As you want to get the entrance exam syllabus of PhD Computer Science and Engineering of Pondicherry University so here is the information of the same for you:

Theory of Computation:
Regular languages and finite automata, Context free languages and Push-down automata, Recursively enumerable sets and Turing machines, Undecidability; NPcompleteness.

Digital Logic:
Logic functions, Minimization, Design and synthesis of combinational and sequential circuits; Number representation and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating point).
Computer Organization and Architecture: Machine instructions and addressing modes, ALU and data-path, CPU control design, Memory interface, I/O interface (Interrupt and DMA mode), Instruction pipelining, Cache and main memory, Secondary storage.

Programming and Data Structures:
Programming in C; Functions, Recursion, Parameter passing, Scope, Binding; Abstract data types, Arrays, Stacks, Queues, Linked Lists, Trees, Binary search trees, Binary heaps.

Algorithms:
Analysis, Asymptotic notation, Notions of space and time complexity, Worst and average case analysis; Design: Greedy approach, Dynamic programming, Divide-and-conquer; Tree and graph traversals, Connected components, Spanning trees, Shortest paths; Hashing, Sorting, Searching.

Compiler Design:
Lexical analysis, Parsing, Syntax directed translation, Runtime environments, Intermediate and target code generation, Basics of code optimization.

Operating System:
Processes, Threads, Inter-process communication, Concurrency, Synchronization, Deadlock, CPU scheduling, Memory management and virtual memory, File systems, I/O systems, Protection and security.

Databases:
ER-model, Relational model (relational algebra, tuple calculus), Database design (integrity constraints, normal forms), Query languages (SQL), File structures (sequential files, indexing, B and B+ trees), Transactions and concurrency control.

Computer Networks:
ISO/OSI stack, LAN technologies (Ethernet, Token ring), Flow and error control techniques, Routing algorithms, Congestion control, TCP/UDP and sockets, IP(v4), Application layer protocols (icmp, dns, smtp, pop, ftp, http); Basic concepts of hubs, switches, gateways, and routers.

PhD Fees structure:

In Rupees
Sl.No. Item Ph.D. (All figures in indian Rupees) Account No
Full-Time & Part-Time Internal Part-Time External
1 Research Fee: (P.S) 1000 (Humanities) 2000 413264148
For Foreign national (p.s.): 1200 (Sciences) 2400
SAARC/Developing Countries US $250 US $250
South-East Asian Countries & Others US $500 US $500
US $750 US $750
2 Registration Fee 100 100
3 Matriculation Fee 50 50
4 Recognition Fee: 200 200
For degrees from Indian universities 500 500
For degrees from Foreign universities
5 Identity Card Fee 25 25
6 Sports Fee (p.a.) 100 100 413264171
7 Medical Examination Fee (p.a.) 50 50
8 Library Fund (p.s.) 600 600
9 Laboratory Fee: 500 500
Science Courses having laboratories(p.s.)
10 Internet Fund (p.s.) 250 250
11 Students Welfare Fund (p.a.) 100 100
12 Alumini Association Fund (to be paid before submission of thesis) 100 100
13 Caution Deposit (Refundable): 500 500
Laboratory (Science Courses) 500 500
Library
14 Group Medical Insurance (for full-time candidates only) 555 -
845872540
15 University Development Fund 500 500 413264251
16 Software Subscription Fund (For Ph.D. programmes offered under the School of Management only) 3000 3000 413264171

Contact Details:
Pondicherry University
Kalapet,
Tamil Nadu 605014 ‎
India

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