CS 101 IIT BOMBAY

Computer Programming and Utilization

Dr Deepak B Phatak
Subrao Nilekani Chair Professor
Department of CSE, Kanwal Rekhi Building
IIT Bombay

Lecture 1, Introduction
Overview
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Engineering Education
Research and Critical thinking
Introduction to the course
Quiz

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Engineering
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Evolution of life forms represents evolution of

engineering
Architecture and structure
Energy storage, conversion
Locomotion, mechanical activities
Signaling,messaging
Information processing
Growth, Self Preservation
Mutation (innovation), Replication

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 Engineering Education
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Nature has the best engineering

Nitrogen Fixing, Firefly, Human body
Teaching and learning in the context of
Engineering
Who teaches birds to build a nest?
Human knowledge Grows Faster
We cannot depend on genetics
We crated an Institution called a teacher
A custodian of knowledge for spreading it

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 Critical thinking
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From wikipedia
Critical thinking is purposeful and reflective
judgment about what to believe or what to
do in response to
Observations
Experience
Verbal or written expressions
Arguments
It is not about passing of negative
comments!
[Slide Courtsey Prof D M Dhamdhere]
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 Critical thinking
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Critical thinking ability is important for various

reasons
because of the vast amount of information
available (on the web, for example)
One must analyze the information available
from multiple sources
Validate information from each source,
rejecting unreliable/illogical information
Correlate information from various sources to
make a cohesive whole
[Slide Courtsey Prof D M Dhamdhere]
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 Critical thinking
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Wikipedia (contd): Critical thinking

Raises vital questions and problems,
formulating them clearly and precisely
Gathers and assesses relevant information
Comes to well-reasoned conclusions, solutions
Thinks open-mindedly (about alternatives)
Communicates effectively with other in
figuring out solutions to complex problems;
without being unduly influenced by others
[Slide Courtsey Prof D M Dhamdhere]
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Journey to an exciting career
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Impact

Success

Knowledge

Exams

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Attitude issues
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Attitude is set by the only measure

faced by students in their lives
performance in examinations
Rat race of competition
Winners (some) acquire
Overconfidence
Often amounting to arrogance
Losers (many) acquire diffidence
often amounting to despondance
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The best Attitude
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Curiosity
Boldness
Perseverence

All of had it as a child!!

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Course Organization
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Contained in the handout

More to follow on websites listed
Will be updated by Saturday Midnight

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Quiz 1
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What is the level of familiarity you have with

computers?
(A) Never seen one in my life
(B) Seen and used only for surfing the web
(C) Have been using it for emails
(D) Have learned some computer programming.

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Quiz 2
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Have you ever failed in any subject in your

education so far?
(A) Once
(B) a few times
(C) Never
(D) I do not see why this is important

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Quiz 3
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{count[substr($1, length($1),1)]++}
END {for (i in count)
print i, count[i]}

This program is written in

(A) C (B) C++ (C) JAVA (D) None of these

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Quiz 4
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(A) What does the program of Quiz 3 do if output is:

0 75
1 94
2 91
3 85
4 83
5 80
6 76
7 78
8 74
9 76
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