Semester VI Learning (ML), and Data Warehousing/Data Mining (DW-DM)

Data Types and Sources: Different types of data: structured, unstructured,

Lectures semi-structured, Data sources: databases, files, APIs, web scraping, sensors,
Course Code Course Title Credits
/Week social media
USCS601 Data Science 2 3 Data Preprocessing: Data cleaning: handling missing values, outliers,
duplicates, Data transformation: scaling, normalization, encoding
categorical variables, Feature selection: selecting relevant features/columns,
About the Course: This course introduces the field of Data Science, covering the fundamental Data merging: combining multiple datasets
concepts, techniques, and tools used for data analysis, machine learning, and data visualization.
Data Wrangling and Feature Engineering: Data wrangling techniques:
Students will learn how to preprocess and analyze data, build predictive models, evaluate model
reshaping, pivoting, aggregating, Feature engineering: creating new
performance, and effectively communicate insights through visualizations. The course also explores
features, handling time-series data Dummification: converting categorical
data management principles and practices. Practical hands-on exercises and projects using popular Data
Science libraries and technologies are included to reinforce the concepts learned. variables into binary indicators, Feature scaling: standardization,
normalization
Course Objectives:
Tools and Libraries: Introduction to popular libraries and technologies
 Understand the foundations and scope of Data Science, including its applications and
used in Data Science like Pandas, NumPy, Sci-kit Learn, etc.
comparison to related fields like Business Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence.
 Develop skills in data preprocessing, including cleaning, transforming, selecting, and merging Data Analysis and Machine Learning
data, to ensure data quality and suitability for analysis.
Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA): Data visualization techniques:
 Gain knowledge of machine learning algorithms and techniques, such as regression, histograms, scatter plots, box plots, etc., Descriptive statistics: mean,
classification, clustering, and ensemble learning, to build predictive models and make data- median, mode, standard deviation, etc., Hypothesis testing: t-tests, chi-
driven decisions. square tests, ANOVA, etc.
 Learn how to evaluate and select models using appropriate evaluation metrics and cross-
Introduction to Machine Learning: Supervised learning: classification
validation techniques to ensure reliable and robust model performance. and regression, Unsupervised learning: clustering and dimensionality
 Develop proficiency in data visualization techniques and tools to effectively communicate reduction, Bias-variance tradeoff, underfitting, and overfitting
insights and tell compelling stories using data.
II Regression Analysis: Simple linear regression, Multiple linear regression, 15
Learning Outcomes: Stepwise regression, Logistic regression for classification
After successful completion of this course, students would be able to Model Evaluation and Selection: Techniques for evaluating model
 Apply data preprocessing techniques to clean and transform raw data, handle missing values performance: accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score, Confusion matrix and
and outliers, and merge datasets. ROC curve analysis, Cross-validation: k-fold cross-validation, stratified
 Implement machine-learning algorithms to perform tasks such as regression, classification, cross-validation, Hyperparameter tuning and model selection
clustering, and ensemble learning. Machine Learning Algorithms: Decision Trees and Random Forests,
 Evaluate and compare different machine learning models using appropriate evaluation metrics Support Vector Machines (SVM), Artificial Neural Networks (ANN),
and cross-validation techniques. Ensemble Learning: Boosting and Bagging, K-Nearest Neighbors (K-NN),
Gradient Descent for optimization
 Create informative and visually appealing data visualizations to communicate insights and
patterns in data. Model Evaluation, Data Visualization, and Management
 Understand the principles and practices of data management, including data governance, data
Model Evaluation Metrics: Accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score, Area
quality assurance, and data privacy considerations.
Under the Curve (AUC), Evaluating models for imbalanced datasets

Data Visualization and Communication: Principles of effective data

Topics No of visualization, Types of visualizations: bar charts, line charts, scatter plots,
Unit III etc. Visualization tools: matplotlib, seaborn, Tableau, etc. Data storytelling: 15
Lectures
communicating insights through visualizations
Introduction to Data Science and Data Preprocessing
Data Management: Introduction to data management activities, Data
I What is Data Science?: Definition and scope of Data Science, 15 pipelines: data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL), Data
Applications and domains of Data Science, Comparison with other fields governance and data quality assurance, Data privacy and security
like Business Intelligence (BI), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine considerations

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Textbook(s): Lectures
Course Code Course Title Credits
1. Data Science from Scratch First Principles with Python- Joel Grus O'reilly, 2nd Edition /Week
2. Advancing into Analytics From Excel to Python and R, George Mount, Oreilly, First Edition
USCSP601 Data Science – Practical 1 3
3. Introduction to Machine Learning with Python, Andreas C. Muller, Sarah Guido, Oreilly, First
Edition
Additional Reference(s): Introduction to Excel
1. Doing Data Science, Rachel Schutt and Cathy O’Neil, O’Reilly,2013  Perform conditional formatting on a dataset using various criteria.
2. Mastering Machine Learning with R, Cory Lesmeister, PACKT Publication,2015  Create a pivot table to analyze and summarize data.
3. Hands-On Programming with R, Garrett Grolemund,1st Edition, 2014 1  Use VLOOKUP function to retrieve information from a different worksheet or
4. An Introduction to Statistical Learning, James, G., Witten, D., Hastie, T., Tibshirani, table.
R.,Springer,2015  Perform what-if analysis using Goal Seek to determine input values for desired
output.

