Details of the projects
for 03CS UG batchAB1 Embedded systems 1 student AB2 AI, Speech and natural language processing 2 students (1 Dual-degree preferable) AD1 Elliptic curve cryptography 1 student (BTech/Dual) Prerequisite: Good feeling of discrete algebraic structures (groups, rings and fields) Efficient implementation of elliptic curve cryptosystems and comparison with conventional cryptosystems based on RSA and discrete logs AD2 Hyperelliptic curve cryptography 1 student (Dual preferable) Prerequisite: Good feeling of discrete algebraic structures (groups, rings and fields) Efficient implementation of hyperelliptic curve cryptosystems and comparison with conventional cryptosystems based on RSA and discrete logs AD3 Cryptanalysis of block ciphers 1 student (BTech/Dual) Implementation and improvement of several forms of attacks on modern block ciphers (like AES) AG1 Distributed algorithms for wireless networks 1 BTech/Dual student Involves design, analysis, and simulation of distributed algorithms for different problems on wireless networks. AG2 Application development for mobile phones on windows platform 1 BTech student This project will involve developing innovative applications for mobile phones. Requires interest in learning new technologies and implementing them. AKM1 Multimedia Storage and Retrieval with application to Medical Images and Video. Requirement: Students with good CGPA and interest in work. AKM2 Data Security and Design of Intrusion Resilient Database systems Requirement: Students with good CGPA and interest in work. ARB1 Medial axis and straight skeleton of simple polygons ARB2 Application of graph algorithms and graph drawing techniques in VLSI placement ARB3 Approximate matching of points and geometric shapes under arbitrary transforms ARB4 Geometric optimization algorithms for Geographic Information Systems(GIS) ARB5 Uniform insertion of points inside arbitrary planar shapes (squares,polygons, etc.) AP1 Sensor networks AP2 Optical communication CRM1 Algorithm animation over the web 1 student (BTech/Dual) A manual animation system exists. See this link. The aim of the project is to automate the generation of the animation. This will require coding the animation in XML and translating the XML (using existing tools) to generate the animation. CRM_DS1 Introducing new architectural features into the RTL synthesis paradigm (Jointly with DS) 1 Dual + 1 BTech student It is intended to incorporate new architectural features such as, forwarding in pipelines, predictive branching, etc. in RTL synthesis. The environment has to support hand-in-hand verification of the synthesised systems. DRC1 Characterization of Non-linear Cellular Automata and its application to Cryptography DRC2 New schemes for two/multi party authentication DRC3 Testing Embedded Cores - Digital, Analog and Mixed signal DS1 Verification of real time systems 1 student GB1 Looking into the Linux Kernel ISG1 Development of tools for steganography and steganalysis 1 student (BTech/Dual) Steganography means hiding information within some other medium. For example, a text message can be hidden in an image file in such a way that its hidden presence cannot be easily detected. Steganography coupled with encyption can provide a better way of hiding and distributing secret information securely. Steganalysis is the process of analyzing an image (say) to detect the presence of any hidden content in it. This project aims to explore topics in the development of secure steganography tool, and steganalysis. ISG2 Some topics in the area of digital circuit testing 2 students (Dual) Prerequisites : Should have interest in the area of VLSI CAD The complexity of digital circuit testing is increasing with every passing year, and contributes to a large proportion of total chip cost. There are several areas in which work can be carried out in this field, like low power testing, testing of reversible circuits, system-on-chip testing, layout- driven testing, etc. The objective of this project is to identify some interesting problems in the area of digital testing, and try to arrive at a solution using a new approach. There will be significant research component in this work. ISG3 Development of reconfigurable FPGA based implementation of cryptographic primitives 1 student (BTech) Prerequisites : Some knowledge about Linux low level programming, and interest in FPGA based design. Some commonly used cryptographic algorithms would be chosen, and Verilog designs for them have to be arrived at. A FPGA based board would be interfaced to a Linux based PC, to which a specified algorithm implementation can be downloaded. The system would be reconfigurable in the sense that depending upon the requirements, the FPGA board can carry out different functions at different times. JM1 Video Compression using Wavelets 1 BTech student Developing video compression scheme using wavelet signal decomposition and comparing its performances with existing standards such as MPEG-2 and H.263. JM2 Protein Structure Prediciton 1 Dual degree student Prediction of secondary and tertiary structure from amino acid sequence. Study exisiting literature, implementation of standard algorithms and compare them. Suggest modifications / any new approach towards these computations. NG1 Performance Analysis of DC++ 2 Dual-degree Prerequisites : Networks In this project, we will measure the performance of DC++ (the local peer to peer network) based upon various criteria. NG2 Search in structured peer to peer networks 1 student (BTech/Dual) Prerequisites : Networks In this project, we will try to build up a robust distributed hash table which helps in organizing information in peer to peer networks. NG3 Understanding weighted random graphs 1 student (BTech/Dual) Prerequisites : Graph theory In this project, we will define various parameters to characterize a weighted random