Open project positions for a brilliant research career at IIT Kanpur

Dear Student,

I am very happy with your participation in this advanced MOOC course in the area of signal processing/ communications. I am particularly impressed by the passion and zeal of students such as yourself who are interested in learning more about the cutting edge research at IIT Kanpur. For those who are passionate about pursuing research, you will be happy to know that we have several interesting projects on MIMO-OFDM 4G/ 5G wireless systems, MIMO-Radar, Wireless Sensor Networks, Cognitive Radio etc. We are constantly looking for brilliant B.Tech/ M.Tech students who can be a part of and contribute to these research efforts.

If you are brilliant, motivated, recently completed B.Tech/ M.Tech, would like to be a part of the exciting research at the Multimedia Wireless Networks lab (http://www.iitk.ac.in/mwn/index.html) in IIT Kanpur and have secured at least 90% in one of the MOOCs offered by me, write an e-mail to me at adityaj@iitk.ac.in to apply for a full time project assistant/ associate position for a period of 1-2 years. Please include a copy of your latest CV.

Our salary is also competitive with respect to the packages offered by top companies. Plus you will also get other benefits/ perks of residing in the IIT Kanpur campus such as accommodation, research facilities, wi-fi, sports/ extra-curricular facilities etc. More importantly it will give you a strong foundation in research and publications while working with the best in the field to apply for Masters/ PhD programs in the future.


Regards,
Prof. Aditya K. Jagannatham
IIT Kanpur

Short course on "Cooperative 4G/ 5G MIMO Wireless Communications" - 27th to 29th May 2016 at IIT Kanpur

Dear Colleague/ Friend,

A short course on “Cooperative 4G/ 5G MIMO Wireless Communications“ is
being organized by IIT Kanpur from 27th to 29th May 2016. Relay based
Cooperative Communication schemes have become significantly popular in
theory and practice especially for implementation in 4G/ 5G wireless
cellular networks. The course will introduce participants to various
cooperative protocols such as Decode-and-Forward (DF), Selective DF,
Amplify-and-Forward (AF), together with several other aspects such as
Bit Error Rate (BER) analysis, diversity order, optimal power allocation
etc. It is geared towards M.Tech/Ph.D. students, faculty members and
industry participants.

More details regarding the course can be found at

http://www.iitk.ac.in/mwn/cooperative/index.html

The course program includes detailed lecture/ tutorial modules together
with a comprehensive MATLAB demonstration. Please do not hesitate to
contact us for any further information

Thanking You,

Prof. Aditya K. Jagannatham
IIT Kanpur

NPTEL Open Online Certification Courses - 47 new courses open for enrollment!

Dear Students

Here is your chance to enroll and learn for free today from the faculty at the IITs!
NPTEL offers 47 new open online courses (10 hr course, 20hr course and 40hr courses) in various disciplines of Engineering&Science, Management and Humanities.

•    Duration of courses: 4 weeks, 8 weeks or 12 weeks
•    Online course start date: Jan 18, 2016
•    Last date for enrollment: Jan 25, 2016
•    Certification exam dates: Mar 20, 27 (for 10 and 20hr courses) and Apr 24, May 1(for 40 hr courses)

Anyone who is above 13 years of age can enroll for this course and learn for free at https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in.

This site uses your Google account for authentication. You can select the course and click the join button to enroll.

After enrollment you will be able to see the course contents as and when they are made available by the course instructors.

List of 10 hr courses:

1.Probability and Stochastics for finance - Mathamatics/management
2.Introduction to Reciprocal Space - Materials Science
3.Introduction to Research - Multidisciplinary

List of 20 hr courses:

1.Microwave Integrated Circuits - Electronics&Communication
2.Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory - Management
3.Estimation for Wireless Communications –MIMO/ OFDM Cellular and Sensor Networks - Electronics&Communication
4.Airplane Performance- Aerospace
5.Basics of NVH and Its Measurement - Mechanical
6.Marketing I - Management
7.Manufacturing Process Technology -Part I - Mechanical
8.MATLAB Programming for Numerical Computation - Chemical
9.Technical English for Engineers - Humanities
10.Introduction to boundary layers - Mechanical
11.Language and Mind - Humanities
12.Chemistry - II - Chemistry
13.Fundamentals of electronic materials and devices - Materials Science
14.Application of Spectroscopic Methods in Molecular Structure Determination - Chemistry
15.Analysis and Modeling of Welding - Materials Science
16.Fundamentals of optical and scanning electron microscopy - Materials Science
17.Information Security- II - Computer science
18.Project Planning & Control - Civil
19.Biostatistics and Design of experiments - Biotech
20.Principles of Human Resource Management - Management
21.Health research fundamentals - Humanities
22.Engineering Graphics - Civil
23.2016: Design and Analysis of Algorithms - Computer science
24.2016: An introduction to Haskell Programming    - Computer science
25.2016: Programming, Data structures and Algorithm - Computer science

