VTU to revise UG computer science curriculum

Belgaum-based Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), in association with Intel Corporation, has announced its plans to revise its curriculum for undergraduate engineering courses to include multicore programming. The revision aims at integrating parallel programming at the undergraduate level to prepare future software developers to write codes on emerging technologies, the university said here.

“This curriculum revision and modernisation of our undergraduate courses in computer science to include multicore and their progr-amming will give our students the required edge as they will develop skills relevant to today’s market place,” said H Maheshappa, vice chan-cellor, VTU.

The Intel-VTU multicore curriculum revision initiative is a tailor-made programme developed with inputs from the Indian Institute of Scien-ces (IISc), Intel and senior faculty members from VTU in the area of multicore technology. It aims at encoura-ging faculty from the university’s affiliated colleges to participate in the course and the lab development in an open source model.

“This is a significant step by the state university in creating an enhanced learning experience for teachers and students in parallel programming at the undergraduate level,” said Narendra Bhandari, director-software & solutions group, Intel Asia Pacific. “This is a result of the joint collaboration that Intel and VTU have had over the last four years,” he said.