Computer Programming &
Utilization(CS 101)
Pushpak Bhattacharya
Course Organization
Computers
everywhere
Ovens, washing machines and toys
Banks & Hospitals
Transport Reservations, Signaling
Aircraft and industrial plant
controllers
Missiles and satellites,
and many more
Why
so prevalent
They solve a variety of problems
Efficient maintenance of large no. of
data
Precise control of movements
Automation of many boring manual
processes
In
all
They
improve the quality of life
Your Job
Many improvements are made and many more to come
You, tomorrow's quality scientists and Engineers, are
responsible for this
You need to develop
expertise in using computers,
Ability to solve more problems using computers
Objectives of this course
Broad Objectives
Introduce use of computers
Understand how computers work
Give an idea of the problems solved by computers
Develop skills for effective problem solving using computers
Write programs in a
high level language
Course
Organization
Lectures (
twice a week )
Monday,
Thursday 8:30 to 9:30
or 14:00
to 15:00
Tutorials
(once a week)
Wednesday 15:00 to 16:30
Labs. (once a
week)
Monday to
Friday
18:00 to 20:30
and 20:30 to 23:00
Course
Instructors
Lectures
myself, Pushpak Bhattacharya, CSE Dept.
Tutorials
in small
batches in separate rooms (MB)
you will know
your batch soon
conducted by
teaching assistants (TA)
Labs also
conducted by TAs
Lectures
introduce
general concepts of programming
Example
programs to illustrate
Focus on language independent concepts
Less
emphasis on details, as it is language dependent
application
of concepts more important
concepts
better learnt by reading, writing, compiling and running programs
tutorials
and lab for this
Tutorials
Discussion
of problems and their solutions
Clarification
of topics covered in lectures
Tutorials
in small batches ( ~ 25 students)
Each
batch will have a Teaching Assistant
Tutorials
involve writing programs on paper
Tutorial
problems given at appropriate times
Tutorials
start from next week
Details
on the course web page
Laboratory
Lab.
for compiling and running programs
advisable
to write and analyze programs first
tutorial
problems may be used for lab.
NO
SEPARATE lab assignments
One
major project starting in the middle
Lab
- ground floor of Math's dept.
~75
students at a time (3 tutorial batches)
you
will be assigned a time slot
Lab.
starts next week ( more details later)
Evaluation
end
semester examination 50 %
mid
semester examination 30 %
two/three
quizzes 10 %
lab+project
10 %
all exams will be closed book and
notes
emphasis
on developing and writing good, correct programs for various problems
quizzes
conducted during tutorials
Lab
Project
emphasis on
developing a complete solution
choose and
formulate a problem
develop ideas
for efficient solution
code and
compile
document and demonstrate
choice of
problem not important
choose what
you like most
choose early (
before mid-semester)
Books
Two easily
available books on Fortran
Introduction
to Fortran 90/95, S. Chapman, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1999
Introduction
to programming in Fortran 90 and 95, V. Rajaraman, Prentice-Hall India, 1995.
Other books
for problems
Other
Books
How
to solve it by computer, R. Dromey, Prentice-Hall India.
Art
of Computer Programming, Vol. I, II, III, D. E. Knuth, Addison Wesley.
Emphasis
on solving problems rather than textual material.
Problems
from mathematics / science and engineering
Course Web Page
For all information see
http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~cs101
For any help contact
TAs via email
Your Conduct
Lectures
interactive
Basic
course on programming
Course
common to all I yearites
No
background assumed
If you
know,
Please
keep quiet (try to learn more)
Strictly
No talking ( free to sleep!)
Think
of your poor friends, help them
Your Conduct
Tutorials
Venue
for interaction & clarification
TA s
will hold
Make
full use of them
Labs.
Hands-on
experience very essential
Again
make full use of the labs. (free labs. possible)
Strict
observance of rules given in the web page (be aware of them)