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