Application and Admission Procedure

Results of Entrance Test

The following candidates were selected for admission to the PhD(CS) program for 2012.

(Declared: 22nd April)

Entrance Test

• The shortlisted candidates will have to appear in a written test, a programming test (if shortlisted in the written test) and an interview (if shortlisted after the programming test) at IIIT-Delhi on April 21st, 2012.

  • Venue: IIIT-Delhi
    • Reporting date: April 21, 2012 (Saturday)
    • Registration time: 7:30 A.M.
    • Following is the tentative schedule for the rest of the day.
    • Breakfast: 8-8:30 A.M. (only for candidates)
    • Written test starts: 9:00 A.M.
    • Programming test (for seleted candidates): 11:30 A.M.
    • Lunch: 12:30 P.M. (only for candidates)
    • Interview (for selected candidates): 2 P.M.
• Documents: Shortlisted candidates MUST bring with you the following documents for the purpose of verification of facts furnished in the application form.
  1. One recent passport size photograph
  2. Original mark sheets, degree and certificates (including X, XII, undergraduate, etc.)
  3. Proof of date of birth and photo identification
  4. Copies of all publications (if any)
  5. GATE/GRE/TOEFL/other score card (if any)
  6. Original copies of awards
  7. Any other document (in original form) that you have mentioned in the application form

You must bring with you COPIES of the above documents without fail. In case your last semester exam is not yet over or the results have not yet been declared, you should bring mark sheets / grade cards of all the previous semesters whose results have been declared.

Written and Programming Test

• Written test: The written test will have two sections (Part A and B) as described below. The questions will be on standard B.Tech. level concepts (MSc for non CS/IT areas). Syllabus for the testis given below.The questions may be a mixture of multiple choice, fill in the blanks, one-two line answers, and similar short answers. They will not require long descriptive answers. Use of calculators and similar computing devices will not be permitted.
  • Part-A is compulsory. This section will have questions from discrete maths, data structures, algorithms and programming concepts.
    • Syllabus:
      Sets, Relations, Boolean Algebra, Combinatorics, Summation, Asymptotic notation, Recurrences, Basic data structures (arrays, linked-list, stacks, queues), Trees, Graphs, Sorting, Graph algorithms, Dynamic programming, Divide and conquer, Heaps, Hash tables, Basic programming concepts.
  • In Part-B, candidates need to choose ANY ONE from the following 6 subsections. The candidate will have to specify their chioce during registration ON THE MORNING of the test.
    1. Linear algebra, probability, statistics, logic.
       • Syllabus:
         Mathematical Logic: Propositional Logic; First Order Logic.
         Probability: Conditional Probability; Mean, Median, Mode and Standard Deviation; Bayes Theorem, Random Variables; Distributions; uniform, normal, exponential, Poisson, Binomial.
         Probability & Statistics: Probability space, conditional probability, Bayes theorem, independence, Random variables, joint and conditional distributions, standard probability distributions and their properties, expectation, conditional expectation, moments; Weak and strong law of large numbers, central limit theorem; Mean, Median, Mode and Variance, Testing of hypotheses, Distributions; uniform, normal, exponential, Poisson, Binomial.
         Linear Algebra: Algebra of matrices, determinants, systems of linear equations, Eigen values and Eigen vectors.
    2. Computer networks, operating systems
       • Syllabus:
         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. Network security  basic concepts of public key and private key cryptography, digital signature, firewalls.
         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.
    3. Databases and software engineering
       1. Syllabus:
          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.
          Information Systems and Software Engineering: information gathering, requirement and feasibility analysis, data flow diagrams, process specifications, input/output design, process life cycle, planning and managing the project, design, coding, testing, implementation, maintenance.
    4. Computer hardware
       • Syllabus:
         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.
    5. Artificial intelligence, machine learning and image processing
       • Syllabus:
         Image understanding and representation, Image transformations, Filtering, noise removal, Edge detection, Color image processing, and transformations, Decision tree, and Bayes classification.
    6. Geoinformatics
       • Syllabus:
         3 Basic Principles of Remote Sensing, Sensors and Platforms, Multi-Spectral Image Analysis and Classification, GIS Data Structures, Spatial Indexes, Attribute Data Model, Map Projections, Basic Cartography, Vector and Raster Spatial Analysis.
• Programming Test: Selected candidates after the written test will have to appear for the programming test.
  • Allowed programming languages: C / C++ / C# / Java
  • Available programming environments: (command-line) gcc, g++, gmcs, javac, (IDE) Eclipse, Netbeans, Visual Studio, Turbo-C
  • The program may require file I/O for reading input and producing output
  • The candidates will be allowed to use default libraries in the standard installation of their programming language. Non-standard libraries will not be available.

Interview

• Shortlisted candidates (after the written + programming tests) will be interviewed on the same day.
• A final shortlist, based on (i) the performance in the tests, (ii) the interview, (iii) the background and (iv) references will be the final list of admitted candidates.
• The admission decisions (i.e. screening, shortlisting, and others) will be made by the IIIT-D PhD Admission Committee, which will be final.

Screening Results

We received an overwhelming number of PhD applications of very good quality. A screening committee of IIIT-Delhi faculty members carefully reviewed each application that met the minimum eligibility criteria. The candidates were finally shortlisted based on their performance in X, XII, BTech, MTech and other criteria including projects, work experience, research experience, publications, etc. Based on these criteria, the following candidates have been short-listed for the PhD entrance exam on April 21st 2012 at IIIT-Delhi campus.

The shortlisted candidates have also been sent an email with detail instructions on the entrance test.

Applying

1. Fill up the online application form (link to online form). Application is now closed. Screeing results will be available on 4th April.
2. Last date of application -  March 30, 2012, 5:00pm (Friday).
3. Send a demand draft of non-refundable Rs 350/- towards application processing fee in favour of IIIT-Delhi payable in New Delhi to the address below. Write clearly your name and application ID on the back of the draft.
   

   PhD Admission Committee
   IIIT-Delhi
   3rd Floor, Library building, NSIT Campus
   Azad Hind Fauj Marg
   Sector-3, Dwarka
   New Delhi - 110078

• The draft should reach IIIT-Delhi latest by April 3rd 5:00pm, otherwise your application might be rejected without screening.
• The candidates will be screened based on the information provided in the online application form.
• The list of shortlisted candidates will be called for the written test.

Travel logistics: For the outstation candidates (non-NCR) who are appearing for the test, IIIT-Delhi will reimburse their travel fare by second sleeper or public bus fare by the shortest route, which ever is cheapest. They will have to furnish the proof of travel. If a candidate decides to choose a different mode (e.g. 3AC, air, etc.), IIIT-Delhi will only reimburse the second sleeper or public transport bus fare by the shortest route.

Accommodation logistics: IIIT-Delhi may be able to provide accommodation to a limited number of candidates on a first-come-first-serve basis. More details will be provided in 1st week of April. Candidates are advised to arrange for their own accommodation if possible.

More details on the tests and interviews will be posted on this page - so please check this page regularly for announcements.