M.Tech.

Program in CSE, IIT Bombay

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G. Sivakumar,Professor and Head,

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Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
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Mumbai 400076, India
office@cse.iitb.ac.in
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Phone: 91-22-2576 7701. Fax: +91-22-2572 0290

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Brief Overview [5-10 mins]

Full Screen • CSE M.Tech. Program Overview
• Input Diversity and Categories
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• Some Important Features
• Future Plans
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 CSE MTech. Overview

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• Faculty(25)
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• Students(120 approx).
– Masters (M.Tech.)(50-60 per year average)
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65 admitted in 2003 (easily the largest in IITs/IISc).
100% placement already for June 2004 graduates.
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– Dual Degree(15 per year)
First batch will graduate in June 2005.
 Current Program Structure
• Compulsory Courses/Project
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– Communications Skills (I-sem)
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– Software Labortory (I-Sem)
– Seminar (I-sem)
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– M.Tech. Dissertation (from 2nd Semester middle)

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• Electives
– Spread over first 3 semesters.
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– With consent of Facad/Guide
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 Core Soft Skills
Communication
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• Written
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Met in current curriculum by a Humanities Dept. Course.
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Supplemented by a compulsory Seminar in the First Semester.
What else is desirable? Time managament, Self-Evaluation, Auditing of
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 Seminar
Teaches several aspects to students.
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• Independent Study
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– Searching for Research Papers
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– Deciding what/how to read further...
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• Technical Writing
– Explain in your own words
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– Choose good running examples
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 Core Hard Skills
For CSE Dept. this is always a dilemma.
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Isn’t GATE(CS) a guarantee that all UG level courses/skills are completed
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Various IITs draw the line differently. At IIT-Bombay only 1 compulsory hard
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Software Practice Laboratory
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where all students are brought up to speed on software tools.

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 Electives
All other courses are elective. Major issues-
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• Outside Department
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– EE
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– Maths
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– School of Management
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• Combined with UG students
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– UGs with CPI ¿ 7.5 are allowed.
– Sometimes causes unhealthy competition.
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Ideas of Streams/Specializations not yet implemented.
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 Current Elective Offerings

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 Current Elective Offerings
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