List of 40 hr courses:

1.Stability and control of aircraft - Aerospace
2.Basics of Finite Element Analysis - Mechanical
3.Electromagnetic theory - Electrical
4.Geology and Soil Mechanics - Civil
5.Phase Diagrams in Materials Science and Engineering - Materials Science
6.Risk and Reliability of offshore structures - Ocean
7.HSE for offshore and petroleum engineers - Ocean
8.Discrete Mathematics - Mathematics
9.Fundamentals of Gas Dynamics - Mechanical
10.Artificial Intelligence: Knowledge Representation and Reasoning - Computer science
11.Introduction to Machine Learning - Computer science
12.Computational Fluid Dynamics - Chemical
13.Conduction and Convection Heat Transfer - Mechanical
14.Biochemistry - Chemistry
15.Probability and Statistics - Mathematics
16.Industrial Automation and Control - Electrical
17.Probability Methods in Civil Engineering - Civil
18.Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling - Mathematics
19.Vibration of structures - Mechanical

Happy Learning!!!!

Warm regards
NPTEL Team
(For any clarifications, please contact nptel@iitm.ac.in)

Short Course on MIMO-OFDM Wireless Communications, Feb 19 - 21, 2016 - IIT Kanpur

Dear Colleague,

A 3-Day Short Course on MIMO-OFDM Wireless Communications will be held from Feb 19 - 21, 2016  at IIT Kanpur.  The course is targeted towards faculty members of engineering colleges and M.Tech/ Ph.D. students pursuing research in MIMO-OFDM wireless systems.  Several concepts such as fading channels, diversity order, Bit-Error Rate (BER) performance etc, including aspects such as space-time coding, beamforming and others will be covered. All the classes will be conducted in "classroom" style with problem solving sessions to further enhance and consolidate understanding. Also, a MATLAB/ SIMULINK module is planned.

More information can be found at  http://www.iitk.ac.in/mwn/mimo_2016/index.html

Topics covered are given below

-Fading Wireless Channels
-Bit-Error Rate (BER) with Fading
-Multiple Antenna Systems
-Optimal Combining, Beamforming, SNR
-MIMO Systems
-Zero-Forcing, MMSE Receivers and BER
-Space-Time Codes, Alamouti Coding and BER
-OFDM Systems, Cyclic Prefix, IFFT-FFT Processing
-OFDM BER and Optimal Power Allocation
-MIMO-OFDM Systems, Performance
-MATLAB Module

Thanks,
Aditya Jagannatham
EE, IIT Kanpur

NPTEL MOOC on "Probability and Random Variables/ Processes for Wireless Communications" 

Dear Students,

I will be offering an NPTEL MOOC titled "Probability and Random Variables/
Processes for Wireless Communications" from September 14th to October
23rd. Registration is free and currently open at the link below

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc15_ec07/preview

Please forward this to students and others you know who might be
interested. The topics covered will include following

COURSE SYLLABUS:

Week 1- Basics of Probability, Conditional Probability, MAP Principle
Week 2- Random Variables, Probability Density Functions, Applications in
Wireless Channels
Week 3- Basics of Random Processes, Wireless Fading Channel Modeling
Week 4- Gaussian Random Process, Noise, Bit-Error and Impact on Wireless
Systems

Thanks,
Aditya K. Jagannatham
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
IIT Kanpur

NPTEL MOOC on "Probability and Random Variables/ Processes for Wireless Communications"

Dear Friend/ Colleague,

I will be offering an NPTEL MOOC titled "Probability and Random Variables/ Processes for Wireless Communications" from September 14th to October 23rd. Registration is free and currently open at the link below

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc15_ec07/preview

Please forward this to students and others you know who might be interested. The topics covered will include following

COURSE SYLLABUS:

Week 1- Basics of Probability, Conditional Probability, MAP Principle
Week 2- Random Variables, Probability Density Functions, Applications in Wireless Channels
Week 3- Basics of Random Processes, Wireless Fading Channel Modeling
Week 4- Gaussian Random Process, Noise, Bit-Error and Impact on Wireless Systems

Thanks,
Aditya K. Jagannatham
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
IIT Kanpur

NPTEL Open Online Certification Courses - 11 new courses open for enrollment!

