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IIT Delhi via NPTEL

Introduction to Problem Solving and Programming

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Overview

Computer Science and Engineering course by Prof. S. Arun Kumar.

Syllabus 8

  1. Computing: The Functional Way
    • Introduction to computing
    • Our computing tool
    • Primitives: Integer & Real
    • Example : Fibonacci
    • Primitives: Booleans
  2. Algorithms: Design & Refinement
    • Technical completeness & Algorithms
    • Algorithm Refinement
    • Variations: Algorithms & code
    • Names,Scopes & Recursion
  3. Introducing Reals
    • Floating point
    • Root Finding,Composition and Recursion
  4. Correctness, Termination & Complexity
    • Termination and space complexity
    • Efficiency measures and Speed-ups
    • Invariance & Correctness
  5. Compound Data
    • Tuples, Lists & the Generation of Primes
    • Compound Data & Lists
    • Compound Data & Lists Algorithms
  6. Higher Order Functions & Structured Data
    • Higher order Functions
    • Structured data
    • user defined structured data types
  7. Imperative Programming: An Introduction
    • Introducing a memory model
    • Imperative programming
    • Arrays
  8. A large Example: Tautology Checking
    • Large Example : Tautology Checking
    • Tautology Checking contd

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages

  • Taught by IIT and IISc professors, and it follows the Indian university syllabus closely.
  • All videos and assignments are free on NPTEL and SWAYAM.
  • The certificate is recognised by many Indian universities for credit transfer and by GATE aspirants.
  • Great for GATE and semester exam preparation.
  • Taught by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, one of the strongest names in its field.
  • Completely free.
  • Self-paced: start any time.
  • A clear syllabus (8 parts) you can see before you start.

Disadvantages

  • The certificate needs a proctored exam at a centre, which has a fee.
  • Recorded classroom lectures: thorough, but slower than made-for-online courses.
  • New runs start on fixed dates (January and July).
  • Learning is free, but the certificate costs money.

Some points apply to every course of this kind; see how we rank.

Free to learn

  • Free: Every video and assignment is free on NPTEL and SWAYAM. Enrol when the next run opens.
  • Certificate: Optional. It needs a proctored exam at a centre, which has a fee.

Taught by

  • Prof. S. Arun KumarIIT Delhi

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi is in Tier 1: world-leading universities and India's top institutes of our institution ranking (96/100).

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