Anticipation Of First Semester Results!

Hi MSSS Aspirants,

Though BITS-Pilani WILP-division is proactive enough to declare the schedule for all sorts of exams to be held during the Semester, it refrains from declaring the same for the results of them!!!

First Semester Comprehensive Exam: Study Plan: Data Structures and Algorithms

Hi MSSS Aspirants,

Below is the study plan for the First Semester Comprehensive Exam for subject, Data Structures and Algorithms.

Date	Topic	Sub-Topic
Mon, Sep 12, 11	To learn algorithm design techniques, their applications and limitations.	Algorithm Design Techniques-Divide and Conquer Technique
Tue, Sep 13, 11		Algorithm Design Techniques-Greedy Approach
Wed, Sep 14, 11		Algorithm Design Techniques-Dynamic Programming
Thu, Sep 15, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Fri, Sep 16, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Sat, Sep 17, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Sun, Sep 18, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Mon, Sep 19, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Tue, Sep 20, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Wed, Sep 21, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Thu, Sep 22, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Fri, Sep 23, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Sat, Sep 24, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Sun, Sep 25, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Mon, Sep 26, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Tue, Sep 27, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Wed, Sep 28, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Thu, Sep 29, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Fri, Sep 30, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Sat, Oct 1, 11	To learn the use of graphs for capturing non-linear relations and to learn the design of algorithms for computing properties of those relations.	Longest Common Subsequence
Sun, Oct 2, 11		Graphs, Graph ADT, Data Structures for Graphs
Mon, Oct 3, 11		Graph Traversals
Tue, Oct 4, 11		Directed Graphs
Wed, Oct 5, 11		Weighted Graphs- Single Source Shortest Paths Dijkstra’s and Bellman-Ford’s Algorithms
Thu, Oct 6, 11		Minimum Spanning Trees : Kruskal’s Algorithm
Fri, Oct 7, 11		Prim’s Algorithm
Sat, Oct 8, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Sun, Oct 9, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Mon, Oct 10, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Tue, Oct 11, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Wed, Oct 12, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Thu, Oct 13, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Fri, Oct 14, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Sat, Oct 15, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Sun, Oct 16, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Mon, Oct 17, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Tue, Oct 18, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Wed, Oct 19, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Thu, Oct 20, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Fri, Oct 21, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Sat, Oct 22, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Sun, Oct 23, 11	Focus on other Subjects
Mon, Oct 24, 11	Revision	Revision
Tue, Oct 25, 11	Revision	Revision
Wed, Oct 26, 11	Revision	Revision
Thu, Oct 27, 11	Revision	Revision
Fri, Oct 28, 11	Revision	Revision
Sat, Oct 29, 11	Revision	Revision
Sun, Oct 30, 11	Exam Day	Best Wishes!!

Best wishes for the exam on 30th October, 2011 !! Study hard!!

First Semester Comprehensive Exam: Study Plan: Object Oriented Analysis and Design

Hi MSSS Aspirants,

Below is the study plan for the First Semester Comprehensive Exam for subject, Object Oriented Analysis and Design.

