Second Semester: Study Plan: Database Systems & Applications

Hi MSSS Aspirants,

Below is the study plan for the Second Semester for subject, Database Systems & Applications.

Date	Topic
Mon 19 Dec 11	Introduction to Database Management Systems, File organization
Tue 20 Dec 11	To Be Planned(TBP)
Wed 21 Dec 11	TBP
Thu 22 Dec 11	TBP
Fri 23 Dec 11	TBP
Sat 24 Dec 11	TBP
Sun 25 Dec 11	TBP
Mon 26 Dec 11	Data Independence in databases
Tue 27 Dec 11	TBP
Wed 28 Dec 11	TBP
Thu 29 Dec 11	TBP
Fri 30 Dec 11	TBP
Sat 31 Dec 11	TBP
Sun 1 Jan 12	TBP
Mon 2 Jan 12	Data Models
Tue 3 Jan 12	TBP
Wed 4 Jan 12	TBP
Thu 5 Jan 12	TBP
Fri 6 Jan 12	TBP
Sat 7 Jan 12	TBP
Sun 8 Jan 12	TBP
Mon 9 Jan 12	Query processing systems
Tue 10 Jan 12	TBP
Wed 11 Jan 12	TBP
Thu 12 Jan 12	TBP
Fri 13 Jan 12	TBP
Sat 14 Jan 12	TBP
Sun 15 Jan 12	TBP
Mon 16 Jan 12	TBP
Tue 17 Jan 12	TBP
Wed 18 Jan 12	TBP
Thu 19 Jan 12	TBP
Fri 20 Jan 12	TBP
Sat 21 Jan 12	TBP
Sun 22 Jan 12	TBP
Mon 23 Jan 12	Database Design techniques
Tue 24 Jan 12	TBP
Wed 25 Jan 12	TBP
Thu 26 Jan 12	TBP
Fri 27 Jan 12	TBP
Sat 28 Jan 12	TBP
Sun 29 Jan 12	TBP
Mon 30 Jan 12	Concepts of security and integrity in databases
Tue 31 Jan 12	TBP
Wed 1 Feb 12	TBP
Thu 2 Feb 12	TBP
Fri 3 Feb 12	TBP
Sat 4 Feb 12	TBP
Sun 5 Feb 12	TBP
Mon 6 Feb 12	Distributed Databases
Tue 7 Feb 12	TBP
Wed 8 Feb 12	TBP
Thu 9 Feb 12	TBP
Fri 10 Feb 12	TBP
Sat 11 Feb 12	TBP
Sun 12 Feb 12	TBP
Mon 13 Feb 12	TBP
Tue 14 Feb 12	TBP
Wed 15 Feb 12	TBP
Thu 16 Feb 12	TBP
Fri 17 Feb 12	TBP
Sat 18 Feb 12	TBP
Sun 19 Feb 12	TBP
Mon 20 Feb 12	Applications using DBMS.
Tue 21 Feb 12	TBP
Wed 22 Feb 12	TBP
Thu 23 Feb 12	TBP
Fri 24 Feb 12	TBP
Sat 25 Feb 12	TBP
Sun 26 Feb 12	TBP
Mon 27 Feb 12	TBP
Tue 28 Feb 12	TBP
Wed 29 Feb 12	TBP
Thu 1 Mar 12	Revision
Fri 2 Mar 12	Revision
Sat 3 Mar 12	Revision
Sun 4 Mar 12	Revision
Mon 5 Mar 12	Revision
Tue 6 Mar 12	Revision
Wed 7 Mar 12	Revision
Thu 8 Mar 12	Revision
Fri 9 Mar 12	Revision
Sat 10 Mar 12	Revision

Best Wishes!!

Second Semester: Study Plan: Advanced Operating Systems

Hi MSSS Aspirants,

Below is the study plan for the Second Semester for subject, Advanced Operating Systems.

