Interdisciplinary School of Scientific Computing       University of Pune
 
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MSc Syllabus

Semester 1
    SC-101  Principles of Programming Languages I
    SC-102  Software Engineering
    SC-103  Advanced Database Management Concepts
    SC-104  Mathematics For Scientific Computing
    SC-105  Computational Laboratory I

Semester 2
    SC-201  Principles of Programming Languages II
    SC-202  Operating System Concepts
    SC-203  Elective
    SC-204  Numerical Methods for Scientific Computing I
    SC-205  Computational Laboratory II
Semester 3
    SC-301  Network Concepts
    SC-302  Scientific Visualization
    SC-303  Elective
    SC-304  Numerical Methods for Scientific Computing II
    SC-305  Elective

Semester 4
    SC-401  Industrial Training


Courses Offered In Semester 1

:: Principles of Programming Languages I
Introduction and Motivation  Algorithm Analysis Techniques, Algorithm Design Techniques, Graph Theory, NP-Completeness

:: Software Engineering
Introduction to software engineering, The software process, Software engineering practice, Software constructions and implementation, Advance topics in software engineering

:: Advance Database Management Concepts (ADBMC)
Review of Database management concepts. Data storage, Database file structure and Implementation of Indexes Query processing and optimization Transaction management Parallel and distributed databases Object oriented database design Data Mining

:: Mathematics for Scientific Computing

Functions, Limits, Continuity, Differentiation & Integration Linear Algebra and Matrices Infinite Series Fourier Series and Fourier Integral Ordinary Differential Equations Partial Differentiation Vector Analysis

:: Computational Laboratory I
Experts from industry will guide projects, which will be based on current technologies.


Courses Offered In Semester 2

:: Principles Of Programming Languages II
C++
Basic Facilities Data types,Variables, declarations Pointers and arrays and Structures Dynamic memory. Expressions and statements Various Types Of Functions (Inline, Friend etc) Namespases and Exceptions Concept Of Classes, Types of Classes. Encapsulation, Conversions, type Promotion, Default Arguments And Type Casts. Operator Overloading Inheritance, Virtual Functions. Templates. Exception Handling.

LISP
Introduction, The LISP Programming Language, Pattern Matching, Knowledge Representation Searching

:: Operating System Concepts
Introduction to UNIX Implementation of buffer cache File system, Process, Process Scheduler, Memory Mangement Techniques Time and Clock, I/O Subsystems, Interprocess Communication, and thread communication

:: Numerical Methods For Scientific Computing I
Number Systems and errors Linear Equations Algebraic eigenvalue problem Curve Fitting and Functional approximation Numerical Differentiation & Integration

:: Computational Laboratory II
Experts from industry will guide projects, which will be based on current technologies.


Courses offered in Semester 3

:: Network Concepts
Review of basic concepts of Data Communication, Transport and Session Protocols, Internetworking, Presentation Layer, Application Layer, Fiber Optic Networks, Satellite Networks

:: Scientific Visualization
Introduction to computer graphics, Raster graphics techniques, Vectors and their use in graphics, Transformation of pictures, 3-D viewing with synthetic camera, 3-D graphics, Write Frame Models, Hidden Line and Surface Removal, Backface Culling, Light and Shading Models , Rendering Polygonal Masks Flat, gouraud, phone shading, Ray Tracing, Introduction to multimedia and animation

:: Numerical Methods for Scientific Computing II
Numerical Differentiation and Integration, Numerical Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations, Optimization - Golden Search Methods, Brent’s procedure, quasi-Newton Methods, Direction Set Methods


Elective Courses

:: EL - I  Parallel Computing and Grid Computing
Introduction Solving Problem in parallel Structure of parallel computers Programming parallel computers Case Studies Grid Computing

:: EL - II Applications of Computers to Chemistry
Computational Chemistry, Fundamentals of Chemistry, Molecular Representations and Search Molecular Graphics and fitting Force Field (FF) Methods Classical energy minimization techniques Conformational Analysis, Semi-empirical QM calculations Molecular Docking Molecular Descriptors Quantitative Structure Activity, Relationship Futuristic modeling techniques

:: EL - III Statistical Computing
Introduction to statistical computing, Random Number Generation, Monte Carlo Methods, Non-linear Statistical Methods, Multiple Linear Regression Analysis

:: EL - IV Computer Applications in Physics
Monte Carlo Methods, Numerical Solutions of Schrodinger equations, Electronic Structure Calculation on simple solids, Classical Molecular Dynamics

:: EL - V Biological Sequence Analysis
Analysis of DNA and Protein sequence, Sequence alignment, Fragment assembly, Genome sequence assembly, Neural network concepts and secondary structure prediction Probabilistic models, Evolutionary analysis

:: EL - VI Modeling of Biological Systems
Concepts and principles of modeling. Limitations of models, Models of behavior, Modeling in Epidemiology and Public Health SIR models

:: EL - VII Artificial Intelligence
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Game playing Knowledge representation using predicate logic Knowledge representation using non monotonic logic Planning Perception Learning Neural Networks Natural language processing Expert system

:: EL - VIII Software Testing
Introduction to software testing and analysis, Specification-based testing techniques, Code-based testing techniques, Unit testing, Integration testing, OO-oriented testing, Model-based testing, Static analysis, Dynamic analysis, Regression testing, Methods of test data generation and validation, Program slicing and its application, Reliability analysis, Formal methods; verification methods; oracles, System and acceptance testing

:: EL - IX Soft Computing
Fuzzy logic, Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms

:: EL - X Design Concepts and Modeling
Introduction to design process, Inception phase, Elaboration phase, Construction phase, Transition phase


Semester 4

:: Industrial Training
At the end of the FOURTH semester, student will be examined in the course R&D/Industrial Training.
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