass/Fail Course) H H H H H H H
CC2059 Project Phase-I H H H H H L H
CC2060 Project Phase-II H H H H H H H

Program Learning Outcomes (PLO)

SPECIALIZATION ELECTIVES Graduate Attributes

Life Long Learning

Problem Analysis

Analysis, Design,

Communication
Development

Modern Tool
Engineering
Knowledge

Course Code Course Name

Design &

Research

Usage
CC2131 Design & Development of Cloud Applications H H H H M
CC2132 Application Development Frameworks H H H
CC2133 Scripting for System Administrators H H H H M
CC2134 Data Warehousing and Mining H M H M
CC2135 Converged Networks H H H
CC2136 Network Security H H H
CC2137 Enterprise Storage Systems H M H
CC2138 Object Oriented Software Engineering H L H H H
CC2139 Data Center Virtualization H M H
CC2140 Cloud Application Development H H
CC2141 Cloud Strategy Planning & Management M H
CC2142 Data Science & Big Data Analytics M H H

H – High Correlation, M – Medium Correlation, L – Low Correlation

1. (a) Implementation Plan (M. Tech in CLOUD COMPUTING)

Semester – I
Hours/ Semester - III
Code Course Title Week C Hours/
L T P Code Course Title Week C
CC2021 Web Application 3 0 2 4 L T P
Development Program Elective – 2 3 0 0 3
CC2022 Cloud Architectures 3 0 2 4 Industry Supportive
3 0 0 3
CC2023 Cloud Storage Infrastructure 3 0 2 4 Elective course – 3
Industry Supportive Elective Industry Supportive
3 0 0 3 3 0 0 3
course – 1 Elective course – 4
Industry Supportive Industry Supportive
0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1
certification course - 1 certification course - 3
CC2012 Data Analysis using 3 0 0 3 Career Advancement
CAC2003 1 0 1 1
Multivariate Techniques and Course for Engineers - III
Forecasting Methods CC2059 Project Phase-I 0 0 12 6
Career Advancement Course CC2057 Seminar (Pass/Fail Course) 0 0 1 1
CAC2002 1 0 1 1
for Engineers – I Total Learning Credits 18
Total Learning Credits 20
Semester - IV
Semester – II Hours/
Hours/ Code Course Title Week C
Code Course Title Week C L T P
L T P CC2060 Project Phase-II 0 0 32 16
CC2024 Data Center Networking 3 0 2 4 Total Learning Credits 16
CC2025 Cloud Security 3 0 2 4
CC2026 Managing Virtual 3 0 2 4
Environments
Program Elective – 1 3 0 0 3
Industry Supportive Elective
3 0 0 3
course – 2
Industry Supportive
0 0 2 1
certification course - 2
Career Advancement Course
CAC2001 1 0 1 1
for Engineers - II
Total Learning Credits 20

Total Credits: 74
 WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT L T P C
CC2021 Total Contact Hours - 75 3 0 2 4
Prerequisite
Knowledge in JAVA programming is preferred
PURPOSE
Internet is part and parcel of everybody’s life today. Programming in web is every essential for any IT professional .The
subject provides knowledge to learn and Implement the various web programming technologies of current trend today.

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Understand the current technologies in Internet world
2. Implement client side programming using java script ,CSS
3. Learn and implement advanced and current technologies like AJAX, JQuery
4. Understand the socket programming in Java, Node.JS, Angular JS
5. Learn and implement java server side programming
6. Learn and implement web services
7. Learn various web development frame works

UNIT I - INTRODUCTION TO INTERNETWEBTECHNOLOGIES (6 Hours)

Internet in Industry and Research, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Canvas and jQuery-Evolution of Internet and WWW, Web
Basics, HTML tags –new tags in HTML 5 –XML technologies-DTD-Schema-parsers-XHTML-CSS-javascript-datatypes-
control structures-functions –objects - mobile web.

UNIT II - ADVANCED DYNAMIC WEB CLIENT SIDE PROGRAMMING (9 HOURS)

AJAX-xmlHttpRequest object-AJAX applications-AJAX frame work -java script libraries -JQuery-basics –animation-
overview on Yahoo UI, Google web toolkit libraries-Applets-overview on javaFXapplets.
UNIT III –NODE.JS, ANGULAR JS (12Hours)
Node.JS- Introduction- Node core, Node Modules, Filesystem, Debugger, automation and deployment-Angular JS-
Introdcuction-Expressions, modules, Data Binding, Scopes, Directives & Events, Controllers, Filters, services, HTTP, Tables,
Select, Fetching data from MYSQL, validation, API, Animations- Case study: Connect any Angular FrontendwithNodejs
Backend.

UNIT IV - DYNAMIC WEB SERVERSIDEPROGRAMMING (9Hours)

Web servers and java web containers-servlets -lifecycle-content handling-cookies- session tracking-filters-Java server pages-
expressions-and declarations-directives- JSP and java beans-include and forward directives-custom tag libraries-JSTL-new
features in servlet3.1 and JSP2.5

UNIT V - ADVANCED SERVERSIDEPROGRAMMING (9Hours)

Web services-SOAP protocol-UDDI-WSDL-creating publishing and describing web services-JDBC database connectivity-
drivers-connections-rowset interface-prepared statements-three tier applications; Web application frameworks-MVC (model
view controller) frame work-struts- JSF(Java server faces)-Java EE design pattern an overview.
PRACTICAL - (30 Hours)

REFERENCES

1. Paul J. Deitel, Harvey Deitel, Abbey Deitel, “Internet and World Wide Web How to Program”, Edition 5, ISBN
0132151006, 9780132151009,2011.
2. Chris Bates, “Web Programming – Building Intranet applications”, Wiley Publications, 3rdEdition,2009.
3. Node.js, MongoDB and Angular Web Development, Second Edition, 2018, Pearson Education.
4. Jeffrey C. Jackson, “Web Technologies A computer Science Perspective”, Pearson,2011.
5. Eilliote, Rusty Harold, “Java Network Programming”, 3/e, O'Reilly Media, Inc, 2004.
6. “Java server programming java JavaEE5 Black Book”, Kogent Solutions Inc, Dreamtech Press,2012.
7. AJAX, “black book”, new edition, Kogent Solutions Inc, Dreamtech Press,2008.

Web Resources:
1. https://www.tutorialspoint.com/angularjs/angularjs_tutorial.pdf
2. https://www.tutorialspoint.com/nodejs/nodejs_tutorial.pdf
 CLOUD ARCHITECTURES L T P C
CC2022 Total Contact Hours - 75 3 0 2 4
Prerequisite
Nil
PURPOSE
This module gives students the skills and knowledge to understand how Cloud Computing Architecture enables
transformation, business development and agility in an organization.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Analyze the components of cloud computing showing how business agility in an organization can be created.
2. Evaluate the deployment of web services from cloud architecture
3. Critique the consistency of services deployed from a cloud architecture
4. Compare and contrast the economic benefits delivered by various cloud models based on application requirements,
economic constraints and business requirements.
5. Critically analyze case studies to derive the best practice model to apply when developing and deploying cloud based
applications
UNIT I - CLOUD COMPUTING FUNDAMENTALS (8 Hours)Cloud
Computing definition, Types of the cloud:private, public and hybrid cloud. Cloud services types; IaaS, PaaS, SaaS. Benefits and
challenges of cloud computing, public vs private clouds, role of virtualization in enabling the cloud; Business Agility: Benefits
and challenges to Cloud architecture. Application availability, performance, security and disaster recovery; next generation Cloud
Applications.

UNIT II - CLOUD APPLICATIONS (8

Hours)Technologies and the processes required when deploying web services; Deploying a web service from inside and outside a
cloud architecture, advantages and disadvantages, Cloud cost optimization techniques for enterprise apps; any two case studies of cloud
applications

UNIT III - MANAGEMENT OF CLOUD SERVICES (10 Hours)

Reliability, availability and security of services deployed from the cloud. Performance and scalability of services, tools and
technologies used to manage cloud services deployment; Cloud Economics : Cloud Computing infrastructures available for
implementing cloud based services. Economics of choosing a Cloud platform for an organization, based on application
requirements, economic constraints and business needs (e.g Amazon, Microsoft and Google, Salesforce.com, Ubuntu and Redhat)

UNIT IV - APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT (10 Hours)

Service creation environments to develop cloud based applications. Development environments for service development;
Amazon, Azure, Google App.