Date	Topic
Mon 19 Dec 11	Overview of advanced operating systems: motivation for their design, and various types of advanced operating systems
Tue 20 Dec 11	To Be Planned(TBP)
Wed 21 Dec 11	TBP
Thu 22 Dec 11	TBP
Fri 23 Dec 11	TBP
Sat 24 Dec 11	TBP
Sun 25 Dec 11	TBP
Mon 26 Dec 11	Distributed operating systems: architecture of distributed systems, theoretical foundation of distributed systems, deadlock detection/resolution
Tue 27 Dec 11	TBP
Wed 28 Dec 11	TBP
Thu 29 Dec 11	TBP
Fri 30 Dec 11	TBP
Sat 31 Dec 11	TBP
Sun 1 Jan 12	TBP
Mon 2 Jan 12	Distributed operating systems: agreement protocols, file systems, distributed shared memory, scheduling, fault tolerance and recovery
Tue 3 Jan 12	TBP
Wed 4 Jan 12	TBP
Thu 5 Jan 12	TBP
Fri 6 Jan 12	TBP
Sat 7 Jan 12	TBP
Sun 8 Jan 12	TBP
Mon 9 Jan 12	Multiprocessor operating systems: multiprocessor system architectures, multiprocessor operating system design issues
Tue 10 Jan 12	TBP
Wed 11 Jan 12	TBP
Thu 12 Jan 12	TBP
Fri 13 Jan 12	TBP
Sat 14 Jan 12	TBP
Sun 15 Jan 12	TBP
Mon 16 Jan 12	TBP
Tue 17 Jan 12	TBP
Wed 18 Jan 12	TBP
Thu 19 Jan 12	TBP
Fri 20 Jan 12	TBP
Sat 21 Jan 12	TBP
Sun 22 Jan 12	TBP
Mon 23 Jan 12	Multiprocessor operating systems: threads, process synchronization, process scheduling and memory management
Tue 24 Jan 12	TBP
Wed 25 Jan 12	TBP
Thu 26 Jan 12	TBP
Fri 27 Jan 12	TBP
Sat 28 Jan 12	TBP
Sun 29 Jan 12	TBP
Mon 30 Jan 12	TBP
Tue 31 Jan 12	TBP
Wed 1 Feb 12	TBP
Thu 2 Feb 12	TBP
Fri 3 Feb 12	TBP
Sat 4 Feb 12	TBP
Sun 5 Feb 12	TBP
Mon 6 Feb 12	Data base operating systems: introduction, concurrency control: theoretical and algorithmic aspects
Tue 7 Feb 12	TBP
Wed 8 Feb 12	TBP
Thu 9 Feb 12	TBP
Fri 10 Feb 12	TBP
Sat 11 Feb 12	TBP
Sun 12 Feb 12	TBP
Mon 13 Feb 12	TBP
Tue 14 Feb 12	TBP
Wed 15 Feb 12	TBP
Thu 16 Feb 12	TBP
Fri 17 Feb 12	TBP
Sat 18 Feb 12	TBP
Sun 19 Feb 12	TBP
Mon 20 Feb 12	Case Study: Amoeba and Mach.
Tue 21 Feb 12	TBP
Wed 22 Feb 12	TBP
Thu 23 Feb 12	TBP
Fri 24 Feb 12	TBP
Sat 25 Feb 12	TBP
Sun 26 Feb 12	TBP
Mon 27 Feb 12	TBP
Tue 28 Feb 12	TBP
Wed 29 Feb 12	TBP
Thu 1 Mar 12	Revision
Fri 2 Mar 12	Revision
Sat 3 Mar 12	Revision
Sun 4 Mar 12	Revision
Mon 5 Mar 12	Revision
Tue 6 Mar 12	Revision
Wed 7 Mar 12	Revision
Thu 8 Mar 12	Revision
Fri 9 Mar 12	Revision
Sat 10 Mar 12	Revision

Best Wishes!!

Second Semester: Study Plan: Network Security

Hi MSSS Aspirants,

Below is the study plan for the Second Semester for subject,Network Security.

