A G.Vivek Venkatesh blog to help Anna University Computer Science and Engineering Students.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
GPA Calculator Software
GPA Calculator Screenshot:
Requirements:
Any windows operating system....works well with XP...
Download
(just extract the zip file and run the setup)
Friday, December 25, 2009
May/June 2009 examination, colleges Ranking
ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI :: CHENNAI - 25
BRANCHWISE STATISTICS - PERCENTAGE OF PASS
B.E./B.Tech./B.Arch. Programmes - FOR COLLEGES HAVING ALL YEARS OF STUDY
MAY/JUNE 2009 EXAMINATIONS
Branch – B.E.Computer Science and Engineering
Rank, College , Pass percentage
#1 - Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College - 97.51%
#2 Velammal Engineering College - 97.41
#3 Prince Shri Venkateshwara Padmavathy Engg Coll - 96.34%
#4 Sri Sairam Engineering College - 95.58%
#5 SSN Engineering College - 93.34%
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#47 Valliammai Engineering College - 79.97%
Hello friends...this is the official ranking list given by Anna University.....Check annauniv.edu for entire ranking.....
This shows the dismal performance of our dept.....Is this enough? What do u think?
Who is to be blamed? Me, us or Dept students in general? Or the lecturers?
This destroys the reputation of our college and our dept......
Should I delete this post?????
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Asymptotic Notations
- Big-theta notation(Asymptotically tight bound)
- Big-Oh notation(O-notation) - Asymptotically upper bound
- Big-Omega notation - Asymptotically lower bound
- Properties(Transitivity, Reflexivity, Symmetry, Transpose symmetry)
- Standard notations(Floors and ceilings)
Click here to download....
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
HOW TO OVERCOME FAILURE
Sunday, December 6, 2009
MUSIC....
~$angita~
Friday, December 4, 2009
Fourth Semester Books
1. Design and Analysis of Algorithm:
a) T. H. Cormen, C. E. Leiserson, R.L.Rivest, and C. Stein, "Introduction to Algorithms"
Introduction to Algorithms is a book by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, and Clifford Stein. It is used as the textbook for algorithms courses at many universities. It is also one of the most commonly cited references for algorithms in published papers, with over 3900 citations documented on CiteSeerX. One of the world's famous book for algorithms.
Cormen teaches at Dartmouth College, Rivest and Leiserson teach at MIT, and Stein teaches at Columbia.
Note - This book however is cited as reference book for us..(Ellis Horowitz, sahni also is a standard book)
b)Design and analysis of Algorithms - A.A.PUNTAMBEKAR
Click here to preview the book..
2)MICROPROCESSORS AND MICRO CONTROLLERS
a)Ramesh S. Gaonkar ,”Microprocessor – Architecture, Programming and Applications with the 8085
b) A.K.Ray & K.M Bhurchandi, “Advanced Microprocessor and Peripherals – Architecture, Programming and Interfacing”
3) COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ARCHITECTURE
a)Carl Hamacher, Zvonko Vranesic and Safwat Zaky, “Computer Organization”
b)COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE By: A.P.GODSE, D.A.GODSE
Click here to see the preview of the book
4) OPERATING SYSTEMS
a) Silberschatz, Galvin, and Gagne, “Operating System Concepts”, Sixth Edition
5)Database Management Systems
a)Abraham Silberschatz, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudharshan, “Database System Concepts”
b)Ramez Elmasri, Shamkant B. Navathe, “Fundamentals of Database Systems”, FourthEdition
c)DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS by SEEMA KEDAR
Click here to see the preview of the book...
6)Probability and Queuing theory
a)Singaravelu
b)Balaji
c)Veerarajan
d)Allen "Probability and statistics with Reliability, Queuing, and Computer science applications"
e)Trivedi
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Top 25 Social Networking sites
Interesting information from Compete.com that shows Facebook surging past MySpace in Monthly Unique Visitors and that Twitter has moved from #22 to #3 in the rankings of the top 25 social networking sites by monthly visits.
Facebook is now the most visited social network, with nearly 1.2 billion visits in January 2009. That is an increase of 36% over December, and 256% over the previous twelve months. MySpace slipped into second place at the end of 2008 and since September of that year has been seeing visits levelling at about 810 thousand a month.
The big winner in the social networking area has been Twitter which jumoed from the 22nd most visited social network at the start of 2008, to third most visited in January. A growth of 1,227% in 12 months.