Date	Topic	Sub-Topic
Mon, Sep 12, 11	To learn to apply five of the GRASP principles or patterns for OOD	UML versus Design Principles.
Tue, Sep 13, 11		GRASP: A Methodical Approach to Basic OO Design.
Wed, Sep 14, 11		Connection between Responsibilities, GRASP, and UML Diagrams.
Thu, Sep 15, 11		Patterns, A Short Example of Object Design with GRASP.
Fri, Sep 16, 11		Applying GRASP to Object Design.
Sat, Sep 17, 11		Creator.
Sun, Sep 18, 11		Information Expert (or Expert).
Mon, Sep 19, 11		Low Coupling.
Tue, Sep 20, 11		Controller.
Wed, Sep 21, 11		High Cohesion.
Thu, Sep 22, 11	Object Design Examples with GRASP.	Use Case Realization, Use Case Realizations for the NextGen Iteration.
Fri, Sep 23, 11		Use Case Realizations for the Monopoly Iteration.
Sat, Sep 24, 11		Iterative and Evolutionary Object Design.
Sun, Sep 25, 11	To identify kinds of Visibility and designing to establish visibility.	Visibility Between Objects, Visibility, Four kinds of visibility.
Mon, Sep 26, 11	To map design artifacts to code.	Programming and Iterative, Evolutionary Development
Tue, Sep 27, 11		Mapping Designs to Code
Wed, Sep 28, 11		Creating Class Definitions from DCDs
Thu, Sep 29, 11		Creating Methods from Interaction Diagrams
Fri, Sep 30, 11		Collection Classes in Code
Sat, Oct 1, 11		Exceptions and Error Handling
Sun, Oct 2, 11		Defining the Sale.makeLineItem Method.
Mon, Oct 3, 11		Order of Implementation.
Tue, Oct 4, 11		Test-Driven or Test-First Development.
Wed, Oct 5, 11		Introduction to the NextGen POS Program Solution.
Thu, Oct 6, 11	To introduce Test Driven Development and Refactoring.	Test-Driven Development.
Fri, Oct 7, 11		Refactoring.
Sat, Oct 8, 11	To learn UML Tools and UML as Blueprint.	Forward, Reverse, and Round-Trip Engineering.
Sun, Oct 9, 11		Common Report of Valuable Features
Mon, Oct 10, 11		Suggestions for choosing a UML tool, suggestions on how to integrate UML wall sketching and tools.
Tue, Oct 11, 11	For the Quick Analysis Update.	Case Study: NextGen POS.
Wed, Oct 12, 11		Case Study: Monopoly.
Thu, Oct 13, 11	To define the requirements for the iteration-2.	From Iteration 1 to 2. Iteration-2 Requirements and Emphasis: Object Design and Patterns.
Fri, Oct 14, 11
Sat, Oct 15, 11	To apply the remaining GRASP patterns.	Polymorphism.
Sun, Oct 16, 11		Pure Fabrication.
Mon, Oct 17, 11		Indirection.
Tue, Oct 18, 11		Protected Variations.
Wed, Oct 19, 11	To introduce and apply some GoF design patterns.	Adapter (GoF). Factory. Singleton (GoF).
Thu, Oct 20, 11		Strategy (GoF). Composite (GoF) and Other Design Principles. Facade (GoF).
Fri, Oct 21, 11		Observer/Publish-Subscribe/Delegation Event Model (GoF).
Sat, Oct 22, 11	To define the requirements for the iteration-3.	NextGen POS. Monopoly.
Sun, Oct 23, 11	To introduce UML activity diagram notation, with examples, and various modeling applications.	UML Activity Diagram Notation.
Mon, Oct 24, 11		Guidelines. Example: NextGen Activity Diagram.
Tue, Oct 25, 11	To introduce UML state machine diagram notation, with examples, and various modeling applications.	Definitions: Events, States, and Transitions. UML State Machine Diagram Notation. Example: NextGen Use Case State Machine Diagram.
Wed, Oct 26, 11	To Relate Use Cases.	The include Relationship. Terminology: Concrete, Abstract, Base, and Addition Use Cases.
Thu, Oct 27, 11		The extend Relationship. The generalize Relationship. Use Case Diagrams.
Fri, Oct 28, 11	Revision	Revision
Sat, Oct 29, 11	Revision	Revision
Sun, Oct 30, 11	Exam Day	Best Wishes!!

Best wishes for the exam on 30th October, 2011 !! Study hard!!

First Semester Comprehensive Exam: Study Plan: Software Engineering & Management

Hi MSSS Aspirants,

Below is the study plan for the First Semester Comprehensive Exam for subject, Software Engineering & Management.

Date	Topic	Sub-Topic
Mon 12 Sep 11	Component based Classifications	None
Tue 13 Sep 11	Modeling Component-Level Design	Class Based component
Wed 14 Sep 11	Modeling Component-Level Design	Component design for web applications
Thu 15 Sep 11	Modeling Component-Level Design	Traditional component
Fri 16 Sep 11	Modeling Component-Level Design	Component based development
Sat 17 Sep 11	Guide of User Interface	None
Sun 18 Sep 11	User Interface & Pattern Based Design	Golden Rule
Mon 19 Sep 11	User Interface & Pattern Based Design	Analysis and design
Tue 20 Sep 11	User Interface & Pattern Based Design	Design steps
Wed 21 Sep 11	User Interface & Pattern Based Design	Web application design
Thu 22 Sep 11	User Interface & Pattern Based Design	Design evaluation
Fri 23 Sep 11	Understanding of Software Testing Process	None
Sat 24 Sep 11	Testing Strategies	Introduction
Sun 25 Sep 11	Testing Strategies	Traditional, object and web based testing
Mon 26 Sep 11	Testing Strategies	Testing steps
Tue 27 Sep 11	Testing Strategies	Debugging
Wed 28 Sep 11	Discussion of Methods Exists in Software Testing	None
Thu 29 Sep 11	Testing Tactics	WBT
Fri 30 Sep 11	Testing Tactics	BBT
Sat 1 Oct 11	Testing Tactics	MBT, and other related issue
Sun 2 Oct 11	Measurement Aspect of Software Product	None
Mon 3 Oct 11	Product Metrics	Complete analysis using various approach
Tue 4 Oct 11	Measurement Aspect of Software Process	None
Wed 5 Oct 11	Metrics for Process and Project	Software Measurement
Thu 6 Oct 11	Complete Analysis of Cost Estimation and Scheduling	None
Fri 7 Oct 11	Estimation	Details in cocomo model
Sat 8 Oct 11	Estimation	Decomposition techniques
Sun 9 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Mon 10 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Tue 11 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Wed 12 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Thu 13 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Fri 14 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Sat 15 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Sun 16 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Mon 17 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Tue 18 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Wed 19 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Thu 20 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Fri 21 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Sat 22 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Sun 23 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Mon 24 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Tue 25 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Wed 26 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Thu 27 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Fri 28 Oct 11	Revision	Revision