Date	Topic
Mon 19 Dec 11	Security concepts
Tue 20 Dec 11	To Be Planned(TBP)
Wed 21 Dec 11	TBP
Thu 22 Dec 11	TBP
Fri 23 Dec 11	TBP
Sat 24 Dec 11	TBP
Sun 25 Dec 11	TBP
Mon 26 Dec 11	Security attacks and risks
Tue 27 Dec 11	TBP
Wed 28 Dec 11	TBP
Thu 29 Dec 11	TBP
Fri 30 Dec 11	TBP
Sat 31 Dec 11	TBP
Sun 1 Jan 12	TBP
Mon 2 Jan 12	Security architectures
Tue 3 Jan 12	TBP
Wed 4 Jan 12	TBP
Thu 5 Jan 12	TBP
Fri 6 Jan 12	TBP
Sat 7 Jan 12	TBP
Sun 8 Jan 12	TBP
Mon 9 Jan 12	Security policy management
Tue 10 Jan 12	TBP
Wed 11 Jan 12	TBP
Thu 12 Jan 12	TBP
Fri 13 Jan 12	TBP
Sat 14 Jan 12	TBP
Sun 15 Jan 12	TBP
Mon 16 Jan 12	Security mechanisms
Tue 17 Jan 12	TBP
Wed 18 Jan 12	TBP
Thu 19 Jan 12	TBP
Fri 20 Jan 12	TBP
Sat 21 Jan 12	TBP
Sun 22 Jan 12	TBP
Mon 23 Jan 12	Cryptography algorithms
Tue 24 Jan 12	TBP
Wed 25 Jan 12	TBP
Thu 26 Jan 12	TBP
Fri 27 Jan 12	TBP
Sat 28 Jan 12	TBP
Sun 29 Jan 12	TBP
Mon 30 Jan 12	TBP
Tue 31 Jan 12	TBP
Wed 1 Feb 12	TBP
Thu 2 Feb 12	TBP
Fri 3 Feb 12	TBP
Sat 4 Feb 12	TBP
Sun 5 Feb 12	TBP
Mon 6 Feb 12	Security standards
Tue 7 Feb 12	TBP
Wed 8 Feb 12	TBP
Thu 9 Feb 12	TBP
Fri 10 Feb 12	TBP
Sat 11 Feb 12	TBP
Sun 12 Feb 12	TBP
Mon 13 Feb 12	TBP
Tue 14 Feb 12	TBP
Wed 15 Feb 12	TBP
Thu 16 Feb 12	TBP
Fri 17 Feb 12	TBP
Sat 18 Feb 12	TBP
Sun 19 Feb 12	TBP
Mon 20 Feb 12	Security system interoperation and case studies of the current major security systems.
Tue 21 Feb 12	TBP
Wed 22 Feb 12	TBP
Thu 23 Feb 12	TBP
Fri 24 Feb 12	TBP
Sat 25 Feb 12	TBP
Sun 26 Feb 12	TBP
Mon 27 Feb 12	TBP
Tue 28 Feb 12	TBP
Wed 29 Feb 12	TBP
Thu 1 Mar 12	Revision
Fri 2 Mar 12	Revision
Sat 3 Mar 12	Revision
Sun 4 Mar 12	Revision
Mon 5 Mar 12	Revision
Tue 6 Mar 12	Revision
Wed 7 Mar 12	Revision
Thu 8 Mar 12	Revision
Fri 9 Mar 12	Revision
Sat 10 Mar 12	Revision

Best Wishes!!

Second Semester: Study Plan: Software for Embedded Systems

Hi MSSS Aspirants,

Below is the study plan for the Second Semester for subject, Software for Embedded Systems.

Date	Topic
Mon 19 Dec 11	Real-time and Embedded Systems
Tue 20 Dec 11	To Be Planned(TBP)
Wed 21 Dec 11	TBP
Thu 22 Dec 11	TBP
Fri 23 Dec 11	TBP
Sat 24 Dec 11	TBP
Sun 25 Dec 11	TBP
Mon 26 Dec 11	Software issues in Embedded Systems
Tue 27 Dec 11	TBP
Wed 28 Dec 11	TBP
Thu 29 Dec 11	TBP
Fri 30 Dec 11	TBP
Sat 31 Dec 11	TBP
Sun 1 Jan 12	TBP
Mon 2 Jan 12	Software Development Process
Tue 3 Jan 12	TBP
Wed 4 Jan 12	TBP
Thu 5 Jan 12	TBP
Fri 6 Jan 12	TBP
Sat 7 Jan 12	TBP
Sun 8 Jan 12	TBP
Mon 9 Jan 12	Requirements Analysis – Use Cases, Identification and Analysis of use cases, Use Case Diagrams.
Tue 10 Jan 12	TBP
Wed 11 Jan 12	TBP
Thu 12 Jan 12	TBP
Fri 13 Jan 12	TBP
Sat 14 Jan 12	TBP
Sun 15 Jan 12	TBP
Mon 16 Jan 12	TBP
Tue 17 Jan 12	TBP
Wed 18 Jan 12	TBP
Thu 19 Jan 12	TBP
Fri 20 Jan 12	TBP
Sat 21 Jan 12	TBP
Sun 22 Jan 12	TBP
Mon 23 Jan 12	Design – Architectural Design, Design Patterns, Detailed Design.
Tue 24 Jan 12	TBP
Wed 25 Jan 12	TBP
Thu 26 Jan 12	TBP
Fri 27 Jan 12	TBP
Sat 28 Jan 12	TBP
Sun 29 Jan 12	TBP
Mon 30 Jan 12	TBP
Tue 31 Jan 12	TBP
Wed 1 Feb 12	TBP
Thu 2 Feb 12	TBP
Fri 3 Feb 12	TBP
Sat 4 Feb 12	TBP
Sun 5 Feb 12	TBP
Mon 6 Feb 12	Implementation – Languages, Compilers, Runtime Environments and Operating Systems for embedded software.
Tue 7 Feb 12	TBP
Wed 8 Feb 12	TBP
Thu 9 Feb 12	TBP
Fri 10 Feb 12	TBP
Sat 11 Feb 12	TBP
Sun 12 Feb 12	TBP
Mon 13 Feb 12	TBP
Tue 14 Feb 12	TBP
Wed 15 Feb 12	TBP
Thu 16 Feb 12	TBP
Fri 17 Feb 12	TBP
Sat 18 Feb 12	TBP
Sun 19 Feb 12	TBP
Mon 20 Feb 12	Testing – Methodologies, Test Cases.
Tue 21 Feb 12	TBP
Wed 22 Feb 12	TBP
Thu 23 Feb 12	TBP
Fri 24 Feb 12	TBP
Sat 25 Feb 12	TBP
Sun 26 Feb 12	TBP
Mon 27 Feb 12	TBP
Tue 28 Feb 12	TBP
Wed 29 Feb 12	TBP
Thu 1 Mar 12	Revision
Fri 2 Mar 12	Revision
Sat 3 Mar 12	Revision
Sun 4 Mar 12	Revision
Mon 5 Mar 12	Revision
Tue 6 Mar 12	Revision
Wed 7 Mar 12	Revision
Thu 8 Mar 12	Revision
Fri 9 Mar 12	Revision
Sat 10 Mar 12	Revision