2,70,000 registered users on the portal! 
3,83,000 enrollments!
7500+ certificates awarded! 
57 open online courses completed! 
Exams for 18 courses to be conducted in September!

Here is your chance to enroll and learn for free today from the faculty at the IITs!

NPTEL offers 11 new open online courses (1 20hr course and 10 10hr courses) in various disciplines of Engineering, Biotechnology and Humanities.


Anyone who is above 13 years of age can enroll for this course and learn for free at https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in.

Requirement: A google enabled email account


List of courses is:


10 hr courses: (Sep 14 - October 23 2015)

1. Principles of Downstream techniques in Bioprocess (Biotechnology)

2. Mass spectrometry based proteomics (Biotechnology)

3. Proteins and Gel-Based Proteomics (Biotechnology)

4. Basic Calculus for Engineers, Scientists and Economists (Mathematics)

5. Introduction to nonlinear dynamics (Electrical Engineering)

6. Probability and Random Variables/ Processes for Wireless Communications (Electrical Engineering)

7. Manufacturing Systems Technology part II

8. Language and society (Humanities and Social Sciences)

9. Brief introduction to Psychology (Humanities and Social Sciences)

10. Issues in Bioethics (Humanities and Social Sciences)


20 hr course (Sep 7 - Oct 31 2015)

Elements of Visual Representation (Humanities and Social Sciences)


Exam dates: 1 and 8 November 2015 (1-4 pm)

Enroll today at https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in and learn from the course you are interested in. 


Warm regards

NPTEL Team

(for any queries: email us at nptel@iitm.ac.in)

Video feedback from students for online certification courses

Dear student

Thank you for enrolling in this course and hope you are continuing with us in this journey of learning from certification courses.

We value your feedback very much and thank you if you have filled the feedback form.

We wish to now create a video on student feedback..

So please record your views about your experience of having gone through the course using the online mode of learning - your motive behind registering for the course, how you came to know about it, where do you think you could use the certificate, etc - as a video, upload it on youTube and send us the link in the url given here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YEFQ2h26EWrxTLmm0xIh_tS-D5DzxRlrI90JPU0vA-k/viewform?c=0&w=1

we would go through them and select the best videos for upload on our portal as testimonials and in other videos we create about NPTEL.

We request you to give your name, if you are a student or a working professional and other details (such as college name or work place, if you would want to), the course you took and your feedback about the same.

You can record this using your mobile phone or your laptop/desktop using a webcam or with the help of a friend. If a group of you had applied and given the exam, you could all make the video together too.

Warm regards
NPTEL team, IIT Madras

Feedback about the course

Dear student

Thank you very much for enrolling to this course and being with us through it.
Hope you enjoyed the experience and benefited from it.

Those who have not given the feedback, Please give the feedback, it will be useful useful for us.

We wish to get your feedback about the course, which is very important to us - as it gives us an idea of you found the course (the teaching, the assignments and exams), the areas where we need to improve, the processes we need to change to make it easier for you all and also other inputs on the courses you would want offered, etc.

Kindly follow the link given below and fill in the feedback form and help us improve the service we render.

We hope you continue your journey with us by taking up more courses with us. Good luck for your future.

Warm regards
- NPTEL team

Certificate Format

Dear student

We have made a small modification in the certificates.

1. The certificate for a student scoring lesser than 60% - no changes

2. A student who scores above 60% gets the tag "Elite" printed at the top of the certificate. (Please note that the silver star is not being printed for students scoring between 60-90%)

3. A student who scores above 90% will have "Elite" tag and the gold medal printed on it.

The new formats are attached here for your reference







-NPTEL Team

Announcement !!!

Dear Students,

E-Certificate will be available on  http://nptel.ac.in/noc/  portal within a week. 

NPTEL Team

Scores for the exams conducted on 22 and 29 March 2015 by NPTEl

Dear Student

Here is the much awaited announcement on scores for the NPTEL Online certification exam.Your score has been published on the NPTEL website. 

Url: http://nptel.ac.in/noc/

Please follow the steps below:

Goto http://nptel.ac.in/noc/
Click on the tab "Completed courses"
Select the course for which you wrote the exam.
On the right side of the course page, you can find the option "Candidate login"
User Name is your email id registered for the course. Your password is your date of birth in the format – ddmmyyyy
Only candidates who registered for the certification exam and wrote the exam, will be able to login here to view scores.