So Twitter.com is the big mover in the last twelve months, gaining 19 spots. Other big winner was Flixster (up 12 spots) a social movie review site. Two social networking sites that are going backwards are Bebo and Hi5.
One of the key metrics that Compete measures revolves around the activity of the user base – visits per unique visitor and time on site. While Facebook has excelled in both areas, MySpace has remained flat or fallen off, with new hot property Twitter climbing the ranks.
MySpace is still the clear number two player in the big categories, but its trends in some key areas aren’t quite so dominatingl and, at least in those areas, they could be looking up at more than Facebook soon.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
IMPORTANCE OF VISION
Unity is strength
Friday, November 20, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Morris mano Solutions
download
(the language used here and there is espanol...but it is mostly useful)
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Data Structures University Question papers
April/May 2008
May/June 2005
May/June 2007
November/December 2006
November/December 2007
Download All
Hope its useful for you...
All the best..
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Obama's Inspirational Speech to Students
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
IN A NATIONAL ADDRESS TO AMERICA'S SCHOOLCHILDREN
Wakefield High School
Arlington, Virginia
12:06 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. All right, everybody go ahead and have a seat. How is everybody doing today? (Applause.) How about Tim Spicer? (Applause.) I am here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we've got students tuning in from all across America, from kindergarten through 12th grade. And I am just so glad that all could join us today. And I want to thank Wakefield for being such an outstanding host. Give yourselves a big round of applause. (Applause.)
I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. And for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it's your first day in a new school, so it's understandable if you're a little nervous. I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now -- (applause) -- with just one more year to go. And no matter what grade you're in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and you could've stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.
I know that feeling. When I was young, my family lived overseas. I lived in Indonesia for a few years. And my mother, she didn't have the money to send me where all the American kids went to school, but she thought it was important for me to keep up with an American education. So she decided to teach me extra lessons herself, Monday through Friday. But because she had to go to work, the only time she could do it was at 4:30 in the morning.
Now, as you might imagine, I wasn't too happy about getting up that early. And a lot of times, I'd fall asleep right there at the kitchen table. But whenever I'd complain, my mother would just give me one of those looks and she'd say, "This is no picnic for me either, buster." (Laughter.)
So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at school. But I'm here today because I have something important to discuss with you. I'm here because I want to talk with you about your education and what's expected of all of you in this new school year.
Now, I've given a lot of speeches about education. And I've talked about responsibility a lot.
I've talked about teachers' responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn.
I've talked about your parents' responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and you get your homework done, and don't spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the Xbox.
I've talked a lot about your government's responsibility for setting high standards, and supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren't working, where students aren't getting the opportunities that they deserve.
But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world -- and none of it will make a difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities, unless you show up to those schools, unless you pay attention to those teachers, unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other adults and put in the hard work it takes to succeed. That's what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education.
I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. Every single one of you has something that you're good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That's the opportunity an education can provide.
Maybe you could be a great writer -- maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper -- but you might not know it until you write that English paper -- that English class paper that's assigned to you. Maybe you could be an innovator or an inventor -- maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or the new medicine or vaccine -- but you might not know it until you do your project for your science class. Maybe you could be a mayor or a senator or a Supreme Court justice -- but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team.
And no matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that you'll need an education to do it. You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You're going to need a good education for every single one of those careers. You cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You've got to train for it and work for it and learn for it.
And this isn't just important for your own life and your own future. What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country. The future of America depends on you. What you're learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.
You'll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment. You'll need the insights and critical-thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more free. You'll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new companies that will create new jobs and boost our economy.
We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect so you can help us old folks solve our most difficult problems. If you don't do that -- if you quit on school -- you're not just quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country.
Now, I know it's not always easy to do well in school. I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork.
I get it. I know what it's like. My father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mom who had to work and who struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn't always able to give us the things that other kids had. There were times when I missed having a father in my life. There were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn't fit in.
So I wasn't always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I'm not proud of, and I got in more trouble than I should have. And my life could have easily taken a turn for the worse.
But I was -- I was lucky. I got a lot of second chances, and I had the opportunity to go to college and law school and follow my dreams. My wife, our First Lady Michelle Obama, she has a similar story. Neither of her parents had gone to college, and they didn't have a lot of money. But they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this country.
Some of you might not have those advantages. Maybe you don't have adults in your life who give you the support that you need. Maybe someone in your family has lost their job and there's not enough money to go around. Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don't feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren't right.