Best Wishes!!

Using VLC Media Player To Your Advantage

Hi MSSS Aspirants,

Unfortunately, even though all of us joined this program with the noblest of intentions of strictly following the lecture schedule and rigidly sticking to the study plan but then the age of Robots has not arrived! Right! It is human nature to get deviated, lose focus and then lag behind the schedule!

But then one must do what needs to be done!

Those who have attended the lectures by downloading the Lecture-Video offline must have observed that there are a lot of advantages of doing the same:

1. First is the most obvious one that the Lecture can paused and played according to the comforts of the student. Also parts can be skipped if already undertaken.
2. Second needs a bit of elaboration with examples. Suppose the student is attending the lecture online {real-time}. Now, if the speed of dissemination of the Lecture is a bit slower than the usual, the student loses focus as the input capability surpasses the real-time input. Or it can happen vice-versa too.

1. Now the same Lecture, if, attended offline {after downloading the WMV video  from Taxila}the above short-coming can be overcome by using the play-speed-tuner facility of the media player like the VLC {VideoLAN Client} Media player.

2. If the instructor is delivering the lecture slow paced and with pauses, the media player can be be tuned to play the video with hyper-Unity speeds like 1.5x. Since the video content is more or less static except for the body-movements of the instructor in the small window located at the upper-right corner, it does not distort the experience of the Lecture. Also an hour long lecture will be reduced by a factor.
3. Similar treatment can be applied if the delivery of the lecture is a bit hasty and student faces loss of comprehension. Then the tuning should be done at sub-Unity speeds like 0.75x.

We have been utilizing this feature and enjoying the benefits of it.

Best wishes!!

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!!

Tips To Maximize Study Time

Hi MSSS Aspirants!!

Greetings!!

As we all are aware that we have chosen the lucrative double edged Work Integrated Learning Program (WILP), Master of Science in Software Systems (MSSS), while being an active contributor to the IT industry. Also, at the same time, it is doubly difficult to remain diligent to the study plan and maintain a regular and slow & steady study routine, not being cocooned in the sacrosanct environs of a College and under constant guidance of the Professors and Peers.

So to keep up with the time, running like a bullet train and days converting into months, I have a few suggestions for the upkeep of a healthy study routine without disturbing the usual work routine.

1. Each semester includes 4 subjects. First and foremost, buy the books in the beginning of the the semester. Books provide mobility and enables take-out-and-study irrespective of locale and timings. Do not forget to keep a couple of blank pages in the middle of each of the books which can double as book-mark as well as notes. Carry a book each day while travelling to the work-place. Utilize the time spend in the local-train and bus to study and complete a couple of pages and if time permits (traffic-jams) a chapter all-together. While returning back, revise the same, as the mind will not be as fresh and agile as it was in the morning! Am I not right ;)

2. Buy/Download the PDF versions of the same books and keep a copy of the same in the office Laptop/Desktop! In the mornings and after Lunch hours, make a habit of working out a few problem-statements/Numericals at the back of the chapters! Also use these PDF versions while travelling to home-town or business-travel as it is not advisable to carry the hefty books to these locations!!

3. As it was said that when Arjun (Mahabharat) was told to shoot an arrow in the eye of the Birdie, he successfully did so only because he was focussed and all the other objects surrounding him were out of the context in his thinking. The same applies here too!! While making time for study, keep the objects of house-hold and work-place out of context.

4. Slow and steady wins the race! Be the tortoise and not the rabbit. Instead of planning to study only in the weekends, please make the work-days the warm-up sessions for the weekends!

5. Prioritise the syllabus over the entire content of the books and study-material. Prepare for the syllabus first and if then time permits, increase the knowledge-base by covering the rest of the topics, not in the syllabus!

Best Wishes!!