E-Certificate will be available on the same portal by tomorrow evening. You can download and use this too, if required.
 
Hard copy of the certificate will be sent by speed post to you by the end of this month.


Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Online Certification Team

Feedback about the course

Dear student

Thank you very much for enrolling to this course and being with us through it.
Hope you enjoyed the experience and benefited from it.

We wish to get your feedback about the course, which is very important to us - as it gives us an idea of you found the course (the teaching, the assignments and exams), the areas where we need to improve, the processes we need to change to make it easier for you all and also other inputs on the courses you would want offered, etc.

Kindly follow the link given below and fill in the feedback form and help us improve the service we render.

We hope you continue your journey with us by taking up more courses with us. Good luck for your future.

Warm regards
- NPTEL team

Solution to Assignmenst 7 and 8

Solution to assignments 7 and 8 can be downloaded from following links:

http://www.iitk.ac.in/mwn/nptel_mooc_game_theory/Assignment_7_Solutions.pdf

http://www.iitk.ac.in/mwn/nptel_mooc_game_theory/Assignment_8_Solutions.pdf

Mar 22nd/29th NOC Exam - Download your hall ticket!

Your NPTEL Online Certification Exam hall ticket for March 22nd/ 29th is available for download at the registration URL :https://www.digialm.com/EForms/configuredHtml/885/1958/login.html.  This is for proctored exam in India
It is available in another tab. Please download, print, read the instructions and carry it with you for the examination. Note that the timing is1 pm to 4 pm. NPTEL wishes you good luck.

Announcement for Non-Proctored Honour code Exam (for students not residing in India)

Dear Student:


Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the NPTEL Online certification Non-Proctored Honour code Exam for students not residing in India. Registration is open from 3rd March 2015 to 15th March 2015.  
The non-proctored honour code exam is on March 29th 1 PM IST to March 30th 1 PM IST and is open only for students who have enrolled with their country as Non-India. Students in India, please do not send us email requesting for any inclusions. The Non-proctored honour code exam is not for students in India.

Please do a money transfer of INR 1500 (or) 25 USD equivalent per course that you are registering for the certificate exam, to the account given below. You can register for a maximum of 2 certification exams only. Please fill the registration form only after doing the money transfer.

The Registration URL is: http://nptel.ac.in/noc/Non-Proctored_exam/. Please read the below Instructions carefully before registering. 

Bank account details for money transfer:
Account number: 10620824305
Bank and branch: State Bank of India , IIT Madras- 600036
SWIFT Code: SBININBB453
IFSC Code: SBIN0001055
Account type: Savings bank
Beneficiary Name: Registrar,IIT Madras

Instructions for Registration:
1) Registration login available only to candidates whose have enrolled for the course with a non-India country. The Non-proctored honour code exam is not for students in India.
2) You can only register for certification exams, for courses that you have already enrolled.
3) Exam date is March 29th 1 PM IST to March 30th 1 PM IST.
4) Please do a money transfer of INR 1500 (or) 25 USD equivalent per course that you are registering for the certificate exam, to the account that has been given above. You can register for a maximum of 2 certification exams only.
5) Please fill the registration form only after doing the money transfer.
6) You would have to upload the screen shot of the money transfer in the registration form to complete it. Incomplete forms will not be accepted.
7) Only e-certificate will be published on the website- http://nptel.ac.in/noc on your login. The e-certificate will only be published for the exams which you have registered, paid and submitted the answer sheet.
8) The e-certificate will have your final score- which is a combination of your assignment score - based on best of 3 assignments (50%) and final exam score (50%).
9) Your test score will be available only after April 15th 2015 and this will be sent as a email to you.
10)Your e-certificate will be available on the NPTEL website only after April 27th 2015.
 
Instructions for Non-Proctored Honour code Exam:
1) Download the PDF of the question paper of the course exam (s) you have registered from the websitehttps://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in in the suitable "Exam" Course that would be available for this purpose. The Question paper will be made available from 29th March 2015 1 PM to 30th March 1 PM IST - 24 hours.
2) Only PDFs will be accepted as the final answer sheet. Answer PDFs must be uploaded back in the websitehttps://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in in the suitable "Exam" Course that would be available for this purpose. This upload would be possible only from the email id with which you enrolled and registered. Format of answer PDFs to be submitted:
(a) Hand written and scanned (or)
(b) Typed and converted to PDF.
3) Only 1 PDF per course will be accepted. Ensure readability/clarity of final PDF document uploaded.
4) Evaluation will be done only for answer sheets for courses registered.
5) Last submitted answer PDF will be considered for evaluation.
6) Answer sheets cannot be submitted after 1 PM IST on 30th March 2015.

