Everybody talks about the "conducting institute", what does this mean?

Every year one of the the IITs or IISc conduct GATE, this institute takes care about all GATE related functions from setting up the paper to renting examination halls, this institute is called the "conducting institute" for that year.

Where can I get the GATE brochure?

This information is published in most popular newspapers

What books do I refer for GATE CSE?

Wrong question, nobody will give you an answer, we can only recommend a list of books, well the choosing part is left to you.

Apart from the books do I need to refer the articles published in the Internet?

No harm to extend your knowledge, but do keep an eye on time. Most successful GATE'ians tell textbooks were more than sufficient, if used properly.

Is there any official document that I can refer to, w.r.t GATE?

Nothing as such, but I would advise you ppl to read the last year's GATE brochure in detail. You will get a lot of information in that.

Do I require to buy the GATE material from Brilliants, Elite, etc, If I do, then which is the best?

Well this is a very sensitive issue, it is generally a recommended option to get these materials, because it helps cover any new additions or information required for GATE. We people made up a group and shared the materials. Hope those tuition fellas don't read this part of the document.

I need the syllabus for GATE Computer Science 2004

GATE CSE 2004 syllabus is not yet released, usually there are no changes in content, so I it a good idea to stick on to the previous year's GATE Syllabus.

GATE 2003 - CS - COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

I don't have any idea about the relation between marks, percentile, and rank

See the table of GATE-2003 statics

Percentile (P) = (No. of Students below you) / (No. of Students)

P = ( N - R ) / N

e.g. 100th rank, P = ( 37797 - 100 ) / ( 37797 ) = 99.73

Could someone tell the list of gate-specific books

Thanks to sunny narola for contributing this valuable piece of information...

sunny: "I suggest u take one book at a time and get to the next after you are through with the previous."

List of books for Computer Hardware

Computer Hardware includes Digital Logic, Number representation and Computer Arithmetic, and Computer Organization. It is hard to classify the books for each one of the above mentioned three subjects, instead I will try to list the books which are most commonly used

List of books for Discrete Mathematics

Sets, Relations, Functions, Groups, Lattice, Boolean algebra, Induction, Recurrence relations

List of books for Theory of Computation (Formal Languages and Automata Theory)

Regular languages and finite Automata, Context free languages and Push-down Automata, Recursively enumerable sets and Turing machines, Un-decidability

List of books for Theory of Computation (Analysis of Algorithms and Computational Complexity)

Asymptotic analysis (best, worst, average case) of time and space, Upper and lower bounds on the complexity of specific problems, NP-completeness.

List of books for Data Structures and Programming and Algorithms

Data structures: Notion of abstract data types, Stack, Queue, List, Set, String, Tree, Binary search tree, Heap, Graph

Programming Methodology: C programming, Program control (iteration, recursion, Functions), Scope, Binding, Parameter passing, Elementary concepts of Object oriented, Functional and Logic Programming

Algorithms for problem solving: Tree and graph traversals, Connected components, Spanning trees, Shortest paths Hashing, Sorting, Searching

Design techniques (Greedy, Dynamic Programming, Divide-and-conquer)

Data structure by Horowitz, Sahani. Rigorous preparation for this is a must as good amount of questions will be asked on this. If you get some time (and if book is available) read algorithms by Rivest, Coreman. This is really good (and tough) book. Some other basic book will also do. Try to read from different books. You will find something new in each of them

List of books for Compiler Design

Lexical analysis, Parsing, Syntax directed translation, Runtime environment, Code generation, Linking (static and dynamic)

List of books for Database Systems

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

List of books for Computer Networks

ISO/OSI stack, sliding window protocol, LAN Technologies (Ethernet, Token ring), TCP/UDP, IP, Basic concepts of switches, gateways, and routers.

List of books for Operating Systems

Classical concepts (concurrency, synchronization, deadlock), Processes, threads and Inter-process communication, CPU scheduling, Memory management, File systems, I/O systems, Protection and security.

Silberschatz & Galvin, coupled with OS concepts by Dhamdere should be more than enough

I suggest OS by Galvin. Don't read Unix as it is not needed. But if you read, it may be helpful in future (e.g. in interviews)

Which is the best IIT? What do I choose first?

I would recommend you to talk to at least 3 people to get a more accurate answer, a first year MTech student, a second year MTech student, and lastly a person who just finished his MTech. (Please let me know, I will add the information here...)

(*) - Possible ranks till where it may go down. The ranks provided here are pure guess work and have been kept on the higher side, that is the actual admissions are expected to close at a higher rank than stated here. But its reasonable to apply if you have this kind of rank.

Some tips regarding GATE Applying

Any information about BITS pilani

(Please double check this content..., Someone had posted this on one of the groups long back)

BITS Pilani take both semester admissions and they are not of much difference.

There is no compulsion that you should be BITS graduate to appear in second sem/first sem.

Any one having bachelor's can apply, there is a written test conducted for that in which Questions from your graduation discipline are asked.

M.E (CS): You have to be Bachelor's in computer science

M.E (SS Software Systems): People who don't have Bachelor's in computer science can go for this.

There are difference of course structure but for job wise I don't find very much of a difference.

For more about information, see BITS brochure.

Website: http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in

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