Data Frames and Basic Data Pre-processing

 Read data from CSV and JSON files into a data frame.
 Perform basic data pre-processing tasks such as handling missing values and
2
outliers.
 Manipulate and transform data using functions like filtering, sorting, and
grouping.

Feature Scaling and Dummification

 Apply feature-scaling techniques like standardization and normalization to
3 numerical features.
 Perform feature dummification to convert categorical variables into numerical
representations.

Hypothesis Testing
 Formulate null and alternative hypotheses for a given problem.
4  Conduct a hypothesis test using appropriate statistical tests (e.g., t-test, chi-
square test).
 Interpret the results and draw conclusions based on the test outcomes.

ANOVA (Analysis of Variance)

5  Perform one-way ANOVA to compare means across multiple groups.
 Conduct post-hoc tests to identify significant differences between group means.

Regression and Its Types

 Implement simple linear regression using a dataset.
 Explore and interpret the regression model coefficients and goodness-of-fit
6
measures.
 Extend the analysis to multiple linear regression and assess the impact of
additional predictors.

Logistic Regression and Decision Tree

 Build a logistic regression model to predict a binary outcome.
 Evaluate the model's performance using classification metrics (e.g., accuracy,
7 precision, recall).
 Construct a decision tree model and interpret the decision rules for
classification.

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 K-Means Clustering Lectures
Course Code Course Title Credits
 Apply the K-Means algorithm to group similar data points into clusters. /Week
8  Determine the optimal number of clusters using elbow method or silhouette
USCS602 Cloud Computing and Web Services 2 3
analysis.
 Visualize the clustering results and analyze the cluster characteristics.

Principal Component Analysis (PCA) About the Course: The course "Cloud Computing and Web Services" provides an in-depth
 Perform PCA on a dataset to reduce dimensionality. understanding of cloud computing fundamentals and web service technologies. Students will learn
9  Evaluate the explained variance and select the appropriate number of principal about different types of clouds, cloud deployment models, and cloud platforms. They will also explore
components. key concepts of virtualization, security in cloud computing, and popular cloud computing platforms
 Visualize the data in the reduced-dimensional space. such as OpenStack and AWS. Through practical exercises and hands-on projects, students will gain the
skills required to design, deploy, and manage cloud-based applications and services.
Data Visualization and Storytelling
 Create meaningful visualizations using data visualization tools Course Objectives:
10
 Combine multiple visualizations to tell a compelling data story.  Understand the basics of cloud computing, including types of clouds, deployment models, and
 Present the findings and insights in a clear and concise manner. essential characteristics of cloud platforms.
 Explore web services technologies such as SOAP and REST and understand their role in
distributed computing and parallel computing.
 Gain proficiency in utilizing virtualization technologies, including creating virtual machines and
managing virtualized environments using tools like KVM and oVirt.
 Explore and utilize popular cloud computing platforms such as OpenStack and AWS to
architect, deploy, and manage cloud-based applications and services.
 Learn about cloud security fundamentals, including confidentiality, integrity, availability, and
secure development practices.

Learning Outcomes:
After successful completion of this course, students would be able to
 Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of cloud computing concepts, including different
types of clouds and their characteristics.
 Implement and utilize web service technologies, such as SOAP and REST, to develop
distributed and parallel computing applications.
 Design, deploy, and manage cloud-based applications and services using popular cloud
computing platforms such as OpenStack and AWS.
 Apply secure development practices and implement cloud security policies to ensure the
confidentiality, integrity, and availability of cloud software solutions.
 Utilize virtualization technologies to create and manage virtualized environments, considering
the benefits and drawbacks of virtualization.

Topics No of
Unit
Lectures

Cloud Computing Basics

Web Services – Distributed Computing, Parallel Computing, WSDL

structure, SOAP- Structure of SOAP Message (In JAX-WS), SOAP
I Messaging Architecture, SOAP Header, Client-side SOAP Handler, REST- 15
What is REST? HTTP methods, Java API for RESTful Web Services
(JAX-RS)

Virtulization:- Characteristics of Virtualized Environments.. Pros and

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 Cons of Virtualization. Virtualization using KVM, Creating virtual Lectures
Course Code Course Title Credits
machines, oVirt - management tool for virtualization environment. /Week

Introduction to Cloud Computing: USCSP602 Cloud Computing and Web Services – Practical 1 3