IMPORTANT NOTE :- (FOR CANDIDATES WHO HAVE ENROLLED IN MORE THAN 1 COURSE) -  Please note that once the registration form is submitted, no changes like adding or removing the chosen course(s) is possible. So, if you are choosing to write 2 course exams, please make the payment suitably and fill in the registration form. Once the registration form is submitted, your registration form will be non-editable. 

We do hope you will use this opportunity to write the NPTEL Online Certification exam. NPTEL wishes you the very best. Email us at: nptel@iitm.ac.in if you have any specify queries.

Thanks and Best wishes,
NPTEL team

Assignment 7 deadline extended

Deadline for submission of assignment 7 has been extended till Thursday, March 5, 2015, 11:59 PM.

Assignment 8 has been posted

Assignment 8 has been posted on course website.
You can submit it till Monday, March 9, 2015, 11:59 PM.

Solutions to Assignment 6

Dear all, solutions to assignment 6 have also been posted at http://www.iitk.ac.in/mwn/nptel_mooc_game_theory/Assignment_6_Solutions.pdf

Assignment 6 Solutions

Please download the solutions for assignment 6 from the following link: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~naveendv/Assignment_6_Solutions.pdf

Discussion is Live!

Hello all

Discussion hour is live and you can join it through following link:

https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/hoaevent/AP36tYfgmlhdnDODtYMGRkhMB1UR_NV5jHGM3Sj6KAKiFXxjp5pdiw

Discussion hour tomorrow!

Hello All,

We will be having a Google Hangout discussion hour tomorrow February, 28, 2015 at 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Please send your queries.


Registration deadline for certification exam extended!

Dear students,

The registration deadline for the certification exam has been extended till midnight of March 01, 2015!
Register now for the certification exam on March 22nd / 29th 2015 to earn your certificate from the IITs!

Registration Link: https://www.digialm.com/EForms/configuredHtml/885/1958/login.html


Hope you are enjoying the course and good luck with the exams.

NPTEL team

Lecture slides of week 8 lectures

Dear All,

Lecture slides for week 8 have been posted on the course website.

Week 8 lectures have been posted!

Dear All,

Week 8 lectures have been posted on the course website.

Assignment 7 has been posted!

Apology for previous two mails!
Assignment 7 has been posted on the course website. The due date to submit the solutions is Friday, 27th Feb 2015 11:59 PM.

Solutions to Assignment 5

Solutions to assignment 5 can be downloaded from the following link:
http://www.iitk.ac.in/mwn/nptel_mooc_game_theory/Assignment_5_Solutions.pdf

Static mock questions

Strategy – An introduction to Game Theory :  https://www.digialm.com/EForms/Mock/Template/index.html?885@@4
The purpose of the mock is to familiarize yourself with the pattern of the paper and the online exam platform. The static mock has been published with few sample questions (some are repetitive also) and is not exhaustive of the course content.

Format of the Online test paper for your course:

Strategy – An introduction to Game Theory (Total Marks :40)

There are 8 sections in the question paper. 
In each section there are 5 questions of MCQ type.
Total 40 questions - each 1 mark for correct answer and -0.25 marks for wrong answer.

For Final exam,
Total 40 questions - each 2.50 marks for correct answer and -0.50 marks for wrong answer.

Registrations for certification exam still open. Register today!
Registration link: https://www.digialm.com/EForms/configuredHtml/885/1958/login.html
Register now! Last date of registration is Feb 27th 2015.

PS:Tentative mock has been provided above,there may be last minute slight changes in the question paper.

Toppers of 3 completed NPTEL online certification courses

Dear students

The list of student toppers who have scored 90% and above in the completed courses - namely "Programming,Data Structures and Algorithms", "Basic Electrical Circuits" and "Introduction to Programming in C" has been published on the NPTEL website. Url: http://nptel.ac.in/noc/

Register today for the certification exams and get a chance to feature in the toppers list of your course.
https://www.digialm.com/EForms/configuredHtml/885/1958/login.html

Hope you are enjoying the course and good luck with the exams.

- NPTEL team

Assignment 6 has been posted!

Assignment 6 has been posted on the course website. The due date to submit the solutions is Monday, 23rd Feb 2015 11:59 PM.