UNIT V - CLOUD IT MODEL (9 Hours)

Analysis of Case Studies when deciding to adopt cloud computing architecture.How to decide if the cloud is right for your
requirements. Cloud based service, applications and development platform deployment so as to improve the total cost of
ownership (TCO)
PRACTICAL - (30 Hours)

REFERENCES
1. Gautam Shroff, “Enterprise Cloud Computing Technology ArchitectureApplications”,Cambridge University Press; 1
edition,[ISBN: 978-0521137355],2010.
2. Toby Velte, Anthony Velte, Robert Elsenpeter, “Cloud Computing, A PracticalApproach” McGraw-Hill Osborne Media;
1 edition [ISBN: 0071626948], 2009.
3. Dimitris N. Chorafas, “Cloud Computing Strategies” CRC Press; 1 edition [ISBN: 1439834539], 2010.
4. Bill Wilder, “Cloud Architecture Patterns”, O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2012 (ISBN: 9781449357979)
5. https://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/essentialguide/Developing-cloud-applications-in-the-new-IT-era
6. https://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/tip/Optimize-cloud-computing-costs-for-current-applications
7. https://www.e-zest.com/case-studies-cloud
 CLOUD STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURES L T P C
CC2023 Total Contact Hours - 75 3 0 2 4
Pre-requisites
Nil
PURPOSE
This course provides a comprehensive view of storage and networking infrastructures for highly virtualized cloud
ready deployments. The course discusses the concepts and features related to Virtualized datacenter and cloud,
Information storage security and design, storage network design and cloud optimized storage.

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1 Critically appraise the opportunities and challenges of information management in complex business
. environments
2 Evaluate information storage management design in a cloud environment and how it relates to the
. business objectives of an organization
3 Analyze the role technology plays in the design of a storage solution in a cloud architecture
.
4 Investigate how a global storage solution can be optimized so that it can be delivered successfully from
. the cloud
5 Analyze how best to provide reliable access to information both locally and remotely using storage
. technologies

UNIT I - VIRTUALIZED DATACENTERARCHITECTURE (9Hours)

Cloud infrastructures; public, private, hybrid. Service provider interfaces; Saas, Paas, Iaas. VDC environments;
concept, planning and design, business continuity and disaster recovery principles. Managing VDC and cloud
environments and infrastructures.

UNIT II - INFORMATION STORAGE SECURITY&DESIGN (9Hours)

Storage strategy and governance; security and regulations. Designing secure solutions; the considerations and
implementations involved. Securing storage in virtualized and cloud environments. Monitoring and management;
security auditing and SIEM.

UNIT III - STORAGENETWORKDESIGN (12Hours)

Architecture of storage, analysis and planning. Storage network design considerations; NAS and FC SANs, hybrid
storage networking technologies (iSCSI, FCIP, FCoE), design for storage virtualization in cloud computing, host
system design considerations.

UNIT IV – ADVANCED BACKEND STORAGE CONNECTIVITY (6Hours)

Introduction MongoDB – Mongoose-Schema,models,Built-in validation,connection, Blocking and Non-Blocking
code. Database connection-Types, Strings, Options, Events, Schema, models. Interaction-Data, Instance, Reading,
Querying, Updating, adding CURD controller.

UNIT V - INFORMATIONAVAILABILITYDESIGN (9Hours)

Designing backup/recovery solutions to guarantee data availability in a virtualized environment. Design a replication
solution, local remote and advanced. Investigate Replication in NAS and SAN environments. Data archiving
solutions; analyzing compliance and archiving design considerations.
PRACTICAL - (30 Hours)
REFERENCES
1. Greg Schulz, “Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking”, Auerbach Publications [ISBN: 978-1439851739],2011.
2. Marty Poniatowski, “Foundations of Green IT” Prentice Hall; 1 edition [ISBN: 978-0-13-704375-0],2010.
3. EMC, “Information Storage and Management” Wiley; 2 edition [ISBN: 978- 0470294215], 2012.
4. MithunSatheesh, Bruno Joseph D'mello, Jason Krol, “Web Development with MongoDB and NodeJS”,Packt Publications
[ISBN: 978-1-78528-752-7], 2015.
5. VolkerHerminghaus,Simon Holmes “Mongoose for Application Development”,Packt Publications [ISBN: 978-1-78216-
819-5],2013.
6. AlbrechtScriba,“StorageManagementinDataCenters”
Springer; editioN[ISBN: 978-3540850229]. 2009.
7. KlausSchmidt,“HighAvailabilityandDisasterRecovery”Springer;edition[ISBN: 978-3540244608],2006.
 DATA ANALYSIS USING MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES AND L T P C
CC2012 FORECASTING METHODS
TOTAL CONTACT HOURS - 45 3 0 0 3
Prerequisite
Nil
PURPOSE
The purpose of this course is to introduce the students into the field of Multivariate Techniques and Forecasting Methods
for analyzing large volumes of data and to take decisions based on inference drawn.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Data characteristics and form of Distribution of the Data Structures
2. Understanding the usage of multivariate techniques and forecasting methods for the problem under the consideration
3. For drawing valid inferences and to plan for future investigations

UNIT I - MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS (5 Hours)

Meaning of Multivariate Analysis, Measurements Scales: Metric measurement scales and Non-metric measurement scales,
Classification of multivariate techniques (Dependence Techniques and Inter-dependence Techniques), Applications of
Multivariate Techniques in different disciplines.

UNIT II - FACTOR ANALYSIS (10 Hours)

Meanings, Objectives and Assumptions, Designing a factor analysis, Deriving factors and assessing overall factors, Interpreting
the factors and validation of factor analysis.

UNIT III - CLUSTER ANALYSIS (10 Hours)

Objectives and Assumptions, Research design in cluster analysis, Deriving clusters and assessing overall fit (Hierarchical
methods, Non Hierarchical Methods and Combinations), Interpretation of clusters and validation of profiling of the clusters.

UNIT IV - FORECASTING TECHNIQUES (10 Hours)

Basics of forecasting: Basic steps in forecasting task. The forecasting scenario: Averaging methods, Exponential smoothing
methods, Holt’s linear method, Holt-Winters trend and Seasonality method.

UNIT V - TIME SERIES ANALYSIS (10 Hours)

Box-Jenkins Methodology for ARIMA models: Examining correlation and stationarity of time series data, ARIMA models for
time series data (An Auto-regressive model of order one and a Moving Average Model of order one).

REFERENCES
1. Joseph F.Hair, William C.Black, Barry J.Babin, RolphE.Anderson and Ronald L.Tatham (2006). “Multivariate Data
Analysis, 6th Edition”, Pearson Education, Inc., (Chapters 1, 3 and 8 ), 2009.
2. Spyros Makridakis, Steven C.Wheelwright and Rob J. Hyndman. “Forecasting methods and Applications, Third
Edition”, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York (Chapters 1, 4 and 7 ), 2005.

CC2024 DATA CENTER NETWORKING L T P C

Total Contact Hours - 75 3 0 2 4
Pre-requisites
Nil
PURPOSE
This course provides an insight to the students on design guidance, configuration examples and best practices with respect
to data center networking. This course also deals with building robust, scalable network infrastructure for data
centers. current data center architectures, new technologies adopted to create modern data center architecture, and merits
and demerits of the same. This course examines these new technologies and demonstrates how consolidation can be
realizedusing a unified network approach
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Understand the reasons for the network architecture for cloud-native data centers.
2. Discuss the new trend in networking, the rise of network disaggregation and open networking.
3. Understand the behavior of link state and BGP routing protocols in the data center, and decide on which is the right
one for your network.
 4. Understand what virtual networks are, their use and technologies that are used to build data – center and automating
network operations.
5. Understand the topics related to inter connecting data centers.

UNIT I – MOTIVATION FOR A NEW NETWORK ARCHITECTURE (6 Hours)

The Application-Network Shuffle, The Network Design From The Turn of the Century-The Charms of Bridging,
Building Scalable Bridging Networks, The Trouble With the Access-Aggregation-Core Network Design-
Unscalability, Complexity, Failure Domain, Unpredictability, Lack of Agility

UNIT II – NETWORK TOPOLOGY& NETWORK DISAGGREGATION (10 Hours)

Clos Topology- A Deeper Dive Into The Clos Topology, Scaling The Clos Topology, Implications of the Clos Topology,
Some Best Practices For a Clos Network, Host Attach Models, Network Disaggregation- What and Why is Network
Disaggregation Important, What Made Network Disaggregation Possible Now, Difference in Network Operations With
Disaggregation, Open Network Installer Environment (ONIE), The Players in Network Disaggregation: Hardware, Common
Myths About Network Disaggregation.

UNIT III –NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM (8 Hours)

Requirements of a Network Device, The Rise of SDN and Openflow, NOS Design Models, Comparing the NOS Models With
Cloud-Native NOS Requirements, Routing Protocol Choices-Routing Overview, Routing Protocols Overview, Distance
Vector Protocols Versus Link State Protocols, Routing Protocols in Clos Networks, Requirements of a Routing Protocol in the
Data Center, Choosing the Routing Protocol For Your Network.

