BodhiLab Certification Programme

Jan - May 2020

The BodhiTree team at IIT Bombay is happy to announce BodhiLab Certification Programme! The invitation letter for this programme is here: http://bodhitree.cse.iitb.ac.in/bodhilab/invitation.html

Who is it for

College teachers in Computer Science and Engineering, teaching any of the following subjects in the period Jan-May 2020 :

Programming in C/C++ ✤ Data Structures ✤ Computer Networks ✤ Network Security ✤ Computer Organization/Architecture ✤ Operating Systems.

What is it

BodhiLab is a lab support programme in which faculty and staff of IIT Bombay will provide you support for conducting laboratory assignments for the subjects you are teaching in the period Jan-May 2020.

In particular, selected teachers will get the following support -

• Lab problem statements, model solutions, and videos explaining the solutions by IIT Bombay faculty

• Objective quizzes that test the learning from these labs

• Videos covering the theory required for the labs by IIT faculty

• Access to BodhiTree, the platform which will host the above interactive videos and which offers programming assignment auto-evaluation

• Access to SAFE, an app on which the objective tests can be administered to students

• Training to do the labs yourself, before you conduct the lab : This will be under remote supervision provided by IIT Bombay faculty/staff, using live chat/audio/video. A total of five hours of such pre-lab training sessions will be provided, over the semester.

Furthermore, you can use the given labs and associated exams for the internal assessment component of your students’ evaluation.

How do I get a certificate?

To get a certificate from this program, you must demonstrate proficiency at doing a minimum of two chosen labs yourself, and the successful conduct of the same labs for a minimum 30 students on the BodhiTree/SAFE platform. In addition, there is a fee of Rs 1000/-. Furthermore, high performers will be certified as coordinators for their region for subsequent runs of this programme.

Tell me more

Please see further details of platforms used, programme schedule, and application process. Also see the list of topics of the Lab Problem Statements in each subject.

Hurry! Application Deadline : Tue 07 January 2020.

Platforms Used

• The BodhiTree platform will be used to share the Lab Problem Statements, videos, slides and any other support material. This will also be the platform on which you will create and run your lab subject. BodhiTree offers

  • General course management features

  • Video lectures with in-video quizzes (can be shared with students)

  • Programming assignment auto-evaluation

• The SAFE mobile app will be used for objective quizzes that students can take on their mobile phones. SAFE offers easy administration and evaluation of these quizzes. SAFE incorporates several cheating-prevention mechanisms, so it can be ‘safely’ used for internal assessment marks, if you so desire.

Schedule

1. Deadline to apply for the programme: Tue 07 January 2020

2. Selected teachers notified by Tue 14 January 2020

3. Last date for payment of certification fee: Mon 03 February 2020

4. The following will be shared with the selected teachers by Wed 15 Jan 2020:

   1. Problem statements

   2. Interactive video content relevant to the theoretical concepts behind the labs

   3. Instructor account on the BodhiTree/SAFE platforms

5. Introductory chat session (mandatory for all teachers): Mon 27 Jan 2020 9-10am OR Mon 27 Jan 2020 2.30-3.30pm. Each teacher has to attend ONE of the above two sessions. We have given two slots for flexibility.

6. Lab help and quiz administration schedule

How should I apply?

To apply for this program you (teacher) must have the following ready, and then fill this form.

• Identify at least two labs from each subject from the list of offered labs, which you will be administering to your students in the college subject you will be teaching during the semester

• A letter of support from your College Principal/Head of Department in the given format. This letter should be typed on the Principal/HoD’s college letterhead, signed, scanned and uploaded.

Participants will be selected on the basis of the strength of their application, based on the information you provide us on the form.

How do I pay the fee?

There is no fee to apply for the program. Details of information for payment is here: payment-info.html

Contact Us

For additional details or clarifications contact

Bhaskaran Raman, Professor, Department of CSE, IIT Bombay.

Email: bodhitree@cse.iitb.ac.in,

Mobile number: 9820082064.

Lab Topics and System Requirements

Almost all the labs require Linux machines (can be virtual machine). The Programming Labs and Data Structures Labs can be done on Linux or Windows. Specific labs may require additional software, which can be freely installed on Linux.