Definition, Types of Clouds, Deployment of software solutions and web

applications, Types of Cloud Platforms, Essential characteristics – On- Define a simple services like Converting Rs into Dollar and Call it from different
1
demand self-service, Broad network access, Location independent resource platform like JAVA and .NET
pooling ,Rapid elasticity , Measured service, Comparing cloud providers
2 Create a Simple SOAP service.
with traditional IT service providers
II 15
3 Create a Simple REST Service.
Cloud Computing Software Security fundamentals: Cloud Information
Security Objectives, Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Cloud Security 4 Develop application to consume Google’s search / Google’s Map RESTful Web
Services, Relevant Cloud Security Design Principles, Secure Cloud service.
Software Requirements, Secure Development practices, Approaches to 5 Installation and Configuration of virtualization using KVM.
Cloud Software Requirement Engineering, Cloud Security Policy
Implementation. 6 Develop application to download image/video from server or upload image/video
to server using MTOM techniques
Cloud Applications
7 Implement FOSS-Cloud Functionality VSI (Virtual Server Infrastructure)
CloudSim: Introduction to Simulator, understanding CloudSim simulator, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Storage
CloudSim Architecture(User code, CloudSim, GridSim, SimJava)
Understanding Working platform for CloudSim, 8 Implement FOSS-Cloud Functionality - VSI Platform as a Service (PaaS),

OpenStack: Introduction to OpenStack, OpenStack test-drive, Basic Using AWS Flow Framework develop application that includes a simple workflow.
III OpenStack operations, OpenStack CLI and APIs, Tenant model operations, 15 9 Workflow calls an activity to print hello world to the console. It must define the basic
Quotas, Private cloud building blocks, Controller deployment, Networking usage of AWS Flow Framework, including defining contracts, implementation of
deployment, Block Storage deployment, Compute deployment, deploying activities and workflow coordination logic and worker programs to host them
and utilizing OpenStack in production environments, Building a production 10 Implementation of Openstack with user and private network creation.
environment, Application orchestration using OpenStack Heat
AWS: Architecting on AWS, Building complex solutions with Amazon
Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
Textbook(s):
1. Java Web Services Up and Running 2nd edition, Martin Kalin, O’Reilly (2013)
2. Pro Power Shell for Amazon Web Services, Brian Beach, Apress, 2014
3. Enterprise Cloud Computing Technology, Architecture, Applications, Gautam Shroff,
Cambridge University Press, 2010
4. Mastering Cloud Computing, Rajkumar Buyya, Christian Vecchiola, S Thamarai Selvi, Tata
McGraw Hill Education Private Limited, 2013
5. OpenStack in Action, V. K. CODY BUMGARDNER, Manning Publications Co, 2016
Additional Reference(s):
1. OpenStack Essentials, Dan Radez, PACKT Publishing, 2015 2
2. OpenStack Operations Guide, Tom Fifield, Diane Fleming, Anne Gentle, Lorin Hochstein,
Jonathan Proulx, Everett Toews, and Joe Topjian, O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2014
3. https://www.openstack.org

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 Lectures Characteristics and Challenges of Ad-hoc Networks in WSNs, Energy
Course Code Course Title Credits
/Week Efficiency Considerations in Ad-hoc Networks, Security and Privacy in
Ad-hoc Networks, Examples of WSN OS, Ad-hoc Network.
USCS6031 Wireless Sensor Networks 2 3
Medium Access Control Protocol: Fundamentals of MAC Protocols,
Sensor-MAC Case Study
About the Course: This course provides a comprehensive understanding of Wireless Sensor Networks
Routing in WSN: Routing Challenges and Design Issues in Wireless
(WSNs) and their applications. It covers the fundamental concepts, architectural elements, advantages,
II Sensor Networks, , IEEE 802.15.4 LR-WPANs Standard Case Study, 15
and challenges of WSNs. Students will explore sensor node technology, network architecture,
Routing Strategies in Wireless Sensor Networks,
optimization goals, and design principles for WSNs. The course also delves into wireless transmission,
telecommunication systems, and introduces the concepts of WSN operating systems and ad-hoc Transport Control Protocol: Traditional Transport Control Protocols,
networks. Through practical examples and case studies, students will gain hands-on experience in Transport Protocol Design Issues, WSN Middleware Architecture
medium access control protocols, routing strategies, transport control protocols, and WSN middleware
Wireless Transmission: Frequency for radio transmission, Signals,
architecture.
Antennas, Signal propagation, Multiplexing, Modulation, Spread spectrum,
Course Objectives: Cellular systems.
 Provide students with a comprehensive understanding of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), Telecommunication, Satellite and Broadcast Systems: Satellite and
including their basic architectural elements, advantages, and challenges. III Broadcast Systems: GSM: Mobile services, System architecture, Radio 15
 Introduce students to the key technologies and protocols used in WSNs, such as medium access interface, Protocols, Localization And Calling, Handover, security, New
control (MAC) protocols, routing strategies, and transport control protocols. data services; DECT: System architecture, Protocol architecture; ETRA,
UMTS and IMT- 2000. Satellite Systems: History, Applications, Basics:
 Familiarize students with wireless transmission principles and telecommunication systems
GEO, LEO, MEO; Routing, Localization, Handover.
relevant to WSNs, including frequency, signals, antennas, and satellite systems.
 Develop students' practical skills in designing and implementing WSN solutions by exploring Textbook(s):
WSN operating systems, ad-hoc networks, and optimization goals. 1. Wireless Sensor Networks Technology, Protocols, and Applications ,Kazem Sohraby, Daniel
Minoli and TaiebZnati, John Wiley & Sons, 2017
Learning Outcomes: 2. Protocols and Architectures for Wireless Sensor Network, Holger Kerl, Andreas Willig, John
After successful completion of this course, students would be able to Wiley and Sons, 2015
Additional Reference(s):
 Understand the fundamental concepts, architectural elements, and optimization goals of
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) and apply this knowledge to analyze and design WSN 1. Fundamentals of Wireless Sensor Networks, Theory and Practice, Waltenegus Dargie, Christian
Poellabauer , Wiley Series on wireless Communication and Mobile Computing, 2011
solutions. 2. Networking Wireless Sensors, Bhaskar Krishnamachari , Cambridge University Press, 2005
 Evaluate and compare different medium access control protocols and routing strategies in
WSNs, and make informed decisions to ensure efficient and reliable communication.
 Demonstrate knowledge of wireless transmission technologies, such as frequency, signals,
antennas, and propagation, and analyze their impact on WSN performance.
 Assess the role of telecommunication systems, satellite, broadcast systems in WSNs, and
understand their applications and implications for WSN deployments.