UNIT IV – NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION & AUTOMATION (12Hours)

Network Virtualization-Uses of Network Virtualization in the Data Center, Network Virtualization Models, Network Tunnels,
Network Virtualization Solutions For the Data Center, Practical Limits on the Number of Virtual Networks, Packet
Forwarding Control Protocol For Network Virtualization, Illustrating VXLAN Bridging and Routing- Network Automation-
Introduction, Network operators, Tools For Network Automation.

UNIT V – INTERCONNECTING DATA CENTERS (9Hours)

Data Center Layer 2 Interconnect-Overview of High availability clusters, Data Center Interconnect: Legacy deployment
models, problems associated with extended layer2 Networks. Data Center Interconnect: Architecture Alternatives- Ensuring a
loop free global topology, Data Center Interconnect design alternatives, Case Studies: Large government organization, Large
outsourcer for server migration and clustering.
PRACTICAL - (30 Hours)

REFERENCES
1. Dinesh G. Dutt, “Cloud-Native Data Center Networking”. O’Reilly Media Inc. ISBN: 9781492045601
2. Nash Darukhanawalla, Patrice Bellagamba, “Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS” Cisco Press; 1 edition, [ISBN:
9781587059926],2009
3. SilvanoGai,TommiSalli,RogerAndersson,“CiscoUnifiedComputingSystem”
Cisco Press; 1 edition, [ISBN: 9781587141935], 2010.
4. Robert W. Kembel, Roger Cummings (Introduction), “The Fibre Channel Consultant” Northwest Learning Assoc;
3rd edition, [ISBN: 0931836840],1998.
5. Robert W Kembal“Fiber Channel Switched Fabric” Northwest Learning Associates, inc.[ISBN:
0931836719],2009.
6. John L. Hufferd, “ISCSI”, Addison-Wesley Boston [ISBN: 978-0201784190], 2003.

CLOUD SECURITY L T P C
Total Contact Hours - 75 3 0 2 4
CC2025
Pre-requisite
NIL
PURPOSE
The course on cloud security introduces the basic concepts of security systems andcryptographic protocols, which are
widely used in the design of cloud security. Theissues related multi tenancy operation, virtualized infrastructure security and
methodsto improve virtualization security are also dealt with in this course.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Compare modern security concepts as they are applied to cloud computing
2. Assess the security of virtual systems
3. Evaluate the security issues related to multi-tenancy
4. Appraise compliance issues that arise from cloud computing

UNIT I - SECURITY CONCEPTS (10 Hours)

Confidentiality, privacy, integrity, authentication, non-repudiation, availability, accesscontrol, defence in depth, least privilege,
how these concepts apply in the cloud, whatthese concepts mean and their importance in PaaS, IaaS and SaaS. e.g.
Userauthentication in the cloud; Cryptographic Systems- Symmetric cryptography, streamciphers, block ciphers, modes of
operation, public-key cryptography, hashing, digitalsignatures, public-key infrastructures, key management, X.509 certificates,
OpenSSL.

UNIT II - MULTI-TENANCY ISSUES (9 Hours)

Isolation of users/VMs from each other. How the cloud provider can provide this;Virtualization System Security Issues- e.g. ESX
and ESXi Security, ESX file systemsecurity, storage considerations, backup and recovery; Virtualization SystemVulnerabilities-
Management console vulnerabilities, management servervulnerabilities, administrative VM vulnerabilities, guest VM
vulnerabilities, hypervisorvulnerabilities, hypervisor escape vulnerabilities, configuration issues, malware(botnets etc).
UNIT III - VIRTUALIZATION SYSTEM-SPECIFIC ATTACKS (7 Hours)
Guest hopping, attacks on the VM (delete the VM, attack on the control of the VM,code or file injection into the virtualized file
structure), VM migration attack,hyperjacking.

UNIT IV - TECHNOLOGIES FOR VIRTUALIZATION-BASED SECURITY

ENHANCEMENT (9 Hours)
IBM security virtual server protection, virtualization-based sandboxing; StorageSecurity- HIDPS, log management, Data Loss
Prevention.Location of the Perimeter.

UNIT V - LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE ISSUES (10 Hours)

Responsibility, ownership of data, right to penetration test, local law where data isheld, examination of modern Security
Standards (eg PCIDSS), how standards dealwith cloud services and virtualization, compliance for the cloud provider
vs.compliance for the customer.
PRACTICAL - (30 Hours)
REFERENCES
1. Tim Mather, Subra Kumaraswamy, ShahedLatif, “Cloud Security and Privacy: AnEnterprise Perspective on Risks and
Compliance” O'Reilly Media; 1 edition[ISBN: 0596802765], 2009.
2. Ronald L. Krutz, Russell Dean Vines, “Cloud Security” [ISBN: 0470589876],2010.
3. John Rittinghouse, James Ransome, “Cloud Computing” CRC Press; 1 edition[ISBN: 1439806802], 2009.
4. J.R. ("Vic") Winkler, “Securing the Cloud” Syngress [ISBN: 1597495921] 2011.
5. Cloud Security Alliance, “Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in CloudComputing” 2009.
6. Vmware “VMware Security Hardening Guide” White Paper, June 2011 .
7. Cloud Security Alliance 2010, “Top Threats to Cloud Computing” Microsoft 2013.
8. Timothy Grance; Wayne Jansen;NIST “Guidelines on Security and Privacy inPublic Cloud Computing”, 2011.
9. Evelyn Brown NIST “Guide to Security for Full Virtualization Technologies”,2011.
10. Peter Mell, Timothy Grance, NIST “The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing ”, 2011.
11. William Hau, Rudolph Araujo et al “How Virtualization Affects PCI DSS”,www.foundstone.com.
12. Chenxi Wang “Compliance with Clouds: Caveat Emptor”,www.forrester.com/2010.

MANAGING VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS L T P C

CC2026 Total Contact Hours - 75 3 0 2 4
Pre-requisite
Nil
PURPOSE
This course deals with management of complex virtual environments, analysis of key performance factors of virtualized
systems, principal issues in troubleshooting virtual environments, evaluation of small scale virtual environment
developed in the lab. This course will equip students with the in-depth knowledge and techniques used toefficiently
optimize and effectively trouble-shoot virtual infrastructures
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Discuss and evaluate the management of complex virtual environments.
2. Critically analyze key performance factors in virtualized systems.
3. Identify and formulate judgements for management requirements relating to the configuration and performance of
virtual environments.
4. Identify and analyze the principal issues in troubleshooting virtual environments.
 5. Performance evaluations and critical evaluations of a small scale virtual environment developed in the lab.

UNIT I - PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT (9 Hours)

Management techniques, methodology and key performance metrics used to identify CPU, memory, network, virtual machine
and application performance bottlenecks in a virtualized environment. Configuration and change management goals and
guidelines.

UNIT II – CLOUD NATIVE ARCHITECTURE & APPLICATIONS (10 Hours)

Introduction, Cloud native architecture, Defining cloud native maturity model, cloud operating environment, cloud native
architecture-ase study: Netflix, Cloud Native application Design-monolithic to micro services, containers and serverless,
Development and frameworks, cloud native toolkit, Cloud Native services- case studies: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud platform

UNIT III - SECUREVIRTUALNETWORKING (8Hours)

Configuration and change management goals and guidelines, tools and technologies in virtualized environments;
Virtual network security architecture, network segmentation and traffic isolation to secure a virtual network
configuration.

UNIT IV - PROTECTING THEMANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT (9 Hours)

Server authentication, authorization, and accounting, SSL certificates, server hardening; Protecting the host system:
security architecture, controlling access to storage, hardening hosts, Hardening virtual machines; Virtual machine
security architecture, security parameters; Protecting the host and virtual machine systems using server authentication,
authorization, and accounting techniques.

UNIT V – TROUBLESHOOTINGVIRTUALENVIRONMENTS (9 Hours)

Interpreting host, network, storage, cluster and virtual machine log files. Network troubleshooting, traffic sniffing,
storage access problems, iSCSI authentication and digests. Virtual machine migration, cluster errors with shares, pools,
and limits; Command line interfaces and syntax, interpreting host, network, storage, cluster, virtual machine log files
and network traces.
PRACTICAL - (30 Hours)
REFERENCES
1. Massimo Cafaro (Editor), Giovanni Aloisio (Editor), “Grids, Clouds and Virtualization” Springer; edition [ISBN:
978-0857290489]2011.
2. Tom Laszewski , Kamal Arora, Erik Farr, PiyumZonooz, “Cloud Native Architectures: Design high-availability
and cost-effective applications for the cloud”, 2018, packt publishing
3. Chris Wolf and Erick M. Halter, “Virtualization” A press; 1 edition [ISBN: 978- 1590594957]2005.
4. Gaurav Somani, “Scheduling and Isolation in Virtualization”, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller [ISBN: 978-3639295139],
Muller Publishers, Germany, Sept.2010
5. LatifaBoursas (Editor), Mark Carlson (Editor), Wolfgang Hommel (Editor), Michelle Sibilla (Editor), KesWold
(Editor), “Systems and Virtualization Management: Standards and New Technologies” [ISBN:978-3540887072],
October 14, 2008
6. Edward L. Haletky, “VMware ESX Server in the enterprise” [ISBN: 978- 0132302074]. Prentice Hall; 1 edition 29
Dec2007.
7. Edward Haletky, “VMware ESX and ESXi in the Enterprise - Planning Deployment of Virtualization Servers”
[ISBN: 978-0137058976]., Prentice Hall;2
edition February 18, 2011.
 SEMINAR L T P C
CC2057 0 0 2 1
PURPOSE
Seminar is one of the important components for the engineering graduates to exhibit and expose their knowledge in their
field of interest. It also gives a platform for the students to innovate and express their ideas in front of future engineering
graduates and professionals
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. To make a student study and present a seminar on a topic of current
relevance in Information Technology or related fields.
2. Enhancing the debating capability of the student while presenting a seminar on a technical topic
3. Training a student to face the audience and freely express and present his ideas without any fear and nervousness, thus
creating self-confidence and courage which are essentially needed for anEngineer.

