GATE Syllabus for CSE (Computer Science Engineering) 2023

IIT Kharagpur has released the GATE Syllabus for CSE (Computer Science Engineering). Candidates who are aspiring to attempt the GATE exam for computer science engineering paper can check out the syllabus for CSE 2023. It is essential for candidates to unlock all the topics and relevant concepts under the GATE syllabus for computer science engineering to ensure they are thoroughly prepared for the exam. Though the exam officials have released the GATE 2023 CSE syllabus, students can also refer to this article to get a comprehensive understanding of the GATE Syllabus For CSE (Computer Science Engineering).

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GATE Syllabus for CSE (Computer Science Engineering) 2023

Section 1: Engineering Mathematics

1. Discrete Mathematics: Propositional and first order logic. Sets, relations, functions, partial orders and lattices. Monoids, Groups. Graphs: connectivity, matching, coloring. Combinatorics: counting, recurrence relations, generating functions.
2. Linear Algebra: Matrices, determinants, system of linear equations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, LU decomposition
3. Calculus:  Limits, continuity and differentiability. Maxima and minima. Mean value theorem. Integration.
4. Probability: Random variables. Uniform, normal, exponential, poisson and binomial
   Mean, median, mode and standard deviation. Conditional probability and Bayes theorem.

Section 2: Digital Logic

• Boolean algebra. Combinational and sequential circuits. Minimization. Number representations and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating point).

Section 3: Computer Organization and Architecture

• Machine instructions and addressing modes. ALU, data-path and control unit. Instruction pipelining,pipeline hazards. Memory hierarchy: cache, main memory and secondary storage; I/O interface (interrupt and DMA mode).

Section 4: Programming and Data Structures

• Programming in C. Recursion. Arrays, stacks, queues, linked lists, trees, binary search trees, binary heaps, graphs.

Section 5: Algorithms

• Searching, sorting, hashing. Asymptotic worst case time and space complexity. Algorithm design techniques: greedy, dynamic programming and divide-and-conquer. Graph  traversals, minimum spanning trees, shortest paths

Section 6: Theory of Computation

• Regular expressions and finite automata. Context-free grammars and push-down automata. Regular and contex-free languages, pumping lemma. Turing machines and undecidability. .

Section 7: Compiler Design

• Lexical analysis, parsing, syntax-directed translation. Runtime environments. Intermediate code generation. Local optimisation, Data flow analyses: constant propagation, liveness analysis, common subexpression elimination.

Section 8: Operating System

• System calls, processes, threads, inter-process communication, concurrency and synchronization. Deadlock. CPU and I/O scheduling. Memory management and virtual memory. File systems.

Section 9: Databases

• ER-model. Relational model: relational algebra, tuple calculus, SQL. Integrity constraints, normal forms. File organization, indexing (e.g., B and B+ trees). Transactions and concurrency control.

Section 10: Computer Networks

• Concept of layering: OSI and TCP/IP Protocol Stacks; Basics of packet, circuit and virtual circuit switching; Data link layer: framing, error detection, Medium Access Control, Ethernet bridging; Routing protocols: shortest path, flooding, distance vector and link state routing; Fragmentation and IP addressing, IPv4, CIDR notation, Basics of IP support protocols (ARP, DHCP, ICMP), Network Address Translation (NAT); Transport layer: flow control and congestion control, UDP, TCP, sockets; Application layer protocols: DNS, SMTP, HTTP, FTP, Email.