Topics No of
Unit
Lectures

Introduction and Overview of Wireless Sensor Networks: Basic Sensor

Network Architectural Elements, Advantage and challenges, Applications,
Sensor Node Technology, Sensor Taxonomy, WN Operating Environment,
Radio Technology, Network architecture, Optimization goals and figures of
I merit, Design principles for WSNs, Service interfaces of WSNs, Gateway 15
concepts.

Wireless Sensor Network Operating Systems and Ad-hoc Networks:

Overview of Wireless Sensor Network Operating Systems, Examples of
WSN Operating Systems Ad-hoc Networks in Wireless Sensor Networks,

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 Lectures Lectures
Course Code Course Title Credits Course Code Course Title Credits
/Week /Week

USCSP6031 Wireless Sensor Networks – Practical 1 3 USCS6032 Information Retrieval 2 3

1 Understanding the Sensor Node Hardware. (For Eg. Sensors, Nodes(Sensor mote), Base About the Course: This course introduces the principles, techniques, and technologies underlying
Station,Graphical User Interface.)
information retrieval (IR) systems. Students will explore the fundamental concepts of document
Exploring and understanding TinyOS computational concepts: - Events, Commands indexing, storage, and retrieval, as well as advanced topics such as retrieval models, text categorization,
2 and Task. web information retrieval, and evaluation techniques. Through a combination of theoretical study,
- nesC model practical exercises, and reference to industry-standard books, students will gain a solid foundation in the
- nesC Components
field of information retrieval.
Understanding TOSSIM for
3 - Mote-mote radio communication Course Objectives:
- Mote-PC serial communication  To understand the fundamental principles and components of information retrieval systems.
 To explore various techniques for document indexing, storage, and retrieval.
4 Create and simulate a simple adhoc network
 To analyze and compare different retrieval models and understand their strengths and
5 Understanding, Reading and Analyzing Routing Table of a network. limitations.
 To gain practical experience in implementing and evaluating information retrieval systems.
Create a basic MANET implementation simulation for Packet animation and Packet
6
Trace  To explore advanced topics in information retrieval, such as web information retrieval and
machine learning techniques.
7 Implement a Wireless sensor network simulation.
Learning Outcomes:
8 Create MAC protocol simulation implementation for wireless sensor Network.
After successful completion of this course, students would be able to
9 Simulate Mobile Adhoc Network with Directional Antenna  Explain the key components and principles of information retrieval systems.
 Apply indexing, storage, and retrieval techniques to efficiently retrieve relevant documents.
Create a mobile network using Cell Tower, Central Office Server, Web browser and
10
Web Server. Simulate connection between them  Compare and contrast different retrieval models and select appropriate models for specific
search scenarios.
 Develop practical skills in implementing and evaluating information retrieval systems.
 Demonstrate an understanding of advanced topics in information retrieval, including web search
and machine learning techniques.

Topics No of
Unit
Lectures

Foundations of Information Retrieval

Introduction to Information Retrieval (IR) systems: Definition and
goals of information retrieval, Components of an IR system, Challenges
and applications of IR
Document Indexing, Storage, and Compression: Inverted index
construction and compression techniques, Document representation and
I term weighting, Storage and retrieval of indexed documents, 15
Retrieval Models: Boolean model: Boolean operators, query processing,
Vector space model: TF-IDF, cosine similarity, query-document matching,
Probabilistic model: Bayesian retrieval, relevance feedback
Spelling Correction in IR Systems: Challenges of spelling errors in
queries and documents, Edit distance and string similarity measures,
Techniques for spelling correction in IR systems

