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ICS Lecture 1

CSL1010 is an introductory computer science course covering fundamentals of computers, programming, and computational thinking. The syllabus includes topics such as computer organization, data representation, programming constructs, object-oriented programming, and programming paradigms. Evaluation will be based on exams, projects, labs, and quizzes, with a strict policy against cheating.

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ICS Lecture 1

CSL1010 is an introductory computer science course covering fundamentals of computers, programming, and computational thinking. The syllabus includes topics such as computer organization, data representation, programming constructs, object-oriented programming, and programming paradigms. Evaluation will be based on exams, projects, labs, and quizzes, with a strict policy against cheating.

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CSL1010: Introduction to

Computer Science
About Me

• Professor, CSE department - December 2019 onwards


• Faculty, IIIT Delhi - 2009 - 2019
• PhD, West Virginia University, USA

• Research Area: AI, ML, Biometrics, Forensics, Medical Image Analysis


• Image Analysis and Biometrics Lab@CSE IIT Jodhpur
Tutors and Teaching Assistants

• Will be shared shortly


• Weekly labs will be scheduled

Google Classroom Code


What is this course about?

Why do you need to study this course?


What is this course about?

• Fundamentals of computers
• Fundamentals of programming
• Computational thinking
Syllabus - broadly

• Basics: • Programming:
• Organization, • Data representation,
• Operating system • Programming constructs
• Computational thinking • Object oriented programming
• Programming paradigms
Syllabus… detailed syllabus
• Introduction: Basics of computer organization: illustration using Arduino, Operating System,
Computational Thinking: Problem solving, system design, algorithms.

• Basics of Data Representation: Binary representation: Integer, Fixed point and oating point
numbers, variables, arrays and linked-list, data-types

• Programming Constructs: Imperative programming, statements, control constructs, procedures,


functions and program structure, pointers, structures, storage. Simple I/O, File I/O. Examples in
C.

• Object oriented Programming: Concept of class, instances, encapsulation, inheritance, static


Methods and class Methods, object memory management, illustrations using C and Python.
Lists, Tuples, Sets, Dictionaries, Generators Modules, packages, containers.

• Programming Paradigms: Functional programming, The lambda operator, Procedural programming,


Dynamic typing, Polymorphism Dynamic Binding and Duck Typing, Illustrations using Python.
Books
Tentative Evaluation Policy

• Exams: 50% (20-30) • Projects: group based


• Labs: 25% • Rest all: individual
• Quizzes: 10% • No cheating will be tolerated
• Project: 15% • Institute attendance policy will be
applied.
Why do you need to study this course?

• I am from non-CSE, non-AI program, or from non-circuital branches, why do


I need this course?
Why do you need to study this course?

• Today, automation and problem solving skills are at the core of any problem

• How do you solve a problem computationally?


History of Computing

Abacus, 16th century Blaise Pascal, 17th century Jacquard’s loom, 18th century
History of Computing

• 1850: Analytical Engine, Charles Babbage and Ada Byron


• 1939 - 1942: Atanasoff Berry Computer - binary system of of arithmetic,
parallel processing, regenerative memory, separation of memory and
computing functions etc.

• 1940s - Colossus - a vacuum tube computing machine which broke Hitler's


codes during WW II.

• 1946 - ENIAC - World's rst electronic, large scale, general-purpose


computer, built by Mauchly and Eckert,

fi
That’s all for today.

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