graph. NG_PM1 Pattern Recognition with Cellular Automata (Jointly with PM) 1 Dual-degree Prerequisites : Machine Learning/AI Design Cellular Automata based algorithms for various pattern recognition tasks like - instance selection, feature selection, clustering, and classification. Apply to the algorithms to real world problems in remote sensing, medical diagnosis etc. PDG1 Formal verification I PDG2 Formal verification II PDG3 Formal verification III PM1 Spatio-temporal data mining 1 student (BTech/Dual) Prerequisites : Machine Learning/AI Develop data mining algorithms for spatio-temporal data like - weather, video etc. Association, trend detection and outlier analysis are some of the tasks to be studied. PM2 Information Extraction from Web Documents 2 students (BTech/Dual) Prerequisites : Machine Learning/AI Use of machine learning for automated information extraction from html and xml documents. PM3 Shape-based Image Retrieval 1 student (BTech/Dual) Prerequisites : Image Processing Develop image retrieval system using shape features for remote sensing images collections. PPC1 Multiprocessor scheduling algorithms 1 BTech/Dual student PPC2 Algorithms for timing and power analysis 1 BTech/Dual student (Among PPC1 and PPC2: 1 BTech + 1 Dual preferable) PSD1 Towards an Object Oriented Verilog 2 students Extension of the Work of my Current B.Tech Students. It involves creating an Object - Oriented Design Environment for designing a CPU by extending an Object Shell over and above the Existing Verilog. PSD2 Creating an Electronic Question Bank on Windows with VC++ Front End and Oracle / SQL Backend 1 or 2 students This project involves creating and maintaing a Question Bank along with its answers both of which may include Picture, Figure & Diagrams. The Questions and answers in various topics in each among several subjects can either be entered (using MS Word) or can be read from existing PDF or MS Word Files with provisions for alteration as well as creating new questions. RM1 Test coverage analysis for OO Programs 1 BTech student Prerequisite : Software Engineering SPP1 Classification of boolean functions with low classical/quantum communication complexity. [Only students seriously motivated in algebra, combinatorics and algorithmics may opt.] Number of students: One Dual degree student. Abstract: It is known that certain algebraic restrictions on inputs (called promises), reduce the communication complexity of two- and multi-party distributed computations of certain (boolean) functions. See this link and references therein. We wish to investigate into the relevant algebraic and combinatorial aspects for characterizing/classifying classes of functions with low (or bounded) communication complexity. Typically, for input sizes n given to each party, we wish to discover functions that can be fathomed with constant or logarithmic (log n) communication complexity. We also wish to study LOCC transformations between multipartite entanglement states in order to export such notions as those of incomparability of states to correlation preserving reductions between boolean functions (computed in a distributed network). (Link). SPP2 Scalable video service using (virtual) internet caching. Abstract: We wish to study the tradeoffs between video quality and blackouts between clips. Larger amount of data transfer providing higher quality requires larger caching space and network speeds. These resources need to be managed appropriately, in order to reduce blackouts and their durations. The main aim is to study in-depth, the use of caching (instead of streaming), for scalable on-demand video service. The work involves much simulation (with existing simulators and their enhancements), and some analytical work. References: Link [The student may email me to access a copy of the paper.] SPP3 Algebraic and combinatorial characterizations of promise sets for efficient communication protocols. Number of students: 1 B Tech and 1 Dual degree Abstract: It is observed that certain algebraic and/or combinatorial restrictions on permissible inputs lead to a fall in communication complexity of certain computations. We wish to investigate such phenomena for classical as well as quantum scenarios, with or without quantum entanglement assistance. Such studies are motivated by possibilities of discovering separations between quantum and classical communication complexities as initially illustrated by Richard Cleve and Harry Buhrman. Typically, we would investigate upper and lower bounds on such complexities for algebraically motivated functions. Please see this link and references therein. SS1 Detection and Tracking of News Topics 1 student (BTech or Dual) The idea of this project is to scan a dynamic source of articles e.g. news and track the growth and evolution of new topics over time. This will also involve finding associations and dependencies between different topics and identify different news threads. SS2 Question Answering system 1 student (BTech or Dual) In this project we will look at question answering systems. The idea is to find answers to certain types of question posed by the user from a corpus or from the Web. We will focus on response extraction from multiple sources, fusion/validation of the responses and the final response generation. SS3 Making use of ontologies and correlations in IR systems 1 student (BTech or Dual) The idea of this project is to detect associations between topic terms, and use ontologies and assoiciations for improved retrieval or recommendations or in Question Answering SS4 Dialogue Management system for the travel and tourism domain 1 student (BTech or Dual) The idea of this project is to take up a fixed domain like the railway travel domain and/or the tourism domain and work on a suitable dialogue management architecture for the domain. The work will also involve dialogue design.