GUIDELINES
1. Each student is expected to give a seminar on a topic of current relevance in IT/Related field with in a semester.
2. Students have to refer published papers from standard journals.
3. The seminar report must not be the reproduction of the original papers but it can be used as reference.

ASSESMENT:
The students are expected to give at least two presentations on their topics of interest which will be assessed by a committee
constituted for this purpose. This course is mandatory and a student has to pass the course to become eligible for the award of
degree. Marks will be awarded out of 100 and appropriate grades assigned as per the regulations.
 Program Electives
CC2131 DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT OF CLOUD APPLICATIONS L T P C
Total Contact Hours - 60 2 0 2 3
Pre-requisite
Web Application Development
PURPOSE
This module is focused on developing web and mobile applications in the cloud. By the end of this module the student
will have a detailed overview of the design and development process involved in creating a cloud based application.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1 Design and develop elegant and flexible cloud software solutions.
2 Evaluate the security issues related to the development of cloud applications.
3 Manage and deploy a cloud based application.
4 Research and critique a topic related to Software development in the cloud.
5 Analyze a real world problem and develop a cloud based software solution.

UNIT I - DESIGNING CLOUD BASED APPLICATIONS (5 Hours)

Role of business analyst, requirements gathering, UML, use of state diagrams, wire frame prototypes, use of design tools such as
Balsamiq. Selecting front end technologies and standards, Impact of growth in mobile computing on functional design and
technology decisions.

UNIT II - CLOUD APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT (7 Hours)

Technical architecture considerations – concurrency, speed and unpredictable loads. Agile development, team composition
(including roles/responsibilities), working with changing requirements and aggressive schedules. Understanding Model View
Controller (MVC).
Advanced understanding of “views”, location, and the presentation layer: Advanced Ajax and JQuery.Presenting to different
browsers and devices.Localization and internationalization; Understanding client location and device type.Mobile application
development – Android, iOS, WP, RIM, Symbian.

UNIT III - STORING OBJECTS IN THE CLOUD (5 Hours)

Session management. Advanced database techniques using MySQL and SQL Server, blob storage, table storage. Working with
Third Party APIs: Overview of interconnectivity in cloud ecosystems.Working with Twitter API, Flickr API, Google Maps
API.Advanced use of JSON and REST.

UNIT IV - CLOUD APPLICATIONS AND SECURITY ISSUES (6 Hours)

Understanding cloud based security issues and threats (SQL query injections, common hacking efforts), SSL, encrypted query
strings, using encryption in the database. Authentication and identity.Use of oAuth. OpenID; Understanding QA and Support:
Common support issues with cloud apps: user names and passwords, automated emails and spam, browser variants and
configurations. Role of developers in QA cycle.QA techniques and technologies. Use of support forums, trouble ticketing
.
UNIT – V Cloud-Native Applications- Design & Configurations (7 hours)
Concept of cloud natïve applications, traditional vs. cloud native applications, 12 factor design principles, codebase,
dependencies, config, backing services

REFERENCES
1. Jim Webber, SavasParastatidis, Ian Robinson, “REST in Practice” O'Reilly Media; 1 edition, [ISBN: 978-0596805821] 2010.
2. Eugenio Pace, Dominic Betts, Scott Densmore, Ryan Dunn, Masashi Narumoto, MatiasWoloski, “Developing Applications for
the Cloud on the Microsoft Windows Azure Platform” Microsoft Press; 1 edition, [ISBN: 9780735656062] 2010.
3. Dan Wellman, “jQuery UI 1.6” Packt Publishing [ISBN: 9781847195128] 2009.
4. Peter Lubbers, Brian Albers, Frank Salem, Ric Smith, “Pro HTML5 Programming” A press, [ISBN: 9781430227908] 2010.
5. Lee Babin, “Beginning Ajax with PHP” A press; 1 edition, [ISBN: 9781590596678] 2006.
6. Richard York, “Beginning JavaScript and CSS development with jQuery”, Wiley Pub. Indianapolis, IN [ISBN:
9780470227794] 2009.
7. Edward Benson, “The art of Rails”, Wiley Pub. Indianapolis, IN [ISBN: 9780470189481] 2008.
8. Kevin Hoffman, “Beyond the Twelve-Factor App”, O'Reilly Media, Inc. 2016, [ISBN: 9781492042631]
 APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS L T P C
CC2132 Total Contact Hours - 60 2 0 2 3
Pre-requisite
CC2021, CC2023
PURPOSE
This module has two distinct sections. In the first section students will learn about building applications using a
popular application development framework. After the first section is completed the module will focus on one of
the following areas: Enterprise Integration or Rich Web Applications.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Identify the key aspects of developing applications using a framework.
2. Write code to integrate frameworks to access relational databases
3. Evaluate framework technologies for remote communication.
Option 1 - Enterprise Integration: Design and build concurrent applications and schedule tasks using an
4. application framework. Assess the integration of serialization and remoting to call remote applications.
Option 2 - Rich Web Applications: Integrate an application framework to implement stateful interactions.
5. Compare rapid productivity tools such as Grails and Roo, etc.

UNIT I –INTRODUCTION ANDSPRING FRAMEWORK (8Hours)

Twelve factors- Codebase; Dependencies; Config; Backing services; Build, release, run; process, port binding; concurrency;
disposability, dev/prod/parity, logs, admin process. Overview of Java frameworks, introduction to Spring. configure an
application, the bean life-cycle, simplifying application configuration, annotation-based dependency injection, testing a Spring-
based application.

UNIT II- EFFECTIVEMIDDLE-TIERARCHITECTURE (6Hours)

Adding behavior to an application using aspects, data access with Spring, simplifying JDBC-based data access, driving database
transactions in a Spring environment.

UNIT III - IMPLEMENTING ENTERPRISE INFORMATION CONNECTIVITY (6 Hours)

Object-to-relational mapping (ORM), Hibernate in a Spring environment, effective web application architecture, Spring MVC,
RESTful web services with Spring MVC.

UNIT IV –INTEGRATION WITHENTERPRISESERVICES (4Hours)

Securing web applications, emoting framework, simplifying message applications with Spring JMS, adding manageability to an
application with Spring JMX

UNIT V -ENTERPRISEINTEGRATION (6 Hours)

Integration Foundations Essential concurrency, tasks and scheduling, serialization and remoting. Working with Web Services
Advanced XML, SOAP web services, RESTful web services, web service security. Messaging and Transactions
Messaging, working with JMS, transactional JMS, distributed transaction management. Spring Batch and Integration Spring
batch, advanced Spring integration, Service-Oriented Architecture(SOA)
PRACTICAL - (30 Hours)
REFERENCES
1. Rod Johnson.[et al.] “Professional Java development with the Spring Framework”, Wiley Pub. Indianapolis, IN [ISBN:
978-0764574832],2005.
2. Mark Fisher, “Spring Integration in Action”, 1st Ed., Manning Publications [ISBN: 978-1935182436],2011.
3. Craig Walls, Ryan Breidenbach, “Spring in Action” Manning Publications; 2 edition [ISBN: 978-1933988139],2007.
4. Paul Fisher, Solomon Duskis, “Spring Persistence with Hibernate” A press; 1 edition, [ISBN: 978-
430226321]2009.
5. Website: “SpringSource”.http://www.springsource.com/.
6. Website: “Sun –Oracle”. http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/java/index.html.
7. Website: “IBM”. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/.
8. Website: “Tweleve factors to design and build apps”.https://developer.ibm.com/courses-center/the-twelve-factors-
dwc024/
CC2133 SCRIPTING FOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS L T P C
Total Contact Hours - 60 2 0 2 3
Pre-requisite
Nil
PURPOSE
This module will address the scripting skills that System administrators need to help them with their daily tasks.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Assess system administration tasks and design scripts to automate these tasks.
2. Solve system administration problems using a shell interface.
3. Design complex scripts in a scripting language such as Perl, Python or Ruby.
4. Develop scripts to a high level in Power shell

UNIT I - POWERSHELL and cmdlets (6 Hours)

Shell and Powershell Scripting: Shell syntax, sed, awk, grep, diff, join, etc. Unix and Windows CLI. cmdlets, wmic.

