CSN-101: Introduction to Computer Science and Engineering
(Autumn 2019-2020)

B. Tech. (CSE) I Year, Semester I

Course Instructor: Sudip Roy

Teaching Assistants: Sumit Sharma (PhD Student), Debraj Kundu (PhD Student), Bhupender singh (MTech II Year Student) and Jitendra Giri Goswami (MTech II Year Student)

 

Announcements

• Students who have registered for this course, please join in Piazza.com class [Sign-up link: piazza.com/iitr.ac.in/fall2019/csn101].
• Class will start from July 26 (Friday), 2019.

 

Course Outline

• This is a course of Two (2) credits.
• It consists of Two (2) lecture hours per week.
  
• The basic thrust of the course would be to familiarize the students with the discipline of Computer Science and Engineering.
• We will try to stick to the basic course outline as given in Syllabus, but may deviate a bit.
  
• Prerequisite: Nil.
• Performance Evaluation: Class Work Sessional (CWS) = 15%, Mid-Term Exam (MTE) = 35%, End-Term Exam (ETE) = 50%.
• CWS (15% marks) will be computed by a weighted sum of different components.

 

General Information

• This is a core course for B.Tech. (CSE) I year students (Total Strength: ~85).

• Lecture Class Timings:
  Mondays: 4 - 5 pm, Fridays: 5 - 6 pm
  Lecture Venue: LHC-005

• Course Web-page: http://faculty.iitr.ac.in/~sudiproy.fcs/courses/csn101_2019.html

• Piazza Course Site: https://piazza.com/iitr.ac.in/fall2019/csn101

• Moodle site: https://moodle.iitr.ac.in/course/view.php?id=45

• Office time to meet the Course Instructor (For any kind of doubt clearing): Mondays (5 - 6 pm)
  (To confirm the availability, please send an email before coming)

 

Study Materials

Books:
[B1] M. Morris Mano, “Computer System Architecture”, Pearson India, 3rd Edition, 2008.

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