But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life -- what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you've got going on at home -- none of that is an excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school. That's no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. There is no excuse for not trying.
Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up. No one's written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future.
That's what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.
Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, Texas. Jazmin didn't speak English when she first started school. Neither of her parents had gone to college. But she worked hard, earned good grades, and got a scholarship to Brown University -- is now in graduate school, studying public health, on her way to becoming Dr. Jazmin Perez.
I'm thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who's fought brain cancer since he was three. He's had to endure all sorts of treatments and surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longer -- hundreds of extra hours -- to do his schoolwork. But he never fell behind. He's headed to college this fall.
And then there's Shantell Steve, from my hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Even when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods in the city, she managed to get a job at a local health care center, start a program to keep young people out of gangs, and she's on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college.
And Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell aren't any different from any of you. They face challenges in their lives just like you do. In some cases they've got it a lot worse off than many of you. But they refused to give up. They chose to take responsibility for their lives, for their education, and set goals for themselves. And I expect all of you to do the same.
That's why today I'm calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education -- and do everything you can to meet them. Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending some time each day reading a book. Maybe you'll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community. Maybe you'll decide to stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or how they look, because you believe, like I do, that all young people deserve a safe environment to study and learn. Maybe you'll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready to learn. And along those lines, by the way, I hope all of you are washing your hands a lot, and that you stay home from school when you don't feel well, so we can keep people from getting the flu this fall and winter.
But whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it. I want you to really work at it.
I know that sometimes you get that sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work -- that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star. Chances are you're not going to be any of those things.
The truth is, being successful is hard. You won't love every subject that you study. You won't click with every teacher that you have. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right at this minute. And you won't necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.
That's okay. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures. J.K. Rowling's -- who wrote Harry Potter -- her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, "I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that's why I succeed."
These people succeeded because they understood that you can't let your failures define you -- you have to let your failures teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently the next time. So if you get into trouble, that doesn't mean you're a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to act right. If you get a bad grade, that doesn't mean you're stupid, it just means you need to spend more time studying.
No one's born being good at all things. You become good at things through hard work. You're not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport. You don't hit every note the first time you sing a song. You've got to practice. The same principle applies to your schoolwork. You might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it right. You might have to read something a few times before you understand it. You definitely have to do a few drafts of a paper before it's good enough to hand in.
Don't be afraid to ask questions. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength because it shows you have the courage to admit when you don't know something, and that then allows you to learn something new. So find an adult that you trust -- a parent, a grandparent or teacher, a coach or a counselor -- and ask them to help you stay on track to meet your goals.
And even when you're struggling, even when you're discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you, don't ever give up on yourself, because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.
The story of America isn't about people who quit when things got tough. It's about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.
It's the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and they founded this nation. Young people. Students who sat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war; who fought for civil rights and put a man on the moon. Students who sat where you sit 20 years ago who founded Google and Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we communicate with each other.
So today, I want to ask all of you, what's your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a President who comes here in 20 or 50 or 100 years say about what all of you did for this country?
Now, your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answer these questions. I'm working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books and the equipment and the computers you need to learn. But you've got to do your part, too. So I expect all of you to get serious this year. I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do. I expect great things from each of you. So don't let us down. Don't let your family down or your country down. Most of all, don't let yourself down. Make us all proud.
Thank you very much, everybody. God bless you. God bless America. Thank you. (Applause.)
END
12:22 P.M. EDT
Will our politicians inspire the youth with similar speeches? Lack of time can't be a reason, Obama is the president of USA and he has the toughest job in this world. If he has time, y can't our politicians?
So friends let us prove to the world that India is not far behind..........................
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Re: "Coordination within us"
I do feel the same....After all only 2 and a half years remaining in our col life..So let us make it rocking part of our life.....I am pretty sure our symposium will b better than that of SSN Symposium.....If not this year at least when we become seniors and when we organize the symposium we will make it a grand success........
"I dont think so there is a good coordination in our dept atleast in our class, which is not a good sign and If it continues like this, then organizing events would be an uphill task...."
Its in our class many are interested to do many things but they could not do cos of some distraction and academic pressure. If guided well there could be wonders coming out, but most of all coordination within ourselves is very vital. I would like to extend my full support to anything that could prove useful to me as well as to all of my friends in the class.
So friends think about what to do, else time may run out and after we move out of col and think about our col life there would be nothing but ONLY BOOKS and EXAMS in our memories, and there wont be even a single other good moment to cherish for the remaining part of our life.....