UNIT II – LINUX BASICS (6 Hours)

Introduction to Linux, File System of the Linux, General usage of Linux kernel & basic commands, Linux users and
group,Permissions for file, directory and users,Searching a file & directory, zipping and unzipping concepts, linux Networking

UNIT III - SCRIPTING LANGUAGES (6 Hours)

PERL Scripting, Python Scripting, TCL scripting

UNIT IV – SCRIPTING and TROUBLESHOOTING (6 Hours)

Scripting in a high-level Language: Language syntax, Applications of scripting e.g. querying SNMP devices, running external
processes, managing user accounts, monitoring file systems & processes, Managing processes, services, events and network
connections; Troubleshooting.

UNIT V – USING LDAP AND AD (6 Hours)

Working with LDAP and AD, analyze log files, administer network names and configuration services, maintain, monitor and map
network services, processes, package management, statistics gathering and reporting. Using scripting to automate tedious and
repetitive tasks.

PRACTICAL - (30 Hours)

REFERENCES
1. Hal Rottenberg, “Managing VMware Infrastructure with Windows PowerShell TFM”, Sapien Press 2009.
2. Justin Seitz, “Gray Hat Python”, NO STARCH PRESS [ISBN: 1593271921], 2009.
3. RytisSileika, “Pro Python System Administration” A press; 1 edition [ISBN: 978-1-4302-2605-5], 2010.
4. Noah Gift and Jeremy Jones, “Python for Unix and Linux system administration”, O'Reilly Farnham 2008.
5. Marty Alchin, “Pro Python” A press [ISBN: 978-1-4302-2757-1],2010.
6. Mark Lutz, “Learning Python” O'Reilly Media; 5 edition [ISBN: 978-0596158064], 2013.
7. Mark Summerfield, “Programming in Python 3: A Complete Introduction to the Python Language” Addison-Wesley
Professional; 2 edition, [ISBN: 978-0-321-68056-3], 2009.
8. David N. Blank-Edelman, “Automating system administration with Perl”, O'Reilly Media Sebastopol, CA 2009.
9. Website: “Command Line Kung Fu” http://blog.commandlinekungfu.com/.
10. Python Tutorial by Guido van Rossum, and Fred L. Drake, Jr., editor, Release 2.6.4
11. Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk by Brent Welch , Updated for Tcl 7.4 and Tk 4.0
12. Teach Yourself Perl 5 in 21 days by David Till.
13. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4:System Administration Guide Copyright 2005 Red Hat, Inc
CC2134 DATA WAREHOUSING AND MINING L T P C
Total Contact Hours - 45 3 0 0 3
Pre-requisites
NIL
PURPOSE

This course focuses on the fundamentals of data warehousing and their associated problem areas. Data pre-
processing and preparation, outlier detection, data warehouse design, On-line analytical processing are the major
areas of coverage of this course. This course also deals with the fundamentals of data mining and algorithms
associated with the same.

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Describe the fundamental concepts, benefits and problem areas associated with data warehousing
2. Describe the various architectures and main components of a data warehouse.
3. Design a data warehouse, and be able to address issues that arise when implementing a data
warehouse.
4. Compare and contrast OLAP and data mining as techniques for extracting knowledge from a data
warehouse.
5. Algorithms for Predictive modeling, link analysis and deviation detection and CRISP-DM

UNIT I - DATA WAREHOUSING (6 Hours)

OLTP systems versus data warehousing.Data warehousing concepts; benefits and problem areas; Architecture and main
components of a data warehouse; Managing metadata.

UNIT II - DATA PREPARATION AND PRE-PROCESSING (11 Hours)

Need to pre-process data; Data Cleaning; Handling Missing Data; Identifying Misclassifications; Graphical methods for
identifying Outliers; Data Transformation; Numerical Methods for Identifying Outliers.

UNIT III - DATA WAREHOUSE DESIGN (8 Hours)

Corporate Information Factory (CIF) versus Business Dimensional Lifecycle Methodologies. Dimensionality modeling: Star,
Snowflake and Starflake schemas.

UNIT IV - ON-LINE ANALYTICAL PROCESSING (OLAP) (8 Hours)

OLAP applications. OLAP operations: roll-up, drill-down, slice and dice, and pivot. OLAP Tools: Multidimensional OLAP
(MOLAP), Relational OLAP (ROLAP), Hybrid OLAP (HOLAP) and Desktop OLAP (DOLAP).

UNIT V - Data Mining (12 Hours)

Algorithms: Predictive modeling, database segmentation, link analysis and deviation detection. Cross Industry Standard Process
for Data Mining (CRISP-DM) specification.

REFERENCES

1. Thomas M. Connolly, Carolyn E. Begg, “Database Systems: A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation and
Management”, 5th Ed., Addison Wesley [ISBN: 0321523067], 2010.
2. Jiawei Han and Micheline Kamber, Jian Pei, “Data Mining Concepts and Techniques”, Third Edition, Elsevier, 2012.
3. Anthony David Giordano, “Data Integration Blueprint and Modeling”, IBM Press; 1 edition [ISBN: 0137084935],
2011.
4. Ralph Kimball, Margy Ross, Warren Thornthwaite (Contributor), Joy Mundy (Contributor), Bob Becker (Contributor)
“The Kimball Group Reader”, Wiley [ISBN: 9780470563106], 2010.
5. Daniel T. Larose “Discovering knowledge in data”, Wiley-Interscience Hoboken, N.J. [ISBN: 978-0-471-66657-8],
2005.
6. Richard Roiger, Michael Geatz, “Data mining”, Addison Wesley Boston [ISBN: 0201741288], 2002.
 CONVERGED NETWORKS L T P C
CC2135 Total Contact Hours - 45 3 0 0 3
Prerequisite
Knowledge of basic networking concepts, routing protocols and IP addressing
mechanisms.
PURPOSE
This course focuses on the overview of convergence, benefits, types, technology and Architecture. This course
provides knowledge on various convergence protocols and Real-Time applications. This course aims at providing an
in depth knowledge to the learners in the field of Multiprotocol label switching and Voice over IP. QoS details of
converged network shall be dealt in a detailed manner in this course.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Implement Real-Time applications enabled by a convergent network and its Protocols.
2. Explain how Quality of Service is achieved in a Converged Network
3. Design Multiprotocol Label Switching
4. Engineer voice over IP and convergence.

UNIT I – INTRODUCTION (8 Hours)

Overview of convergence, Benefits of Converged network, Challenges, Types ofconvergence , OSI layered perspective : Possible
convergence at each layer and protocolmodifications - Cable and DSL Technology, cable system components and benefits,
DOCSIS ,HFC Cable Network Architecture

UNIT II –CONVERGENCE PROTOCOLS AND REAL-TIME APPLICATIONS (10 Hours)

Voice Compression, VOIP Convergence, H.323 protocol, SIP, Media Gateway Control,Protocol (MGCP), MEGACO - Review of
Traditional Voice Networks; Codec / Vocoder Technologies; VoIP Transport; Real-Time Concerns; RTP/RTCP; H.323 and SIP
as signaling protocols; Cloud-based VoIP & Video services

UNIT III - QOS FOR A CONVERGED NETWORK (10 Hours)

IP QOS review of QoS; 802.1p/q; Queuing mechanisms – WFQ,CBWFQ,LowLatency, Random Early Detection; Integrated
Services; Reservation Protocol (RSVP); Differentiated Services (Diffserv); QoS issues in WANs; implementation of DiffservQoS
model

UNIT IV - MULTIPROTOCOL LABEL SWITCHING (8 Hours)

MPLS Header; MPLS forwarding basics; Quality of service with MPLS TE; MPLS VPN applications; implementation of MPLS
and MPLS VPN

Unit V - VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL AND CONVERGENCE (9 Hours)

Voice over IP- H.323 Framework for VoIP- Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)- Comparison betweenH.323 and SIP-Real time
protocols-Convergence Technologies-Call routing- VoIP applications-IPMultimedia Subsystems(IMS) Mobile VoIP – Cloud
Computing – Applications – Limitation –Regulatory Issues – Security Concerns.

