IME624A: Computer Aided Decision Support Systems

31 July 2024

1 Instructor Information
ˆ Dr. Deepu Philip, Room No. 219, IME Building, IIT Kanpur

ˆ Phone: 0512-259-7460. e-mail: [email protected]

ˆ Lecture Timings: 12:00 - 13:15 on Wednesdays and Fridays

ˆ Laboratory Timings: As and when needed

ˆ Venue: IMEC2

ˆ Office hours: 13:30 - 14:40 on Wednesdays and Fridays (open office policy). No office
meetings will be on phone. Other meetings after scheduled e-mail appointments.

2 Course Information
ˆ Recommended readings:

– Sauter, V.L., “Decision Support Systems for Business Intelligence”, John Wiley Sons.,
New York.
– Elmasri, R., and Navathe, S., “Fundamentals of Database Systems”, 5th Edn., Addi-
son Wesley, New York.
– Holzner, S., “PHP: The Complete Reference”, McGraw Hill Education, New York.
– Powell, T., “HTML: The Complete Reference”, 5th Edn., McGraw Hill Education,
New York.
– Dyer, R.J.T., “ Learning MySQL and MariaDB”, O’reilly, New York.

ˆ Registered in the M. Tech, Ph.D. programs of the IME Department or Minor in IME;
otherwise special permission from the instructor.

ˆ Basic writing and presentation skills.

ˆ Basic computing skills.

3 General Policies
ˆ Signing up for my course implies that you understand my policies and are willing to abide
by them.

ˆ I WILL NOT help students who do not attend lectures and/or lab sessions.

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 ˆ Arrive after the start of the lecture; you are late. You loose your right to ask questions in
that lecture.

ˆ The medium of instruction and discussion will be English only.

ˆ Please switch off your mobile phones before entering the class.

ˆ It is required that all assignments and/or projects are completed using the server space
provided for the course. Also, particulars of every assignments and/or projects be e-mailed
to me on or before the deadline, with specific details (e.g. folder names required, library
files needed, etc.) and IME624A in the subject line. DO NOT attach any source code or
other aspects. Only provide the link of getting to the folder. All assignments have to done
in separate workspaces (like folders) in the server space provided.

ˆ You are expected to follow good writing and presentation styles. If you don’t have one;
please follow the one provided. Maintain style consistency throughout the semester.

ˆ You will be asked to evaluate your peers during presentations; please do it ethically.

ˆ You will not be excused from any examinations or projects; unless there is a very valid
reason. The student is responsible for making the written request for such absences and
obtain necessary permissions. The soul judge of validity is the instructor.

ˆ In engineering and management professions; you are not just expected to work, but suc-
ceed. Your work will be evaluated on the final outcomes; NOT your efforts!

ˆ The course contents are vast and hence it is important that sufficient preparations are
done before attending the lectures.

ˆ A lot of self learning and preparation is expected and required from the class participants.
Hence, please be prepared to work extra.

ˆ Both projects require the submission of proper report and as well as presentation in the
class. The presentations are formal and will be done outside normal course hours.

ˆ Projects are to be executed as group projects, with at most four (4) members per team and
at least three (3) members per team. Hence, identify your project partners and submit
the group details to class representatives by the end of lecture on 14 August 2024.

4 Grading Policies
ˆ Contribution of various components towards the final score (100%) is:

– Homework & Assignments: 10%

– Quizzes: 10%
– Final Project: 25%
– Mid Semester project (UX/UI + Database): 25%
– Final Exam: 30%

ˆ Final grades may or may not be curved at the discretion of the instructor.

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5 Course Ethics
ˆ All group or team assignments will be identified as such. Otherwise collaboration on
homework that involves sharing solutions, dividing the problems up, solving as a group,
etc. are strictly forbidden. Ethical behavior means that you only accept credit for the
work you have done!

ˆ Specific tasks sharing plan is necessary for all teamwork. Evaluations are done against
that plan.

ˆ Students are responsible for the honest completion and representation of their work, the
appropriate citation of sources and the respect and recognition of others’ academic en-
deavors.

ˆ Any student(s) found guilty of dishonest conduct will be given an F grade for the course
and will be reported to the institute level for appropriate disciplinary actions.

6 Server Policies
You will be using the one of the Linux server in the Smart Systems and Operations Laboratory
(IME 103) for developing and testing of all applications related to this course. The following
server policies will be enforced.

ˆ Use SSH Secure Shell client to connect with the server.

ˆ Please submit your student login name for obtaining user accounts on the Linux, MySQL,
and Samba servers.

ˆ User will get an initial password that has to be changed at the first login.

ˆ There is only limited space (≈100 MB); intended for working on your HTML, PHP,
JAVASCRIPT, C++, Perl, CSS files. Use the space judiciously.

ˆ Be careful during server side programming; not to crash the server.

ˆ Keeping a daily backup of your files is your responsibility.