Friday, September 4, 2009
ROCKING CSE!!!
Monday, August 17, 2009
Dreamspark
DreamSpark is an excellent initiative by Microsoft to enable students access premium Microsoft software at no charge. We have already seen its roll out in other countries.
DreamSpark India is live and kicking now. It allows students in India to download Microsoft developer and design tools at no charge. Students can access software like: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Windows Server 2003, SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Expression Studio.
Here is simple procedure to get going:
* Select and Visit partner location near your place.
* Show your college ID card & collect software DVD.
* Then get verified & enter 25 digit key found on the DVD.
* Login using Live ID and complete verification process.
* Download License keys from DreamSpark website.
(I am not sure if they are actually giving it right now, but the current status in NIIT website shows they are indeed supplying Dreamspark Dvds to college students.....)
If you are not able to get those, you can get the express editions from The following link
http://www.microsoft.com/express/
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
India - A nation of One Billion people
India , a country of ethical value, known for its uniqueness, tradition and culture is celebrating its 63rd independence day and we the citizen of India are doing nothing for the development of our motherland.. Is this right??we all say that we are independent and so on. But still people are illiterate , there are lots and lots of people below the poverty line and still children suffer from malnutrition and there are people who don’t even know why we celebrate this day.. Its shocking but its real...There is no use in blaming our political setup when we are not discharging our duties properly. Every individual is liable to fulfill his /her duty in a right way for the development of a nation.It s really easy to speak out but the real task lies in how we perform our duties..Patriotism is found in each and every citizen of
Friday, August 14, 2009
Independent India turns 62 today
In the last few years,
First of all, we should salute our soldiers who battled for us, in 1962 Indo-China war, 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pak wars, 1999 Kargil war and saved us from the jaws of the enemy many times. They are ever ready to provide us safety, security and tension free sleep. Our scientists have done extraordinary work and
We have increased life expectancy from 32 years in 1947 to 65 years in 2009. We have built about 1.25 million miles of new roads in this short span of time. In 1947 our literacy rate was 12.2 per cent and it is up to around 70 per cent now.
In the industrial sector, we are marching ahead of many developed countries. We have increased our exports from a few million dollars at the time of independence to more than $125 billion now, with about $150 billion of imports. GDP growth was around 2.3 per cent in 1951-52 and has reached to more then 9 per cent at present.
The economy of
We are at the eighth position in the world Telecom sector. Total mobile phone users reached 362. 3 million in January 2009 in
When it comes to Business,
We have been produce world class politicians like Manmohan singh and visionaries like the great Dr.APJ Abdul kalam whose VISION 2020 has gone into the heart of many Indian Youth.
Now finally coming to sports, Indians are achieving new heights in every kind of sports. In cricket, the Indian team is one of the best teams in every format and of course every one are the fans of Sachin tendulkar. Vishwanathan Anand is world's best chess player, Abhinav Bindra won a gold in Olympics, whereas Saina Nehwal is the latest Badminton sensation.
The kind of potential in each and every one of us is enormous and when it is effectively used U know
So guys let us all do something and achieve in our field of interest and show to the world who we are and show our might in every field………We soon can have a Microsoft, a Michael phelps, a Barack obama from India….can’t we?????..........
First and foremost we must work towards the vision 2020 emphasized by the people’s president Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam.
What do you feel????????
HAPPY
Thursday, August 13, 2009
success
jus check this out...
A - 1
T - 20
T - 20
I - 9
T - 20
U - 21
D - 4
E - 5
just sum these numbers , you can see that answer is 100. so i would like to impress upon that attitude i.e the way we think really matters.. it includes the way we appraoch a job or what ever may be , our uniqueness will take us to great heights..actually i was not very serious about my career before but the "survival of the fittest" said in the Darwin s theory is going on now in the world. the question arises " am i the fittest?? am i equipped?? am i updated??"so the solution is only with us.its our interest, hardwork and the fire towards our goal which will make us stand out as "ONE" .think positive, work for yr future , at same time enjoy the life to the core because this is the only life we have.. have a bright and blissful future guys!! lets rock the world!!
Importance of being united
- APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDS WHEN SOMETHING GOOD IS DONE BY THEM
- GIVE GR8 APPLAUSES WHEN THEY PERFORM LIFE SAVING ACTIVITY
- ENCOURAGE THEM FOR EVERY VALUED THOUGHTS THEY POSSES
- BE LIKE A GUARDIAN TO PROTECT THEM FOR SOCIAL EVILS