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Problem solving through Programming In C

ABOUT THE COURSE 
This course is aimed at enabling the students to

·  formulate simple algorithms for arithmetic and logical problems
·  translate the algorithms to programs (in C language)
·  test and execute the programs and  correct syntax and logical errors
·  implement conditional branching, iteration and recursion
·  decompose a problem into functions and synthesize a complete program using divide and conquer approach
·  use arrays, pointers and structures to formulate algorithms and programs
·  apply programming to solve matrix addition and multiplication problems and searching and sorting problems 
apply programming to solve simple numerical method problems, namely rot finding of function, differentiation of function and simple integration.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:
  • BE/BTech  in all disciplines
  • BCA/MCA/M. Sc
CORE/ELECTIVE: Core

UG/PG: UG 

INDUSTRY SUPPORT :
  • All IT Industries

65741 students have enrolled already!!

COURSE INSTRUCTOR

Anupam Basu is Professor in the Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, and has been an active researcher in the areas of Cognitive and Intelligent Systems, Embedded Systems and Language Processing, Presently he is acting as the Chairman and Head of the Center for Educational Technology, IIT Kharagpur. He has developed several embedded system based tools empowering the physically challenged and has led several national projects in the area.

He has taught at the University of California, Irvine at the Center for Embedded Systems. He is an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. The awards won by him include the State Award for the Best Contribution to the Cause of Empowerment of the Disabled (2014), Universal Design Award 2011, for contributions in design for the disabled, by National Council for Promotion of Employment of Disabled Persons, India, the National Award for the Best Technology Innovation for the Physically Disabled (2007) and the Da-Vinci Award 2004 from the Engineering Society of Detroit. 

COURSE LAYOUT : 

Week 1: Introduction to Problem Solving through programs, Flowcharts/Pseudo codes, 
              The compilation process, Syntax and Semantic errors, Variables and Data Types 

Week 2: Arithmetic expressions, Relational Operations, Logical expressions; Introduction to Conditional Branching
   
Week 3: Conditional Branching and Iterative Loops

Week 4: Arranging things : Arrays

Week 5: 2-D arrays, Character Arrays and Strings 

Week 6: Basic Algorithms including Numerical Algorithms

Week 7: Functions and Parameter Passing by Value

Week 8:Passing Arrays to Functions, Call by Reference

Week 9:Recursion

Week 10: Structures and Pointers

Week 11:Self-Referential Structures and Introduction to Lists

Week 12: Advanced Topics

REFERENCES:

Textbooks:
1. Byron Gottfried, Schaum's Outline of Programming with C, McGraw-Hill
2.  E. Balaguruswamy, Programming in ANSI C, Tata McGraw-Hill
Reference Books:
1. Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, The C Programming Language, Prentice Hall of India

CERTIFICATION EXAM :
  • The exam is optional for a fee.
  • Date of Exam: April 27th 2019 (Saturday).
  • Time of Exam: Morning session 9am to 2 noon; Afternoon session: 2pm to 5pm
  • Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
  • The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published.
CERTIFICATION:

  • Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score
  • The performance in the assignments will contribute 25% of the final certification score. For this, each of the assignments will be graded out of 100. 

    For the 12 Weeks MCQ (Quiz) based assignments, best 8 scores will be averaged for computation of 12.5% weightage.
    Scores of the best 7 out of 9 programming assignments (Week 4 to Week 12) will be averaged and will be considered for the remaining 12.5% weightage.
  • E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.