Best wishes for the exam on 29th October, 2011 !! Study hard!!

First Semester Comprehensive Exam: Study Plan: Computer Networks

Hi MSSS Aspirants,

Below is the study plan for the First Semester Comprehensive Exam for subject,Computer Networks.

Date	Topic	Sub-Topic
Mon 12 Sep 11	Network Layer	Virtual Circuits and Datagram Networks
Tue 13 Sep 11	Network Layer	Inside a Router
Wed 14 Sep 11	Network Layer	Forwarding and Addressing in the Internet. IPv4 Addressing
Thu 15 Sep 11	Network Layer	Sub Netting
Fri 16 Sep 11	Network Layer	IPv6 Addressing
Sat 17 Sep 11	Routing Algorithms	Shortest Path
Sun 18 Sep 11	Routing Algorithms	Flooding
Mon 19 Sep 11	Routing Algorithms	Link State
Tue 20 Sep 11	Routing Algorithms	Distance Vector
Wed 21 Sep 11	Routing Algorithms	Hierarchical Routing
Thu 22 Sep 11	Routing in the Internet	RIP
Fri 23 Sep 11	Routing in the Internet	OSPF
Sat 24 Sep 11	Routing in the Internet	Border Gateway Protocol
Sun 25 Sep 11	Routing in the Internet	Multicasting
Mon 26 Sep 11	Data Link Layer	Services
Tue 27 Sep 11	Data Link Layer	Error Detection and Correction Techniques (Parity Checks, Checksums, CRC)
Wed 28 Sep 11	Data Link Layer	Hamming code
Thu 29 Sep 11	Multiple Access Protocol	TDM
Fri 30 Sep 11	Multiple Access Protocol	FDM
Sat 1 Oct 11	Multiple Access Protocol	Slotted ALOHA
Sun 2 Oct 11	Multiple Access Protocol	Pure ALOHA
Mon 3 Oct 11	Multiple Access Protocol	CSMA
Tue 4 Oct 11	Multiple Access Protocol	CSMA/CD
Wed 5 Oct 11	Multiple Access Protocol	Local Area Networks
Thu 6 Oct 11	Multiple Access Protocol	Ethernet
Fri 7 Oct 11	Multiple Access Protocol	Point to Point Protocol
Sat 8 Oct 11	Link Virtualization	Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
Sun 9 Oct 11	Link Virtualization	Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Mon 10 Oct 11	Link Layer Addressing	MAC Addresses
Tue 11 Oct 11	Link Layer Addressing	ARP
Wed 12 Oct 11	Link Layer Addressing	RARP
Thu 13 Oct 11	Link Layer Addressing	DHCP
Fri 14 Oct 11	Interconnections	Hubs
Sat 15 Oct 11	Interconnections	Bridges
Sun 16 Oct 11	Interconnections	Switches
Mon 17 Oct 11	Physical Media	The theoretical basis for data communication
Tue 18 Oct 11	Physical Media	Guided physical media
Wed 19 Oct 11	Line coding Schemes	NRZ
Thu 20 Oct 11	Line coding Schemes	Manchester
Fri 21 Oct 11	Line coding Schemes	Differential Manchester
Sat 22 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Sun 23 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Mon 24 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Tue 25 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Wed 26 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Thu 27 Oct 11	Revision	Revision
Fri 28 Oct 11	Revision	Revision

Best wishes for the exam!! Study hard!!