Overview of object-oriented concepts, UML, SOLID, DRY, and YAGNI design principles. Introduction to Patterns, Pattern Categories, Related patterns and Anti-Patterns, Patterns and software architecture, Introduction to Design Patterns: Evolution of design patterns, Description, Taxonomy of Design Patterns, Catalog of design pattern, problem solving by design patterns, Guidelines for selecting and using design pattern.

Creational Patterns: Singleton Pattern, Factory Method Pattern, Abstract Factory Pattern, Builder Pattern, Prototype Pattern. Structural Patterns: Adapter Pattern, Bridge Pattern, Composite Pattern, Decorator Pattern, Façade Pattern, Flyweight Pattern, Proxy Pattern.

Behavioral Patterns: Chain of Responsibility Pattern, Command Pattern, Interpreter Pattern, Iterator Pattern, Mediator Pattern, Memento Pattern, Observer Pattern, State Pattern, Strategy Pattern, Template Method Pattern, Visitor Pattern.
Emerging Trends: Benefits of Pattern in software development, Microservices patterns, Cloud-native patterns, Patterns in Modern Frameworks Spring, .NET, Django.

Pre-Requisite(s): Dissertation Phase I
Course Type:

Course Objectives

1. The course shall be pursued for a minimum of 16 weeks during the final semester, following the preliminary work carried out in Phase-1 during the previous semester.
2. The student is expected to enhance the knowledge base in the chosen field of research in computing.
3. The student demonstrates the ability to design effective and novel solutions to the defined problem in Phase 1 and through rigorous experimental and theoretical analysis demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed solution.
4. The student is also expected to effectively communicate the scholarly outcomes as presentations, report, and publish the same in a reputed conference or journal.

Course Outcomes
CO1: Identify gaps and needs in the chosen areas to refine the problem defined.
CO2: Design and develop novel and efficient solutions to the problem and analyze results.
CO3: Prepare the thesis report and defend the thesis based on the work done.
CO4: Augment the knowledge base in the chosen area of computing by publishing scholarly articles, and adhere to ethical practices at every stage.

CO-PO Mapping

Evaluation: 80/20

1. Relevant literature for the computing problem.