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 Performance Evaluation: Evaluation metrics: precision, recall, F-measure, Lectures
Course Code Course Title Credits
average precision, Test collections and relevance judgments, Experimental /Week
design and significance testing
USCSP6032 Information Retrieval – Practical 1 3
Advanced Topics in Information Retrieval
Text Categorization and Filtering: Text classification algorithms: Naive Document Indexing and Retrieval
Bayes, Support Vector Machines, Feature selection and dimensionality
1  Implement an inverted index construction algorithm.
reduction, Applications of text categorization and filtering
 Build a simple document retrieval system using the constructed index.
Text Clustering for Information Retrieval: Clustering techniques: K-
Retrieval Models
means, hierarchical clustering, Evaluation of clustering results, Clustering
for query expansion and result grouping  Implement the Boolean retrieval model and process queries.
2
 Implement the vector space model with TF-IDF weighting and cosine
II Web Information Retrieval: Web search architecture and challenges, 15
similarity.
Crawling and indexing web pages, Link analysis and PageRank algorithm
Spelling Correction in IR Systems
Learning to Rank: Algorithms and Techniques, Supervised learning for
3  Develop a spelling correction module using edit distance algorithms.
ranking: RankSVM, RankBoost, Pairwise and listwise learning to rank
 Integrate the spelling correction module into an information retrieval system.
approaches Evaluation metrics for learning to rank
Link Analysis and its Role in IR Systems: Web graph representation and Evaluation Metrics for IR Systems
link analysis algorithms, HITS and PageRank algorithms, Applications of  Calculate precision, recall, and F-measure for a given set of retrieval results.
4
link analysis in IR systems  Use an evaluation toolkit to measure average precision and other evaluation
metrics.
Advanced Topics in Information Retrieval
Text Categorization
Crawling and Near-Duplicate Page Detection: Web page crawling  Implement a text classification algorithm (e.g., Naive Bayes or Support Vector
techniques: breadth-first, depth-first, focused crawling, Near-duplicate page 5
Machines).
detection algorithms, Handling dynamic web content during crawling
 Train the classifier on a labelled dataset and evaluate its performance.
Advanced Topics in IR: Text Summarization: extractive and abstractive
Clustering for Information Retrieval
methods, Question Answering: approaches for finding precise answers,
 Implement a clustering algorithm (e.g., K-means or hierarchical clustering).
Recommender Systems: collaborative filtering, content-based filtering 6
III 15  Apply the clustering algorithm to a set of documents and evaluate the clustering
Cross-Lingual and Multilingual Retrieval: Challenges and techniques for results.
cross-lingual retrieval, Machine translation for IR, Multilingual document
representations and query translation, Evaluation Techniques for IR Web Crawling and Indexing
Systems 7  Develop a web crawler to fetch and index web pages.
 Handle challenges such as robots.txt, dynamic content, and crawling delays.
User-based evaluation: user studies, surveys, Test collections and
benchmarking, Online evaluation methods: A/B testing, interleaving Link Analysis and PageRank
experiments 8  Implement the PageRank algorithm to rank web pages based on link analysis.
 Apply the PageRank algorithm to a small web graph and analyze the results.
Textbook(s):
1. Ricardo Baeza-Yates and Berthier Ribeiro-Neto, ―Modern Information Retrieval: The Learning to Rank
Concepts and Technology behind Search, Second Edition, ACM Press Books 9  Implement a learning to rank algorithm (e.g., RankSVM or RankBoost).
2. C. Manning, P. Raghavan, and H. Schütze, ―Introduction to Information Retrieval, Cambridge  Train the ranking model using labelled data and evaluate its effectiveness.
University Press
Advanced Topics in Information Retrieval
Additional Reference(s):
 Implement a text summarization algorithm (e.g., extractive or abstractive).
1. Ricci, F, Rokach, L. Shapira, B. Kantor, ―Recommender Systems Handbook‖, First Edition. 10
2. Bruce Croft, Donald Metzler, and Trevor Strohman, Search Engines: Information Retrieval in  Build a question-answering system using techniques such as information
Practice, Pearson Education. extraction
3. Stefan Buttcher, Charlie Clarke, Gordon Cormack, Information Retrieval: Implementing and
Evaluating Search Engines, MIT Press.

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 Lectures Implications of Data Mining, Overview of Applications of Data Mining.
Course Code Course Title Credits
/Week
Data Preprocessing: Data Processing prerequisites, Attributes and Data
USCS6041 Data Mining & Warehousing 2 3 types, Statistical descriptions of data, Distance and similarity measures,
Need for Preprocessing, Handling Missing data, Data Cleaning, Data
Integration, Data Reduction, Data Transformation and Data Discretization.

