Excellence in Research and Teaching: The Department of CSE at IIT Kharagpur (P.G)

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, was formed in 1980. Since its inception, the department has been recognized all over the world for excellence in research and teaching. The department has a thriving research environment with active research groups in the areas of Algorithms and Theory, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Bioinformatics, Cryptography and Security, Complex and Social Networks, Data and Web Mining, Formal Methods, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, Software Engineering, and Systems and Networking. Graduates from the department have excellent placement records, and many ex-students of the department occupy top positions in both academia and industry all over the world. The department provides excellent facilities for MTech students. The course work is rigorous. The curriculum includes three rigorous core theory courses and two rigorous core lab courses to lay strong foundations to the students. There is a wide variety of specialized electives encompassing many areas of Computer Science. The MTech project requires the student to spend one year on a substantial research topic and often leads to very significant research and development work. There are good opportunities to do collaborative project work with industry.?

CS - Computer Science and Engineering Course Contents:

Core Courses:

Algorithm Design and Analysis, Foundations of Computing Science, High Performance Computer Architecture, Computing Lab, Design Lab, Seminar, Project.

Elective courses (not exhaustive):

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Advanced Machine Learning, Deep Learning, AI and Ethics, Speech and Natural Language Processing, Advanced Digital Image Processing and Computer Vision, Complex Networks, Information Retrieval, Intelligent Systems, Data Warehousing and Data Mining, Social Computing, Reinforcement Learning, Scalable Data Mining. Cryptography and Network Security, Hardware Security, Foundations of Cryptography, Usable Security and Privacy, Theory and Applications of Blockchain. Advanced Graph Theory, Computational Complexity, Computational Number Theory, Logic for Computer Science, Principles of Programming Languages, Computational Geometry, Parallel and Distributed Algorithms, Selected Topics in Algorithms, Approximate and Randomized Algorithms, Algorithmic Game Theory. Distributed Systems, Database Engineering, Object Oriented Systems, Internet Protocols and Applications, Software Engineering, Real Time Systems, Fault Tolerant Systems, Geographical Information Systems, Performance Evaluation and Reliability of Information Systems, Embedded Systems, Smartphone Computing and Applications, Ubiquitous Computing. Testing and Verification of Circuits, VLSI System Design, Advances in Digital and Mixed Signal Testing, CAD for VLSI Design, Low Power Circuits and Systems. Algorithms for Bioinformatics, Computational Biophysics: Algorithms to Applications, High Performance Parallel Programming.

Areas of Research:

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Computer Systems and Networking, Cryptography and Security, Computer Vision and Image Processing, Computer Graphics and Computational Geometry, Formal Systems, Embedded Systems, Software Engineering, Natural Language Processing, Complex Networks, Social Computing.

General Information for Applicants Admission

Admission to the Joint M.Tech./MCP–Ph.D programme of the Institute is open to all Indian Nationals under the following categories:

1. Regular applicants with assistantship (through GATE)

2. B. Tech students graduated / graduating (final semester) from IITs having a CGPA 8.00 or above (out of 10)

3. Sponsored applicants

The admission will be based on either GATE Score & Interview or on GATE Score only

Important Note: 1. Based on the availability of seats after the final round of allotment, an additional round of allocation (online) may be conducted to fill the vacant seats. The modalities of the additional round (if any), will be announced later in the JMP Website.

Eligibility and Assistantship for Regular Applicants (through GATE)

? Applicants under all categories must possess a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture or Masters degree in Science/Arts or qualifications obtained through examinations conducted by professional societies recognized by UPSC/AICTE, e.g. AMIE.

? Applicants must qualify in a GATE paper appropriate to the discipline of their qualifying degree if a GATE paper is available in such a discipline. Only for those disciplines where there is no relevant GATE paper, XE/XL/XH papers of the GATE examination is applicable.

? Candidates seeking admission to Joint M.Tech/MCP-Ph.D Programme of the Institute should have the following academic qualification. – For institutes a) awarding degree based on aggregate marks secured in all years of the qualifying degree OR b) awarding degree based on aggregate marks secured in the final two semesters or final year of the qualifying degree:

? GE/OBC/EWS: Minimum of 60% marks (OR a CGPA of 6.5 on a 10 point scale) ? SC/ST/PwD: Minimum of 55% marks (OR a CGPA of 6.0 on a 10 point scale)

– CGPA will not be converted to percentage if the degree awarding Institute provides marks in CGPA system. Their admission will be based on the CGPA mentioned in the transcript. No conversion of marks from percentage to CGPA will be accepted.

? Admission to reserved category candidates will be as per Government of India rules.

? Applicants must be in good health. In case of any discrepancy found in the certificate of medical fitness to be submitted during registration, the opinion of the Institute Medical Officer will be final.

? Persons with Physical Disability (PwD) seeking admission to various postgraduate programmes are to appear before a medical board on or before October 31, 2022 at IIT Kharagpur. The decision of the Medical Board is final and becomes a binding to the candidate.

? Selection of applicants whose results in the qualifying degree examination are yet to be declared will be provisional, subject to the condition that all parts of the examination must be completed in all respects before the date of joining the Institute and the marksheet/certificate as evidence of passing the qualifying examination is to be submitted latest by October 31, 2021.

? B. Tech students graduated / graduating (final semester) from IITs having a CGPA 8.00 or above (out of 10) are eligible for direct admission without having to appear in either GATE. Please visit homepage of IIT Kharagpur https://www.iitkgp.ac.in for details and application procedure.

? Students in the two-year M.Tech/MCP programme receive an assistantship of Rs. 12,400/- per month and Rs. 31,000/- per month after enrolment to Ph.D. programme. After completion of Ph.D. registration seminar, the students will receive an additional amount of Rs. 4,000/- per month for one year.

? An applicant admitted to a post-graduate programme with assistantship will not be eligible for admission with assistantship in any other programme at this institute or any other Institution on the basis of the same GATE scorecard.

Application Fee

The application fee is Rs. 500/- for GE/OBC/EWS Male/Transgender Candidates and Rs. 250/- for all Female or PwD/SC/ST Candidates. The application fee is non-refundable.

Fee payment has to be made in online mode and all the necessary qualifying certificates and documents have to be scanned and uploaded at the registration portal at the time of submitting the application. IIT Kharagpur does not ask to send hardcopy of the application and documents.

The candidates, who receive offers from IIT Kharagpur (based on GATE score and opt for “Accept & Freeze” on the “Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP)” have to pay a seat booking fee of Rs. 30,000/- (Rupees thirty thousand only) as per the existing rules of the Institute.

How to Apply (Regular Applicants through GATE Score)

Application for Joint M. Tech/MCP-Ph. D programme is to be submitted only by an ONLINE process by accessing the website https://gateoffice.iitkgp.ac.in/jmp. Candidates are required to register in the Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP) (https://coap.iitkgp.ac.in) first before applying for Joint M. Tech/MCP-Ph.D programmes in the Institute (https://gateoffice.iitkgp.ac.in/jmp). COAP registration number will be required to apply for admission in the Institute.

The application fee is Rs. 500/- for GE/EWS/OBC Male/Transgender candidates and Rs. 250/- for all Female or PwD/SC/ST candidates. The application fee is non-refundable.

Fee payment has to be made online only and all other necessary qualifying certificates and documents such as caste certificates, PwD certificates etc have to be scanned and uploaded at the time of submitting the application. Hardcopy of the application and documents are not required.

However, the applicants are advised to keep a copy of the completed application form for their record.?