CSE & AI Syllabus
CSE & AI Syllabus
Syllabus for Written Examination for the Post of Assistant Professor Grade-II (Pay Level 10)
for the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Linear Algebra: Matrices, determinants, system of linear equations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors,
LU decomposition.
Calculus: Limits, continuity and differentiability. Maxima and minima. Mean value theorem.
Integration.
Probability and Statistics: Random variables. Uniform, normal, exponential, Poisson and binomial
distributions. Mean, median, mode and standard deviation. Conditional probability and Bayes
theorem.
Section 5: Algorithms
Searching, sorting, hashing. Asymptotic worst case time and space complexity. Algorithm design
techniques: greedy, dynamic programming and divide‐and‐conquer. Graph traversals, minimum
spanning trees, shortest paths
Section 9: Databases
ER‐model. Relational model: relational algebra, tuple calculus, SQL. Integrity constraints, normal forms.
File organization, indexing (e.g., B and B+ trees). Transactions and concurrency control.
Concept of layering: OSI and TCP/IP Protocol Stacks; Basics of packet, circuit and virtual circuit- switching;
Data link layer: framing, error detection, Medium Access Control, Ethernet bridging; Routing protocols:
shortest path, flooding, distance vector and link state routing; Fragmentation and IP addressing, IPv4, CIDR
notation, Basics of IP support protocols (ARP, DHCP, ICMP), Network Address Translation (NAT);
Transport layer: flow control and congestion control, UDP, TCP, sockets; Application layer protocols: DNS,
SMTP, HTTP, FTP, Email.
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