mini lectures - computer science

Web Development & APIs

  • HTTP-2 and HTTP-3 Protocol Enhancements
  • Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
  • GraphQL vs REST API Design
  • Server-Side Rendering (SSR) vs Client-Side Rendering (CSR)
  • WebSocket Communication for Real-Time Applications
  • Client-Side Storage with IndexedDB and LocalStorage
  • Reverse Proxy Configuration with NGINX
  • Middleware Design Patterns in Node.js

Software Architecture & Design Patterns

  • Microservices Architecture and Design
  • Event-Driven Architecture
  • Domain-Driven Design Principles
  • Design by Contract (DbC) in Software Engineering
  • Dependency Injection Patterns
  • Singleton and Factory Patterns

DevOps & Cloud

  • Docker Containers and Orchestration
  • Kubernetes Pod and Cluster Management
  • Kubernetes Service Mesh with Istio
  • Continuous Integration-Continuous Deployment (CI-CD) Pipelines
  • Cloud-Native Application Development
  • Resource Allocation in Cloud Computing
  • Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling

Programming Fundamentals

  • Big O Notation and Algorithm Efficiency
  • Concurrent Programming with Threads
  • Multi-Threaded Programming in Java
  • Asynchronous I-O Models
  • Type Inference in TypeScript and Kotlin
  • Functional Programming with Haskell and Lisp
  • Error Handling and Fault Tolerance

Data Structures & Algorithms

  • Binary Search Trees and AVL Trees
  • Sorting Algorithms: Quicksort, Merge Sort, and Radix Sort
  • Bloom Filters and Probabilistic Data Structures
  • LRU and LFU Caching Algorithms
  • Sparse and Dense Matrix Multiplication

Database & Data Management

  • Real-Time Database Management
  • Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) Frameworks
  • Data Serialization Formats: JSON, XML, Protocol Buffers
  • Data Lake vs Data Warehouse
  • Caching Mechanisms in Web Applications

Security & Authentication

  • Web Security Protocols: OAuth, OpenID Connect
  • OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework
  • Multi-Factor Authentication Techniques
  • Data Encryption Standards: AES and RSA
  • Hashing Algorithms: MD5, SHA-256
  • Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange
  • Zero-Knowledge Proofs in Cryptography
  • Quantum Cryptography Basics

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

  • Neural Network Architecture Types
  • Backpropagation in Neural Networks
  • Machine Learning Model Deployment
  • Natural Language Processing with Transformers
  • Temporal Difference Learning in Reinforcement Learning
  • Genetic Algorithms in Optimization

Systems & Low-Level Programming

  • Memory Management Techniques
  • Dynamic and Static Memory Allocation
  • Virtual Memory Concepts
  • Garbage Collection Strategies
  • Context Switching in Operating Systems
  • Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
  • Deadlock Avoidance Techniques
  • File System Design and EXT4 vs NTFS

Performance & Optimization

  • SIMD and MIMD Processing
  • SIMD Optimization for High-Performance Code
  • SIMD Vectorization in Modern CPUs
  • Compiler Optimization Techniques
  • GPU Programming with CUDA and OpenCL
  • Pipelining in CPU Design

Distributed Systems & Big Data

  • Distributed Computing with Apache Spark
  • MapReduce in Big Data Processing
  • Kafka and RabbitMQ Messaging Systems
  • Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology
  • Task Scheduling with Apache Airflow

Networking & Protocols

  • TCP-IP Stack Implementation
  • Network Address Translation (NAT)
  • IPv4 vs IPv6 Addressing
  • DNS Load Balancing
  • Load Balancing Algorithms: Round Robin, Least Connections
  • Software-Defined Networking (SDN)
  • MQTT Protocol for IoT
  • Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT)

Graphics & Multimedia

  • Shader Programming in Graphics
  • Real-Time Rendering Techniques
  • OpenGL and Vulkan API for Graphics
  • Bresenham's Line Algorithm
  • Real-Time Audio Processing Algorithms
  • Digital Signal Processing (DSP) in Embedded Systems

Specialized Computing

  • Quantum Computing Algorithms
  • FPGA Programming and Applications
  • Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSP)
  • Linear Programming in Optimization Problems
  • Finite State Machines in Automata Theory