About the Course: The course covers data warehousing, data mining, association rule mining, Association Rules Mining: Problem Definition, Frequent item set
classification and prediction, and clustering. Students will learn about OLAP and OLTP, multi- generation, The APRIORI Principle, Support and confidence measures,
Association rule generation: APRIORI algorithm, FP-Growth Algorithms,
dimensional data models, measures, concept of hierarchy, and data warehouse architecture. They will
Compact Representation of Frequent item Set: Maximal Frequent item set,
also explore different data mining functionalities. The course covers classification methods, prediction closed frequent item set.
techniques, and classifier accuracy assessment. Students will learn various clustering methods and their
applications to different data types, such as time-series data, text databases, and web mining. Classification And Prediction: Definition of classification, Model
construction, Model Usage, Choosing algorithm, Decision tree Induction,
Course Objectives: Information gain, gain ratio, gini index, Bayesian Classification, Bayes
 Understand the concept and framework of data warehousing and differentiate between OLAP Theorem, Naïve Bayes classifier, Linear Regression, Non-linear
and OLTP. Regression, Logistic Regression.
 Gain knowledge of data mining techniques and their applications in knowledge discovery. Validating Model: Measuring performance of classifiers, Precision,
III 15
 Acquire skills in data preprocessing, including handling missing data, cleaning, integration, and Recall, F-measure, confusion matrix, cross-validation, Bootstrap.
transformation. Clustering: Types of data, Categorization of major clustering methods, K-
 Apply association rules mining algorithms such as APRIORI and FP-Growth to discover means partitioning methods, Hierarchical methods, Density-based methods,
frequent item sets. Grid-based methods, Model-based clustering methods, Outlier analysis,
Mining Time-Series and Sequence Data, Mining Text Databases, Mining
Learning Outcomes: the World Wide Web.
After successful completion of this course, students would be able to
Textbook(s):
 Explain the purpose and components of a data warehouse and differentiate it from transactional
1. Data Warehousing : Design, Development And Best Practices by Soumendra Mohanty
databases.
(Author), Tata McGraw Hill Education (Publisher).
 Perform OLAP operations on a multidimensional data model to analyze and query data. 2. Jiawei Han, Michelin Kamber, “Data Mining-Concepts and techniques”, Morgan Kaufmann
 Implement data preprocessing techniques to address missing data and prepare the data for Publishers, Elsevier, 3nd Edition.
mining. 3. Alex Berson, Stephen J.Smith, “Data warehousing Data mining and OLAP”, Tata McGraw-
 Apply association rules mining algorithms to discover patterns and relationships in large Hill, 2nd Edition.
datasets. Additional Reference(s):
1. Arum K Pujari, “Data Mining Techniques”, 3rd Edition, Universities Press, 2005
2. PualrajPonnaiah, Wiley, “Data Warehousing Fundamentals”, Student Edition, 2004.
Topics No of 3. Ralph Kimball, Wiley, “The Data warehouse Life Cycle Toolkit”, Student Edition, 2006.
Unit
Lectures

Introduction to Data Warehouse: Introduction, Necessity, Framework of

the data warehouse, options, developing data warehouses, Differences
between OLAP and OLTP, OLAP Operations in the Multidimensional Data
Model, Back-End Tools and Utilities, Metadata Repository, Types of
OLAP servers.
I DW Design Consideration And Dimensional Modeling: Defining 15
Dimensional Model, Granularity of Facts, Additivity of Facts, Functional
dependency of the Data, Helper Tables, Implementation many-to-many
relationships between fact and dimensional modeling.
Data Warehouse Models: Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), Data Mart,
Virtual Data Warehouse, Hybrid Data Warehouse.
Data Mining: Introduction to Data Mining, Definition, Knowledge
II Discovery in Data (KDD), Kinds of databases, Data to be mined, Basic 15
mining techniques, Data Mining Issues, Data Mining Metrics, Social

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 Lectures Lectures
Course Code Course Title Credits Course Code Course Title Credits
/Week /Week

USCSP6041 Data Mining & Warehousing – Practical 1 3 USCS6042 Ethical Hacking 2 3

Perform different operations of extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes About the Course: This course provides an in-depth exploration of ethical hacking and penetration
1
on a sample dataset using PowerBI. testing methodologies. Students will learn about hacking technology types, the phases of ethical
hacking, footprinting, social engineering, system hacking, web server and application vulnerabilities,
Integrate data from multiple sources by merging and transforming datasets using
2 wireless hacking, and more. The course emphasizes hands-on lab exercises and real-world scenarios to
Python's pandas library and data manipulation techniques. develop practical skills in identifying and mitigating security vulnerabilities.
Apply feature selection techniques like variance thresholding and correlation analysis Course Objectives:
3
using Python's scikit-learn library to reduce dimensionality in a dataset.  Understand the terminology and concepts related to ethical hacking and penetration testing.
 Explore various hacking technologies and the skills required to become an ethical hacker.
Discretize continuous variables and create concept hierarchies for categorical variables
4  Learn the different phases involved in ethical hacking and the methodologies used in
in a market basket dataset using Python's pandas library.
penetration testing.
Implement the Apriori algorithm in Python to mine frequent itemsets from a retail  Gain knowledge of common hacking techniques, such as footprinting, scanning, enumeration,
5 and session hijacking.
transaction dataset and extract association rules.
 Develop proficiency in identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities in web servers, web
Build a decision tree classifier using Python's scikit-learn library to predict customer applications, and wireless networks.
6
churn based on historical data.
Learning Outcomes:
Implement a Naive Bayes classifier in Python using scikit-learn to classify emails as After successful completion of this course, students would be able to
7  Apply ethical hacking methodologies to conduct comprehensive security assessments and
spam or non-spam based on their content.
penetration tests.
Implement a linear regression method to make predictions based on the sample data  Perform effective footprinting and reconnaissance techniques to gather critical information
8
set using Python. about target systems.
 Identify and exploit vulnerabilities in various network and system components using
Implement a logistic regression method to make predictions based on the sample data
9 appropriate tools and techniques.
set using Python.  Evaluate the security posture of web servers, web applications, and wireless networks, and
Implement K-means clustering algorithm in Python using scikit-learn to group recommend appropriate countermeasures.
10
customers based on their purchasing behavior.  Demonstrate an understanding of ethical and legal considerations in conducting ethical hacking
activities and adhere to professional codes of conduct.