REFERENCES
1. Oliver C. Ibe,(2002) “Converged Network Architectures, Delivering Voice and Data over IP, ATM, and Frame Relay”,
John Wiley & Sons
2. Scott Firestone, ThiyaRamalingam, Steve Fry, “Voice and Video Conferencing Fundamentals”, 1st Ed. Ed., Cisco Press
[ISBN: 978-1-58705-268-7], 2007
3. Luc De Ghein, “MPLS Fundamentals”, 1st Ed. Ed., Cisco Press [ISBN: 978-1- 58705-197-5] 2006.
4. Christina Hattingh, Darryl Sladden, ATM ZakariaSwapan, “SIP Trunking”, Cisco Press [ISBN: 978-1-58705-944-4]
2010.
5. Eric Osborne, Ajay Simha, “Traffic engineering with MPLS”, Cisco Press [ISBN: 978-1587050312], 2003. 5. Amir
Ranjbar, “CCNP ONT Official Exam Certification Guide”, Cisco Press [ISBN: 978-1-58720-176-3], 2007.
6. Website: Cisco Systems Inc., “Voice/Data Integration Technologies”. 2006.
7. http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ito_doc/voicdata.htm
 NETWORK SECURITY L T P C
CC2136 Total Contact Hours - 45 3 0 0 3
Prerequisite

PURPOSE
This course will explore the aspects of IPSec, Virtual Private Networks and SSH tunneling in addition to the cloud
security issues. The course covers the details of wireless security including WEP and WPA. Different types of firewalls
including packet filters, application level gateway and NAT are also the topics of discussion in this course. This course
provides the learners with the details on IDS/IPS, sniffers and, packet capturing tools and mechanisms.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Identify and evaluate threats to network security and data loss.
2. Install, configure, and evaluate firewalls
3. Configure and appraise Intrusion Detection and Response Systems.
4. Install, configure, and evaluate VPN (Virtual Private Network) Technology.
5. Evaluate the security of a wireless network system.
6. Create and evaluate packet captures
UNIT I - INTERNET SECURITY & ENCRYPTION (10 Hours)
Encryption of static data, IPSec, AH, ESP, IKE, ISAKMP/Oakley, Tunnel mode, Transport mode, Virtual Private
Networks (VPNs), SSH Tunneling, IP6 issues, Cloud Security Issues.

UNIT II – FIREWALLS (10 Hours)

Packet Filters, Stateful, Stateless, Bastion Host, Circuit Level, Application gateway, SOCKS, DMZ, Host-Based
Firewall, Egress Filtering, Network Address Translation(NAT), Multi-homing, IPTables/NetFilter, implementing
NAT.

UNIT III - SNIFFERS AND PACKET CRAFTING (10 Hours)

Libpcap, dSniff, Wireshark, tcpdump, Mitigation of Sniffer Attacks, ARP Cache Poisoning, Port Stealing, Switch
flooding, DNS and IP Spoofing, Session Hijacking, Sequence Numbers, Ettercap, idle host scanning, Default TTLs,
Countermeasures, Packet Crafting using eghping, scapy.

UNIT IV - WIRELESS SECURITY (6 Hours)

802.11, war driving, net stumbler, kismet, wellenreiter, WEP, WPA, cowpatty.

UNIT V - INTRUSION DETECTION & PREVENTION (9 Hours)

Focus on NIDS, snort, Types of IDSs, Network IDSs, Anomaly based Detection, Signature based Detection, Evasion
Techniques, False Positives, NIDS implementation using eg snort, Data Loss Prevention.

REFERENCES

1.Eric Cole, Ronald L. Krutz, James Conley, “Network Security Bible”, Wiley [ISBN: 0764573977], 2005.
2.John R. Vacca, “Guide to Wireless Network Security”, Springer [ISBN: 0387954252], 2006.
3.Johnny Long, Chris Hurley, SensePost, Mark Wolfgang, Mike Petruzzi,“Penetration Tester's Open Source
Toolkit”, Syngress [ISBN: 1597490210] 2005.
4.BarrieDempster, James Eaton-Lee, “Configuring IPCop Firewalls: Closing Borders with Open Source”, Packet
Publishing [ISBN: 1-904811-36-1], 2006.
5.Lucian Gheorghe, “Designing and Implementing Linux Firewalls and QoS using netfilter, iproute2, NAT, and L7-
filter”, Packt Publishing [ISBN: 1-904811-65-5] 2006.
6.Mark Rhodes-Ousley, Roberta Bragg, Keith Strassberg “Network Security: The Complete Reference”, McGraw-
Hill [ISBN: 0072226978], 2003,.
7.ChuckEasttom , “Network Defense and Countermeasures: Principles and Practices” [ISBN: 978-0131711266],
2005.
8.Charlie Kaufman, Radia Perlman, Mike Speciner, “Network Security”, Prentice Hall, 2 ndedition, 2002,ISBN-10:
0130460192, ISBN-13: 978-0130460196.
9.CharlesPfleeger,” Security in Computing”, Prentice Hall, 4th Edition, 2006, ISBN10: 0132390779, ISBN-13: 978-
01323907744.
10.Ulysess Black, “Internet Security Protocols: Protecting IP Traffic”, Prentice Hall PTR; 1 st edition, 2000,ISBN-10:
0130142492, ISBN-13: 978-0130142498.
11.William Stallings, “Cryptography and Network Security”, Pearson Education, 6th Edition, 2013, ISBN
10:0133354695.
12.Juniper Networks, “VPN Decision Guide: IPSec vs. SSL VPN Decision Criteria” 2007.
13.http://www.juniper.net/solutions/literature/white_papers/200232.pdf.
 ENTERPRISE STORAGE SYSTEMS L T P C
CC2137 Total Contact Hours - 45 3 0 0 3
Pre-requisites
Nil
PURPOSE
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to storage technology in an increasingly complex IT
environment. It builds a strong understanding of underlying storage technologies and prepares you to learn
advanced concepts and technologies. The course also deals with architectures, comprehensive understanding of
the various storage infrastructure ,features and benefits of Intelligent Storage Systems; networked storage
technologies such as FC-SAN, NAS and IP-SAN; long-term archiving solutions, the increasingly critical area
of information security and the emerging field of storage virtualization technologies.

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Evaluate various storage classifications and technologies.
2. Analyze storage architectures, processes, components and how they relate to virtualization.
3. Justify the implementation of a range of storage solutions to enable business
continuity.
4. Analyze storage security design, implementation, monitoring and management.

UNIT I - STORAGE SYSTEMS (10 Hours)

Data Classification, Storage Evolution and Data Center infrastructure.Host components, Connectivity, Storage, and Protocols.
Components of a disk drive, physical disk and factors affecting disk drive performance. RAID level performance and availability
considerations.Components and benefits of an intelligent storage system.

UNIT II - STORAGE NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES (12 Hours)

Direct-Attached Storage (DAS)architecture, Storage Area Network (SAN) attributes, components, topologies, connectivity
options and zoning. FC protocol stack, addressing, flow control, and classes of service. Networked Attached Storage
(NAS)components, protocols, IP Storage Area Network (IP SAN) iSCSI, FCIP and FCoE architecture. Content Addressed
Storage (CAS) elements, storage, and retrieval processes.

UNIT III - VIRTUALIZATION (8 Hours)

CPU virtualization, Memory virtualization and Network virtualization, Block-level and file-level storage virtualization
technology, virtual provisioning and cloud computing.

UNIT-IV - BUSINESS CONTINUITY (8 Hours)

Business Continuity measurement, terminologies, and planning. Backup designs, architecture, topologies, and technologies in
SAN and NAS environments. Local and Remote replication using host and array-based replication technologies such as
Synchronous and Asynchronous methods.

UNIT V - STORAGE SECURITY AND MANAGEMENT (7 Hours)

Storage security framework and various security domains. Security implementation in SAN,NAS and IP-SAN networking.
Monitoring and Storage management activities and challenges

REFERENCES
1. EMC, “Information Storage and Management” Wiley; 2 edition [ISBN: 978- 0470294215], 2012.
2. Richard Barker, Paul Massiglia, “Storage area network essentials”, Wiley New York [ISBN: 978-0471034452] 2002.
3. Ulf Troppens, Rainer Erkens, Wolfgang Mueller-Friedt, Rainer Wolafka, Nils Haustein, “Storage Networks Explained”
Wiley; 2 edition, [ISBN: 978- 0470741436], 2009.
4. W. Curtis Preston, “Using SANs and NAS”, O'Reilly & Associates Sebastopol, Calif. [ISBN: 978-0596001537], 2002.
5. HimanshuDwivedi, “Securing storage”, Addison-Wesley Upper Saddle River, NJ [ISBN: 978-0321349958], 2006.
 OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING L T P C
CC2138 Total Contact Hours - 60 2 0 2 3
Prerequisite
Nil
PURPOSE
To learn the advanced software engineering principles and methodologies for effective software development
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. To learn about software prototyping, analysis and design
2. To learn UML and its usage
3. Case studies to apply the principles

UNIT I - INTRODUCTION (5 Hours)

Software Engineering Paradigms - Software Development process models - Project & Process -Project management – Process &
Project metrics - Object Oriented concepts & Principles.

