Thursday, December 4, 2008

Previous year GATE paper and GATE resources

I'm a student preparing for the GATE 2009 exam. I'm taking the exam in the CS stream, and I thought it would benefit a lot of people if I shared what I learn with everyone. So, as and when I learn things, solve new problems, find new ways to do things, I'll share it with you.

There are a lot of excellent resources on the net for preparing for the GATE exam, especially if you are preparing for the exam in CS (Computer Science).

I've found a few, and thought of sharing them with you:
  • Previous years' GATE question papers (papers for all streams are available for download here):
    http://www.gateforum.com/gate_papers.php
    For each year, right click on the Open link near CS, and choose 'Save page as...' to save the pdf which contains the question paper.
  • A LOT of resources for preparing for GATE in the CS stream. The page says resources for CS, EE, etc., but atleast 75% are for the computer science stream:
    http://www.gateforum.com/resources.html (UPDATE: This page unfortunately seems to have vanished now, kindly comment if you know its current location)

    There are subjectwise links at the beginning, but very useful links are present far below these in the 'Downloads Section'. For example, there is a Formulae quick reference that lists almost all formulae you might need for GATE problems.
  • MIT's Introduction to algorithm lecture videos. These give an excellent preparation for the algorithm sections.
  • A student who listened to the above lectures has put up a blog explaining some of the material and given out his notes. An excellent supplement to the videos (and those who cannot access the videos due to slow connections can get atleast part of the benefit from reading these).
    http://www.catonmat.net/blog/mit-introduction-to-algorithms-part-one/

I'll keep posting more resources as and when I find them.
Keep in touch. :)

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