Topics of the labs in each of the six subjects

Full lab details will be shared with selected participant teachers only.

Introduction to programming in C/C++

1. Lab-1: Variable types and declarations, assignments, arithmetic, basic terminal I/O

2. Lab-2: Conditional Execution (if or switch statement)

3. Lab-3: Loops (for, while), including arrays

4. Lab-4: Functions

5. Lab-5: Recursive functions

Data Structures

1. Lab-1: Array Implementation of Queue Data Structure (as Circular Queue)

2. Lab-2: Array Implementation of Stack Data Structure

3. Lab-3: Application of stacks

4. Lab-4: Implementation of singly linked list

5. Lab-5: Tree traversals (e.g. in-order, pre-order, post-order)

Computer Networks

1. Lab-1: Tools Set-1: Action at a host. Look at relevant tools (ip, wget, ping, wireshark, tcpdump etc), system files (/etc/protocols, /etc/services etc) that help us generate, analyze and understand traffic that leaves a host.

2. Lab-2: Layering. Understand the concept of layering (encapsulation, demultiplexing) by generating relevant traffic and analyzing the same via wireshark.

3. Lab-3: Tool Set-2: Insight into the network. Look at more tools (ip, arp,arping, ethtool, nmcli, netstat) to understand link, network protocols.

4. Lab-4: IP fragmentation and DHCP. Understand these two concepts via generating relevant traffic and analyzing the same via wireshark.

5. Lab-5: TCP/HTTP. Understand these two protocols in depth via generating relevant traffic and analyzing the same via wireshark.

Network Security

1. Lab-1: Frequency analysis of mono-alphabetic cipher. Understand “ciphert-text only” attacks and how crypto-analysis is done to break the cipher.

2. Lab-2: Symmetric Key Encryption. Explore openssl library, understand the strengths and weaknesses of different symmetric key based block modes.

3. Lab-3: RSA and Hybrid Use. Explore RSA vis openssl library and also contrast the speed of RSA vs AES to motivate the need for hybrid usage in encryption.

4. Lab-4: Integrity. Explore openssl library to see how integrity is provided via hashes, MACs and digital signatures.

5. Lab-5: TLS/SSL. Understand the cryptographic protocol TLS/SSL via exploring “https” traces via wireshark.

Computer Organization/Architecture

1. Lab-1: MIPS instruction set: Understanding the MIPS instruction set through MIPS assembly programming in the SPIM simulator

2. Lab-2: Recursion in MIPS: Writing a recursive function in MIPS assembly, using the SPIM simulator

3. Lab-3: Data hazards in pipeline: Using a pipeline simulator to understand data hazards in a pipeline, MIPS/DLX 5-stage pipeline

4. Lab-4: Data forwarding in pipeline: Using a pipeline simulator to understand the benefits of data forwarding, MIPS/DLX 5-stage pipeline

5. Lab-5: Cache performance: Using a cache simulator to understand the effects of various cache parameters

Operating Systems

1. Lab-1: Process and CPU monitoring: Understanding process and CPU monitoring on a Linux system using /proc and relevant Linux commands

2. Lab-2: Memory and disk monitoring: Understanding memory and disk usage by processes in a Linux system

3. Lab-3: Process management using a shell: Foreground and background processes, using the ps, exec, wait, kill commands

4. Lab-4: Dynamic memory management: mmap and munmap system calls

5. Lab-5: Multi-threaded programming: Using pthreads, locks and synchronization

Format for College Principal’s/HoD’s letter

To be printed on principal/HoD’s letterhead

To

The BodhiLab In-Charges

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

IIT Bombay,

Powai, Mumbai 400 076

Dear Professors,

I hereby approve the application of <name of college teacher> for the BodhiLab Jan-May 2020 programme. Our college will be supportive of this activity undertaken by the selected teachers, including reimbursement of the certification fee.

I confirm that the chosen labs will be part of the curriculum and that the lab evaluation will be on BodhiTree/SAFE platforms.

(Add any other comments, if necessary)

Sincerely

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<Name of College Principal/HoD>

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