UNIT II - PLANNING & SCHEDULING (6 Hours)

Software prototyping - Software project planning – Scope – Resources - Software Estimation -Empirical Estimation Models-
Planning-Risk Management - Software Project Scheduling – Object oriented Estimation & Scheduling.

UNIT III - ANALYSIS & DESIGN (10 Hours)

Analysis Modeling - Data Modeling - Functional Modeling& Information Flow-BehavioralModeling-Structured Analysis -
Object Oriented Analysis - Domain Analysis-Object oriented Analysis process - Object Relationship Model - Object Behavior
Model; Design Concepts & Principles - Design Process - Design Concepts - Modular Design –Design Effective Modularity -
Introduction to Software Architecture - Data Design – Transform Mapping – Transaction Mapping – OOD - Design System
design process- Object design process -Design Patterns.

UNIT IV - IMPLEMENTATION & TESTING (5 Hours)

Top-Down, Bottom-Up, object oriented product Implementation & Integration. Software Testing methods-White Box, Basis Path-
Control Structure –Black Box-Unit Testing- Integration testing-Validation & System testing. Testing OOA & OOD models-
Object oriented testing strategies.

UNIT V - MAINTENANCE (4 Hours)

Maintenance process-System documentation-program evolution dynamics-Maintenance costs-Maintainability measurement –
Case Studies

PRACTICAL - (30 Hours)

REFERENCES
1. Roger S. Pressman, “Software Engineering A Practitioner’s Approach”, Fifth Edition, Tata McGraw Hill,2010.
2. Grady Booch, James Rumbaugh, Ivar Jacobson –“the Unified ModelingLanguage User Guide” –(Unit III) Addison
Wesley, 1999.
3. Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering”, 9th Edition, Pearson Education, 2011.
4. Carlo Ghezzi Mehdi Jazayer, Dino Mandrioli, “Fundamentals of SoftwareEngineering”, Prentice Hall of India 2002.
5. Fairley, “Software Engineering Concepts”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2001.
CC2139 DATA CENTER VIRTUALIZATION L T P C
Total Contact Hours - 60 3 0 0 3
Pre-requisite
Managing Virtual Environments
PURPOSE
This course focuses on the challenges in setting up a data center. Resource monitoring using hypervisors and
access control to virtual machines will be covered in depth in this course. Setting up of a virtual data center and how
to manage them with software interfaces will be discussed in detail.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1 Identify various constraints and challenges in setting up a data center
2 Demonstrate Enterprise level virtualization and access control in virtual machines
3 Manage and deploy a cloud based application in AWS using Devops

UNIT I - DATA CENTER CHALLENGES (10Hours)

How server, desktop, network Virtualization and cloud computing reduce data center footprint, environmental impact and power
requirements by driving server consolidation;
Evolution of Data Centers: The evolution of computing infrastructures and architectures from standalone servers to rack
optimized blade servers and unified computing systems (UCS).

UNIT II - ENTERPRISE-LEVEL VIRTUALIZATION (10 Hours)

Provision, monitoring and management of a virtual datacenter and multiple enterprise-level virtual servers and virtual machines
through software management interfaces;
Networking and Storage in Enterprise Virtualized Environments - Connectivity to storage area and IP networks from within
virtualized environments using industry standard protocols.

UNIT III –THE CLOUD AND THE DEVOPS with AWS (12 Hours)
What is Devops – The origin of DevOps - The developers versus operations dilemma - Key characteristics of a DevOps culture -
Deploying Your First Web Application - Creating and configuring your account - Creating our first web server - Managing your
infrastructure with CloudFormation - Adding a configuration management system

UNIT IV –Devops Deployment and Scaling of Cloud Application (14 Hours)

Adding Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment - Preparing our CI environment - Building a continuous deployment
pipeline - Scaling a monolithic application - Improving performance and cost saving - Architecting your application to handle
massive amounts of traffic

UNIT VRunning ,Monitoring and Hardening security of AWSEnvironment (14 hours)

Running Containers in AWS - Using the EC2 container service - Creating a CI/CD pipeline to deploy to ECS - Instrumenting our
application for monitoring - Monitoring our infrastructure - Creating alarms using CloudWatch and SNS -Hardening the Security
of Your AWS Environment - Improving the security of the IAM layer - Strengthening the security at the network level -
Protecting against targeted attacks

REFERENCES
1. Mickey Iqbal, “IT Virtualization Best Practices: A Lean, Green Virtualized Data Center Approach”, MC Press [ISBN:
978-1583473542] 2010.
2. Nathaniel Felsen, “Effective DevOps with AWS”, Packt Publishing, [ISBN:9781786466815], 2017
 CLOUD APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT L T P C
CC2140 Total Contact Hours - 60 2 0 2 3
Pre-requisites
Nil
PURPOSE
This module introduces students to developing web and cloud based applications. By the end of the module the student
will be able to build and deploy real-time cloud-based application and Cloud Automation Framework.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Use best practices in the design and development of elegant and flexible cloud software solutions.
2. Create, implement and deploy a cloud Automation based application.
3. Analyze a real world problem and develop a cloud Automation Framework includes Terraform/Chef/Ansible.
4. Contrast software development in the web, cloud and others

UNIT I - CLOUDBASED APPLICATIONS (4Hours)

Introduction, Contrast traditional software development and development for the cloud. Public v private cloud apps.
Understanding Cloud ecosystems – IaaS, SaaS/PaaS, popular APIs,mobile cloud.

UNIT II - DESIGNING CODE FORTHE CLOUD (4Hours)

Class and Method design to make best use of the Cloud infrastructure; Web Browsers and the Presentation Layer- Understanding
Web browsers attributes and differences. Building blocks of the presentation layer: HTML, HTML5, CSS, Silverlight, andFlash

UNIT III - WEB DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUESANDFRAMEWORKS (6Hours)

Building Ajax controls, introduction to Javascript using JQuery, working with JSON, XML, REST. Application development
Frameworks e.g. Ruby on Rails , .Net, Java API's or JSF; Deployment Environments – Platform As A Service (PAAS) ,Amazon,
vmForce, Google App Engine, Azure, Heroku, AppForce

UNIT IV – CLOUD AUTOMATION USING TERRAFORM (8 Hours)

Introduction, Infrastructure as code, DevOps, Installing and Configuring Terraform, Configuration Management Tools-Server,
Provision, Building application stack, Provisioning, collaboration with S3, Multi-environment architecture, Terraform-
Deployment, State, Modules, Loops, Gotchas, Terraform Team, Infrastructure testing.

UNIT V – CLOUD CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT USING CHEF AND ANSIBLE (8 Hours)

Chef:-Introduction, Chef component, server API, Recipes, Resources, ChefRuns, Chef Language and style, working with Files
and Packages,Templates,Writing recipes, Testing Recipes, Form development and deployment, writing custom extensions,
Databags, Chef Shell, Kitchen Test, , Creating users and application-SSD, MySQL, Chef on Cloud Infrastructure. Ansible:
Ansible Introduction, Ansible versus other tools, Playbooks, YAML, Ansible Commands, Task blocks, Security management,
Provisioning resources, Debugging Ansible playbooks

PRACTICAL - (30 Hours)

REFERENCES
1. Chris Hay, Brian Prince, “Azure in Action” Manning Publications [ISBN: 978- 1935182481],2010.
2. Henry Li, “Introducing Windows Azure” Apress; 1 edition [ISBN: 978-1-4302- 2469-3],2009.
3. Eugenio Pace, Dominic Betts, Scott Densmore, Ryan Dunn, Masashi Narumoto, MatiasWoloski, “Developing
Applications for the Cloud on the Microsoft Windows Azure Platform” Microsoft Press; 1 edition [ISBN:
9780735656062],2010.
4. Eugene Ciurana, “Developing with Google App Engine” Apress; 1 edition [ISBN: 978-1430218319],2009.
5. Dan Sanderson, “Programming Google App Engine” O'Reilly Media; 1 edition [ISBN:978-0596522728],2009.
6. Paul J. Deitel, Harvey M. Deitel, “Ajax, rich Internet applications, and web development for programmers”, Prentice Hall
Upper Saddle River, NJ [ISBN: 978-0-13-158738-0],2008.
7. The Terraform Book By James Turnbull, Version v1.4.7,2018
8. Terraform: Up and Running: Writing Infrastructure as Code By YevgeniyBrikman,O’Reilly Media Inc.,First
Edition,2017.
9. Learning Chef, By Rishabh Sharma, MiteshSoni,Packt Publishing Ltd.,First Edition,2015
10. Chef: Powerful Infrastructure Automation,By John Ewart, Matthias Marschall, Earl Waud, Packt Publishing Ltd.,First
Edition,2017
11. Learn Ansible: Automate cloud, security, and network infrastructure using Ansible 2.x, By Russ McKendrick, Packt
Publishing Ltd, First Edition 2018.
12. Learning Ansible2 , By Fabio Alessandro Locati, Packt Publishing Ltd, Second Edition 2016.
 13. Ansible: Up and Running: Automating Configuration Management and Deployment, By Lorin Hochstein, O’Reilly
Media Inc.,First Edition,2015.
Web References:
1. https://www.terraform.io/docs/index.html
2. https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html
3. https://cloudacademy.com/blog/configuration-management-introducing-chef/
4. https://www.chef.io/chef/
5. https://docs.chef.io/
6. https://www.chef.io/chef/get-chef/
7.https://www.ansible.com/
8. https://www.ansible.com/products/tower
9.https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/list_of_cloud_modules.html
10. https://www.ansible.com/integrations/cloud/amazon-web-services