No of
Unit Topics
Lectures

Introduction: Terminology, Hacking Technology Types, Ethical Hacking

Phases, Hacktivism, Hacker Classes, Skills Required for an Ethical Hacker,
Vulnerability Research, Ways to Conduct Ethical Hacking
Footprinting: Definition, Information Gathering Methodology,
Competitive Intelligence, DNS Enumeration, Whois and ARIN Lookups,
Types of DNS Records, Traceroute in Footprinting, E-Mail Tracking
I 15
Social Engineering: Common Types Of Attacks
Scanning and Enumeration: Port Scanning, Network Scanning,
Vulnerability Scanning, CEH Scanning Methodology, Ping Sweep
Techniques, Nmap Command Switches, SYN, Stealth, XMAS, NULL,
IDLE, FIN Scans, Anonymizers, HTTP Tunneling Techniques, IP Spoofing
Techniques, SNMP Enumeration, Steps Involved in Enumeration
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 System Hacking: Password-Cracking Techniques, Types of Passwords, Lectures
Keyloggers and Other Spyware Technologies, Escalating Privileges, Course Code Course Title Credits
/Week
Rootkits
USCSP6042 Ethical Hacking - Practical 1 3
Sniffers: Protocols Susceptible to Sniffing, Active and Passive Sniffing,
ARP Poisoning, MAC Flooding, DNS Spoofing Techniques, Sniffing
Countermeasures
Google and Whois Reconnaissance
II Denial of Service: Types of DoS Attacks, Working of DoS Attacks, 15  Use Google search techniques to gather information about a specific target or
BOTs/BOTNETs, “Smurf” Attack, “SYN” Flooding, DoS/DDoS organization.
Countermeasures 1  Utilize advanced search operators to refine search results and access hidden
Session Hijacking: Spoofing vs. Hijacking, Types, Sequence Prediction, information.
Steps, Prevention  Perform Whois lookups to retrieve domain registration information and gather
Hacking Web Servers: Web Server Vulnerabilities, Attacks against Web details about the target's infrastructure.
Servers, Patch Management Techniques, Web Server Hardening Password Encryption and Cracking with CrypTool and Cain and Abel
Web Application Vulnerabilities: Web Application Hacking, Web  Password Encryption and Decryption:
Application Threats, Google Hacking, Countermeasures o Use CrypTool to encrypt passwords using the RC4 algorithm.
Web-Based Password Cracking Techniques: Authentication Types, o Decrypt the encrypted passwords and verify the original values.
2
Password Crackers, Countermeasures  Password Cracking and Wireless Network Password Decoding:
o Use Cain and Abel to perform a dictionary attack on Windows account
SQL Injection: Steps, SQL Server Vulnerabilities, Countermeasures
passwords.
III Buffer Overflows: Types, Stack-Based Buffer Overflows, Mutation 15 o Decode wireless network passwords using Cain and Abel's capabilities.
Techniques
Linux Network Analysis and ARP Poisoning
Wireless Hacking: WEP, WPA Authentication Mechanisms, and Cracking  Linux Network Analysis:
Techniques, Wireless Sniffers, Rogue Access Points, Wireless Hacking
Techniques, Securing Wireless Networks o Execute the ifconfig command to retrieve network interface
information.
Penetration Testing Methodologies: Methodologies, Steps, Automated o Use the ping command to test network connectivity and analyze the
Tools, Pen-Test Deliverables output.
Textbook(s): o Analyze the netstat command output to view active network
1. CEH official Certfied Ethical Hacking Review Guide, Wiley India Edition 3 connections.
Additional Reference(s): o Perform a traceroute to trace the route packets take to reach a target
1. Certified Ethical Hacker: Michael Gregg, Pearson Education host.
2. Certified Ethical Hacker: Matt Walker, TMH.  ARP Poisoning:
o Use ARP poisoning techniques to redirect network traffic on a
Windows system.
o Analyze the effects of ARP poisoning on network communication and
security.

Port Scanning with NMap

 Use NMap to perform an ACK scan to determine if a port is filtered, unfiltered,
or open.
4  Perform SYN, FIN, NULL, and XMAS scans to identify open ports and their
characteristics.
 Analyze the scan results to gather information about the target system's
network services.

Network Traffic Capture and DoS Attack with Wireshark and Nemesy
 Network Traffic Capture:
5 o Use Wireshark to capture network traffic on a specific network
interface.
o Analyze the captured packets to extract relevant information and
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 identify potential security issues. Lectures
Course Code Course Title Credits
 Denial of Service (DoS) Attack: /Week
o Use Nemesy to launch a DoS attack against a target system or network.
USCS6051 Customer Relationship Management 2 3
o Observe the impact of the attack on the target's availability and
performance.