Solution to assignment 4

Link to the solution to assignment 4 is below:
http://www.iitk.ac.in/mwn/nptel_mooc_game_theory/Assignment_4_Solutions.pdf

Only highest 3 assignment scores to be taken and question paper will include questions from assignments

Dear student

Hope you are enjoying the course, learning and submitting the assignments.

Some latest update about the certification exam.

1. Only the average of the highest 3 assignment scores will be considered for calculating the final score that will be printed on the certificate.
This has been decided based on feedback from students stating that they could not complete all the assignments and requesting us to consider an alternate method of evaluation.

2. Atleast 50% of the questions asked in the certification exam will be taken from the assignment questions posted in the course so far or be based on it.

We hope this announcement encourages you to be more confident in appearing for the certification exam and also for registering for the exam, if you haven't already done so far.

The links for the exam have already been posted along with the model of the certificates in the Announcements section of the course. 

Warm regards
NPTEL team

Discussion session is live!

You can join todays discussion session through following link: https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/hoaevent/AP36tYdKM1hhIEVr6uV23TEe30u-HW6HSmJtwQqa99SRXivep3lTow

Discussion hour tomorrow

We will be having a Google hangout discussion hour tomorrow, February 10, 2015 between 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM.

Please send your queries.

Week 6 videos posted!

Week 6 videos and lecture slides have been posted. In week 6, we cover the following topics:

  1. Auctions
  2. Sealed Bid First Price Auction
  3. Expected Revenue
  4. Bayesian Second Price Auction
  5. Expected Revenue: Second Price Auction
  6. All Pay Auction

Hope you are enjoying the course! All the best.

Solution to assignment 3

Solution to assignment 3 has been posted.
  
You can download it from following link:

http://www.iitk.ac.in/mwn/nptel_mooc_game_theory/Assignment_3_Solutions.pdf

Assignment 5

Assignment 5 has been posted online. The due date to submit the solutions is Monday, 16th Feb 2015 11:59 PM.

Certificates from the IITs! Register for exam now!

Dear All,

Registration Link:https://www.digialm.com/EForms/configuredHtml/885/1958/login.html

Register now for the certification exam on March 22th / 29th 2015 to earn your certificate from the IITs!

Above 90%


Above 60%



Others


   Regards
---NPTEL----

An article on game theory in sports

An interesting article on game theoretic analysis of a recent N.F.L Super Bowl game appears in NY Times. You can enjoy the article at
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/03/upshot/game-theory-says-pete-carrolls-call-at-goal-line-is-defensible.html

Week 5 videos have been posted

Week 5 videos and lecture slides have been posted. In week 5, we cover the following topics:

  1. Bayesian Games
  2. Bayesian Game: BoS
  3. Bayesian Nash Equilibrium
  4. Yield vs Fight
  5. Yield vs. Fight: Bayesian NE
  6. Bayesian Cournot Game
  7. Bayesian Games with mixed strategies
Hope you are enjoying the course! All the best.

Discussion session is live!

Discussion over google hangout is live You can join through following link: Today's hangout session is on air. You can join through following link:

 https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/hoaevent/AP36tYcBIx0ODBasTEQOQJkFHeAEsZBMQ5B9M6rm4I18ChdzkyRxgg

Discussion Session today

We will be having a discussion session today from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM over Google hangout.
Kindly send your queries so that we can discuss them during the discussion hour.

The hangout is on air!

Today's hangout session is on air.
You can join through following link:

https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/hoaevent/AP36tYcBIx0ODBasTEQOQJkFHeAEsZBMQ5B9M6rm4I18ChdzkyRxgg

Discussion over Google hangout

Dear all Google hangout session is on. You can join the session through following link

 https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/hoaevent/AP36tYeG9fLxcSuPm4eDTW31xo2n0_MNVzaTwPm_TC4oArmimavmuw

Discussion Session today

Due to some technical problem we could not start the discussion session today over the hangout.
We apologise for it and we will have a discussion hour tomorrow February 2nd at 6:30 PM
Thanks!

Discussion hour today

We apologise for delay in hangout session. We are going to start it shortly.

Discussion session on Sunday, Feb 1, between 5 PM to 6 PM

We will be having a discussion session on Google hangout on Sunday, Feb 1, 2015, between 5 PM to 6 PM. Please send your queries so that we can answer them during discussion hour. It is to remind you that deadline for submission of assignment 3 is also approaching. Please submit it if you have not done it yet.

Assignment 4 has been posted!

