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Faculty : Mr. Sachin S. Doddamani
Course Co-ordinator : Dr. Niranjanmoorthy C
HOD : Mrs. Ragini Krishna, ISE
Course Overview
What is ToC?
Theory of Computation (ToC) is the mathematical study of
What computers can do
How efficiently they can do it, and their fundamental limits.
It builds abstract mathematical models (like Finite Automata, Pushdown Automata, and Turing Machines) to simulate real-world computing devices.
In short, it is the absolute mathematical foundation of computer science.
Why It Matters ?
TOC bridges the gap between software and math.
It is directly applied every time you build a parser, use regular expressions (RegEx), design a compiler, or verify cryptographic security.
Interesting Things You Can Do using ToC :
Rather than just writing basic logic, ToC allows you to model and solve deep, complex challenges.
Design Compilers: Write the rules that dictate how programming syntax works and build parsers that translate code.
Power Data Processing: Master Regular Expressions (Regex) to rapidly search, validate, and manipulate vast datasets in your applications.
Explore AI and Cryptography: Map the foundations of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced cryptography—even grappling with the famous (P) vs (NP) problem, which asks if every problem whose solution can be quickly verified can also be quickly solved.
Tutorials
Theory Resources
Online Lectures / tutorials :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQfmRrPsQLQ&list=PLEbnTDJUr_IeTdS_P0GgW-E1CgnnbLR4J
Module -1
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Problems
Module -2
Module -3
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Question Bank :
Module - 4
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Module - 5
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Previous year and Model Question Papers
Model Paper 1
BCS503 Model paper 22 23 onwards.pdfModel Paper 2
BCS503 Model paper 24 25 onwards.pdfDec- Jan 2025
Dec Jan 2025 BCS503 Theory of Computation.pdfJune- July 2025
June July 2025 BCS503 Theory of Computation.pdfAssignment-2 (JFLAPS Simulation tool in LAB)
DFAS
NFAs
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