Persistent Cross-Site Scripting Attack About the Course: This course on Customer Relationship Management (CRM) provides an in-depth
 Set up a vulnerable web application that is susceptible to persistent XSS understanding of the principles, strategies, and tools necessary for managing customer relationships
attacks. effectively. Students will explore the various forms of CRM and its impact on business performance.
6  Craft a malicious script to exploit the XSS vulnerability and execute arbitrary Additionally, the course covers customer acquisition, retention, and the measurement of customer-
code. perceived value. Students will also gain insights into strategic and operational CRM, including customer
 Observe the consequences of the attack and understand the potential risks portfolio management, marketing automation, and service automation. The course concludes with an
associated with XSS vulnerabilities. examination of analytical CRM and the implementation of CRM strategies through real-life case
studies.
Session Impersonation with Firefox and Tamper Data
 Install and configure the Tamper Data add-on in Firefox. Course Objectives:
7  Intercept and modify HTTP requests to impersonate a user's session.  To provide students with a comprehensive understanding of CRM concepts, theories, and
 Understand the impact of session impersonation and the importance of session models.
management.  To equip students with the knowledge and skills to manage the customer journey, including
customer acquisition and retention.
SQL Injection Attack  To explore the factors that contribute to customer-perceived value and the role of CRM in
 Identify a web application vulnerable to SQL injection. enhancing the customer experience.
8  Craft and execute SQL injection queries to exploit the vulnerability.  To familiarize students with strategic and operational CRM approaches, including customer
 Extract sensitive information or manipulate the database through the SQL portfolio management and marketing automation.
injection attack.  To introduce students to the analytical aspects of CRM, including data management, analytics
Creating a Keylogger with Python for strategy and tactics, and the implementation of CRM systems.
 Write a Python script that captures and logs keystrokes from a target system. Learning Outcomes:
9  Execute the keylogger script and observe the logged keystrokes. After successful completion of this course, students would be able to
 Understand the potential security risks associated with keyloggers and the  Students will be able to define and explain the various forms of CRM and their relevance to
importance of protecting against them. business contexts.
Exploiting with Metasploit (Kali Linux)  Students will acquire the skills to manage the customer journey effectively, including
 Identify a vulnerable system and exploit it using Metasploit modules. implementing customer acquisition and retention programs.
 Gain unauthorized access to the target system and execute commands or extract  Students will understand the importance of customer-perceived value and its impact on
10 customer satisfaction, loyalty, and business performance.
information.
 Understand the ethical considerations and legal implications of using  Students will be able to apply strategic and operational CRM approaches, such as customer
Metasploit for penetration testing. portfolio management and marketing automation, to enhance organizational effectiveness.
 Students will develop proficiency in analytical CRM techniques, including data management,
analytics for strategy and tactics, and the successful implementation of CRM systems. They will
also be able to analyze and draw insights from real-life case studies and success stories related
to CRM.

Topics No of
Unit
Lectures

Understanding Customer Relationships

I Introduction to CRM: Three forms of CRM, The changing face of CRM, 15

Misunderstandings about CRM, Defining CRM, CRM constituencies,
Commercial contexts of CRM, Models of CRM, Understanding

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 relationships, Relationship Quality, Customer life-time value, Customer
satisfaction, loyalty and business performance, Relationship management
theories, Benefits of CRM
Managing the customer journey: customer acquisition, Portfolio
purchasing, Prospecting, Key performance indicators of customer
acquisition programs, Operational CRM tools that help customer
acquisition, Customer retention, Economics and Strategies of customer
retention, Key performance indicators of customer retention programs.
Managing customer-experienced value: Understanding value, modeling
customer-perceived value, its sources, Customization, Value through the
marketing mix, Customer Experience concepts, Service marketing, Total
quality management, relationship management, CRM's influence on CX,
How CRM software applications influence customer experience

Strategic and Operational CRM

Customer portfolio management: Portfolio, customer, Basic disciplines
for CPM, CPM in the business-to-business context, customer portfolio
management tools, strategically significant customers, The seven core
customer management strategies
II 15
Marketing automation: Introduction to marketing automation, Benefits,
Software applications for marketing, Sales force automation
Service automation: Introduction, customer service, Modeling service
quality, Customer service standards, service automation, Benefits, Software
applications for service

Analytical CRM

Developing and managing customer-related databases: Corporate

customer-related data, Structured and unstructured data, Developing a
customer-related database, Data integration, Data warehousing, Data marts,
Analytics for CRM strategy and tactics, Big data analytics, Analytics for
structured data, ways to generate analytical insight, Data-mining
III procedures, Artificial intelligence (Al), machine learning (ML) and deep 15
learning (DL)

Implementing CRM: Introduction, develop the CRM strategy, build CRM

project foundations, needs specification and partner selection, project
implementation, performance evaluation

Case studies and success stories related to CRM

Textbook(s):
1. Customer Relationship Management Concepts and Technologies, Francis Buttle, Stan Maklan,
Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2019
2. Jagdish N Sheth, Parvatiyar Atul, G Shainesh, Customer Relationship Management- Emerging
Concepts, Tools and Applications, 2017
3. Anderrson Kristin , Carol Kerr, Customer Relationship Management, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2017
Additional Reference(s):
1. V. Kumar & Werner J., CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT, Willey India, 2008
2. S. Shanmugasundaram, CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT, Prentice Hall of

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