Assignment 4 has been posted on the course website. The deadline to submit the assignment is 11:59 PM, Monday, Feb 9th, 2015. Please note that the assignment can be submitted only once. All the best!

Solutions to assignment 2

You can download the solutions to assignment 2 from the following link:
 http://www.iitk.ac.in/mwn/nptel_mooc_game_theory/Assignment_2_Solutions.pdf

Sorry for the delay in posting the solutions.

Week 4 lectures are online

Week 4 videos have been posted. It is also to remind that assignment 3 has been posted. The deadline for submission is 11:59 PM, Monday, Feb 2nd, 2015. Hope you enjoy the course!

Assignment 3 has been posted

Assignment 3 has been posted on the course website. You can find the assignment in the course outline on the left side of the webpage. It is a multiple choice questions based assignment. The deadline to submit the assignment is 11:59 PM, Monday, Feb 2nd, 2015. Please note that the assignment can be submitted only once.


All the best!

Please join the hangout through this link.

Please join the hangout through this link.

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Hangout

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Link to join the hangout

Link to join the hangout :
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We will have a discussion through Hangout on Air feature of Google. The hangout is live now. Please search in your Hangout on Air account using the keywords: MOOC Game Theory.

Discussion session on Friday, 23rd January 2015 from 6 PM to 7 PM

Greetings!
We will be having a discussion session on Google hangout between 6 PM to 7 PM. Please send your queries so that we can answer them during discussion hour.

Discussion on hangout

We will start the hangout on air shortly and mail the link to join the hangout.

Registration open for certification exam


Dear Students,

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the certification exam. 

The registration for the certification exam is open to all students enrolled in the course.

Registration will be open from 22st JAN 2015 12 noon (Thursday) until 27th FEB 2015 5 PM (Friday).  


The certification exam registration URL is : https://www.digialm.com/EForms/configuredHtml/885/1958/login.html 


Dates of exam: 22nd March 2015 (or) 29th March 2015 (exams for all 12 courses will be conducted on both the dates)

Exam Session time: 1 PM - 4 PM

Examination Centers: The exam is to be conducted in 100 cities across India whose list is available on the registration form.

Registration fees: Rs 1000/-

Mode of payment: Only online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking

Hall ticket: The hall ticket will be available for download from 2nd week of March 2015 onwards.

Where to check your payment status?

In the following url, http://nptel.ac.in/noc, we shall be posting the status of your payments.

Your status will be updated within 2 business days of your transaction.

If your status is not a success and you have not received an email confirming payment, this means that your payment has not reached us.

So kindly re-register and make the payment again. Any funds deducted will be reverted to your account by the payment gateway.

Who will get a certificate?

Any candidate who registers and attends the certification exam will get a certificate. 

Will the score appear on the certificate?

Yes. The scores obtained by the student in the assignments and in the proctored exam will be used to compute the final score printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website, where on logging in, your assignment scores and your score in the proctored certification exam will be displayed. Please do regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.

IMPORTANT NOTE :- (FOR CANDIDATES WHO HAVE ENROLLED IN MORE THAN 1 COURSE) 

Please note that once the registration form is submitted after payment, no changes like adding or removing the chosen course, exam date, city is possible. So, if you are choosing to write 2 course exams, please choose suitably and make the payment. It is not possible to pay later for the second course. Once the payment is made, the registration form will be non-editable. 


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Solutions to Assignment 1

You can download the solutions to assignment 1 from the following link:
http://www.iitk.ac.in/mwn/nptel_mooc_game_theory/Assignment_1_Solutions.pdf

The link to the solutions has also been posted on the course webpage in the Quiz 1 section.

Week 3 lectures are online

Week 3 videos and lecture slides have been posted.

Also a reminder that assignment 2 has been posted. The deadline for submission is 11:59 PM, Monday, Jan 26th, 2015.


Hope you enjoy the course!

Reminder: Assignment 1

Note that the deadline to submit assignment a is today, 11:59 PM, Monday, Jan 19th, 2015. Also, we will post the solutions to the assignment 1 tomorrow.

Assignment 2 has been posted

Assignment 2 has been posted on the course website. You can find the assignment in the course outline on the left side of the webpage. It is a multiple choice questions based assignment. The deadline to submit the assignment is 11:59 PM, Monday, Jan 26th, 2015. Please note that the assignment can be submitted only once.


All the best!