CLOUD STRATEGY PLANNING & MANAGEMENT L T P C

CC2141
Total Contact Hours - 45 3 0 0 3
Pre-requisites
Nil
PURPOSE
This course deals with the concepts and technological advances fueling the rapid adoption of cloud
computing today. This course provides the students with the skills and knowledge required to plan and
manage a Cloud Computing strategy within an organization. This course will enable students to evaluate the
strategic value of Cloud Computing using IT Governance and Compliance.

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Strategically assess how cloud computing enables IT Transformation andbusiness value in an
organization.
2. Analyze the role that cloud computing can play in the business process.
3. Critically appraise how the incorporation of cloud computing in an IT strategycan deliver on
strategic business objectives.
4. Evaluate how cloud computing and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) candeliver business
agility.
5. Implement IT governance to manage business realization from cloud ITservices.

UNIT I - ACHIEVING BUSINESS VALUE FROM IT TRANSFORMATION (9 Hours)

Moving to a cloud architecture and strategy to achieve business value.BPM, IS, Porter’s Value chain model and BPR as a means of
delivering business value; Developing Business Strategy: Investigate business strategy models to gain competitive advantage for
organizations,SWOT/PEST,Economiesofscale,Porter’s3Strategiesand5CompetitiveForces,D’Aveni’shypercompetitionmodels.

UNIT II - STRATEGIC IT LEADERSHIP INTHEORGANIZATION (9Hours)

Emphasize the roles of the strategic IS/IT leaders such as Chief Information Officer (CIO) and the Chief Technology Officer
(CTO) in planning and managing IT Strategic development in the organization.

UNIT III - PLANNING A CLOUD COMPUTING BASEDITSTRATEGY (9Hours)

Develop an IT strategy to deliver on strategic business objectives in the business strategy. IT Project planning in the areas of
ITaaS, SaaS, PaaS and IaaS are essential in delivering a successful strategic ITPlan.

UNIT IV - SOA ANDBUSINESS AGILITY (9Hours)

Shared services delivered by a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) in a Private or Public Cloud. Services, Databases and
Applications on demand.The effect on Enterprise Architecture and its traditional frameworks such as Zachman and The Open
Group Architecture Framework(TOGAF).

UNIT V - BENEFIT REALIZATION ANDITGOVERNANCE (9Hours)

Managing resources (people, process, technology), to realize benefit from Private/Public Cloud IT services (IaaS, PaaS, PraaS,
SaaS), Gartner's 5 pillars of benefitrealization. IT governance as a service in measuring the delivery of IT Strategy from Cloud IT
Services using Sarbannes Oxley (CobiT) and other commonly-usedapproaches.
REFERENCES
1. Arnold J Cummins, “Easiest Ever Guide to Strategic ITPlanning”http://strategicitplanningguide.com/.
2. Andy Mulholland, Jon Pyke, Peter Finger, “Enterprise Cloud Computing - A Strategy Guide for Business and Technology
Leaders”, Meghan Kiffer [ISBN: 0929652290],2010.
3. David S. Linthicum, “Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise”, Addison Wesley [ISBN:
0136009220],2009.
4. Charles Babcock, “Management Strategies for the Cloud Revolution”, 1st Ed., Tata McGraw/Hill
[ISBN:0071740759],2010.
5. Mark I. Williams, “A Quick Start Guide to Cloud Computing: Moving Your Business into the Cloud” Kogan Page
[ISBN:0749461306],2010.
6. Website: “Whitepapers and news for the CIO”www.cio.com.
7. Website: “Gartner Research Website”www.gartner.com.

CC2142 DATA SCIENCE AND BIG DATA ANALYTICS L T P C

Total Contact Hours - 60 2 0 2 3

Pre-requisites
Knowledge of statistical techniques
PURPOSE

This course provides practical foundation level training that enables immediate and effective participation in big
data and other analytics projects. It includes an introduction to big data and the Data Analytics Lifecycle to
address business challenges that leverage big data. The course provides grounding in basic and advanced analytic
methods and an introduction to big data analytics technology and tools, including MapReduce, Hadoop, Mongodb
with Mongoose, Cloud Analytics, Birt, Knimeetc
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Deploy the Data Analytics Lifecycle to address big data analytics projects
2. Apply appropriate analytic techniques and tools to analyze big data, create statistical models, and
identify insights that can lead to actionable results
3. Select appropriate data visualizations to clearly communicate analytic insights to business sponsors
and analytic audiences
4. Use tools such as: R and RStudio, MapReduce/Hadoop, in-database analytics, Window and MADlib
functions
5. Explain how advanced analytics can be leveraged to create competitive advantage and how the data
scientist role and skills differ from those of a traditional business intelligence analyst. Use Mongodb
with Mongoose to interact with data on the backend. Learn Cloud Analytics with BI using tools like
Birt,Knime.

UNIT I - INTRODUCTION TO BIG DATA ANALYTICS: (5 Hours)

Big Data overview, State of the practice in analytics role of data scientists, Big Data Analytics in industry verticals

UNIT II - END-TO-END DATA ANALYTICS LIFE CYCLE (4 Hours)

Key roles for successful analytic project, main phases of life cycle, Developing core deliverables for stakeholders

UNIT III - BASIC ANALYTIC METHODS: (8 Hours)

Introduction to “R”, analyzing and exploring data with “R”, statistics for model building and evaluation

UNIT IV - ADVANCED ANALYTICS AND STATISTICAL MODELING FOR BIG DATA (7 Hours)
Naïve Bayseian Classifier, K-means Clustering, Association Rules, Decision Trees, Linear and Logistic Regression, Time Series
Analysis, Text Analytics;

UNIT V - MAPREDUCE/HADOOP (6 Hours)

Technology and Tools – MapReduce/Hadoop , In- database Analytics, MADlib and advanced SQL Tools, Mongodb with
Mongoose, Cloud Analytics with BI; tools like Birt,Knime etc.,

PRACTICAL - (30 Hours)

REFERENCES
1. Noreen Burlingame , “The little book on Big Data”, New Street publishers, 2012.
2. Norman Matloff, “The Art of R Programming: A Tour of Statistical Software Design”, No Starch Press; 1 edition , 2011.
3. http://www.johndcook.com/R_language_for_programmers.html.
4. Kristina Chorodow, “MongoDB : The Definitive Guide”, Second Edition, O’Reilly Media Inc., 2013
5. Simon Holmes, ”Mongoose for Application Development”, PACKT Publishing, 2013
6. Judith Hurwitz, Alan Nugent, Dr. Fern Halper and Marcia Kaufman, “Big Data for DUMMIES”, John Wiley & Sons Inc.,
2013
7. http://bigdatauniversity.com/.
8. http://home.ubalt.edu/ntsbarsh/stat-data/topics.htm#rintroduction.

L T P C
CC2059 Project Phase-I 0 0 12 6
CC2060 Project Phase-II 0 0 32 16
PURPOSE
To undertake research in an area related to the program of study
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. The student shall be capable of identifying a problem related to the
program of study and carry out wholesome research on it leading to
findings which will facilitate development of a new/improved product,
process for the benefit of the society.

M.Tech projects should be socially relevant and research oriented ones. Each student is expected to do an individual project. The
project work is carried out in two phases – Phase I in III semester and Phase II in IV semester. Phase II of the project work shall
be in continuation of Phase I only. At the completion of a project the student will submit a project report, which will be evaluated
(end semester assessment) by duly appointed examiner(s). This evaluation will be based on the project report and a viva voce
examination on the project. The method of assessment for both Phase I and Phase II is shown in the following table:

Assessment Tool Weightage

In- semester I review 10% 10%

II review 15% 15%
III review 35% 35%
End semester Final viva voce examination 40%

Student will be allowed to appear in the final viva voce examination only if he / she has submitted his / her project work in the
form of paper for presentation / publication in a conference / journal and produced the proof of acknowledgement of receipt of
paper from the organizers / publish
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