Link to join the hangout

Link to join the hangout:

https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/hoaevent/AP36tYdRKXLImQeXJnCUlJ-XSIg1WOBakJpPH0MeKfNFwMV5oF7Hfg

Disucssion through Hangout on Air

We will have a discussion through Hangout on Air feature of Google. The hangout is live now. Please search in your Hangout on Air account using the keywords: NPTEL Course "Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory". You will be able to join the discussion.

Discussion session on Friday, 16th January 2015 from 6 PM to 7 PM

We will have a hangout session on Friday, 16th January 2015 from 6 PM to 7 PM. Please send your questions/ doubts so that we can answer them during the discussion session on the Hangout. 

Since some of you faced difficulties in joining the hangout last week, we will try to have this week's discussion using Google's hangout on air feature. We will soon update you about how to join the discussion.

We look forward to interacting with you soon

Week 2 videos posted!

Week 2 videos and lecture slides have been posted. In week 2, we cover the following topics:

  1. Tragedy of Commons
  2. Cournot Duopoly
  3. Mixed Strategies
  4. Battle of Sexes: Best Response Dynamics
  5. Paying Taxes
  6. Portfolio Management Game

Also a reminder that assignment has been posted. The deadline for submission is 11:59 PM, Monday, Jan 19th, 2015.


Hope you enjoy the course!

Assignment 1 has been posted

Assignment 1 has been posted on the course website. You can find the assignment in the course outline on the left side of the webpage. It is a multiple choice questions based assignment. The deadline to submit the assignment is 11:59 PM, Monday, Jan 19th, 2015. Please note that the assignment can be submitted only once.


All the best!

Joining the Hangout

There will we an option to join the hangout on the left side of the videos below the course structure. You join the discussion through that link.

Reminder: Discussion session today, Friday, 9th Jan 2015 from 6 PM to 7 PM

A gentle reminder that we will have a hangout session today, Friday, 9th January 2015 from 6 PM to 7 PM. Please send your questions/ doubts so that we can answer them during the discussion session on the Hangout

Hangout is Live!

Please join us on the hangout, it is live now.

Discussion session on Friday, 9th January 2015 from 6 PM to 7 PM

We hope that you are finding the lectures interesting. 

We will have a hangout session on Friday, 9th January 2015 from 6 PM to 7 PM. Please send your questions/ doubts before Friday so that we can answer them during the discussion session on the Hangout. 

We look forward to interacting with you soon.

Lecture Slides

You can download the lecture slides for each lecture from the link given below the respective videos on the course website.

Week 1 videos posted!

Welcome to the course on GameTheory. Week 1 videos and lecture slides have been posted. Hope you enjoy the course!

Procedure to view lectures and download lecture slides

Step 1: Go to the course website
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc15_mg02
Step 2: Log in with the username and password that was used to register for the course.
Step 3: On the left side of the screen, the lecture outline will be visible. Please click on the lecture that you want to view.
Step 4: The link to download the lecture slides is provided below the video.

A detailed guide with screenshots can be downloaded from the following link:
http://www.iitk.ac.in/mwn/nptel_mooc_game_theory/help_nptel.pdf

Welcome to the course on Game Theory!

Welcome to the course on Game Theory. This course aims to provide participants with a comprehensive treatment of game theory with specific emphasis on a wide variety of problems involving diverse areas such as Markets, Auctions, Online Retail, Cold War, Paying Taxes, Bargaining, Elections, Portfolio Management etc. Therefore, both undergraduate and postgraduate students and professionals from diverse backgrounds such as Scientists, Engineers, Managers, Politicians and Political Scientists, Economists, Mathematicians etc will find the course content useful.


We are excited to begin the course. The course will go live from Monday, 05 January 2015.

Topics that will be covered in week 1 include:

  1. Introduction Examples: Markets/ Politics/ Auctions
  2. Prisoners’ Dilemma – Examples- Cooperation in Projects, Cold War
  3. Dominant Strategy Equilibrium – Why online sites compete to sell at lower prices
  4. Best Response and Nash Equilibrium
  5. Stag Hunt – Coordination and Bank Runs
  6. Battle of Sexes and Multiple Nash Equilibria

Suggested Readings:

Few suggested readings for this course are:
  1. Martin Osborne, An Introduction to Game Theory, Oxford University Press.
  2. Ken Binmore, Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press.

The following video lectures might be helpful too.
  1. Game Theory, Open Yale courses, http://oyc.yale.edu/economics/econ-159
  2. Game Theory, MIT OCW, http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-126-game-theory-spring-2010/

Hope you enjoy this course. Thank you for joining us and, again, welcome.

Aditya Jagannatham and Vimal Kumar