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INTRODUCTION:

The gap between industry requirements and academic input imparted to students does not seem to be decreasing for various reasons.

Information technology (IT) Industry looks primarily  for strong basic concepts, initiative, analytical mind, ability to work in group and good communication skills in CSE /IT graduates from academic institutes. A good project work, an essential part of curriculum,  provides opportunity to develop and demonstrate the desired skills.  However, students because of improper and insufficient guidance end up taking projects that do not add much in their development. How to change it? This is one of the ways I am trying to make my small contribution and in the process  bridging gap between industry and academic.

Project Ideas

A large number of commercial IT applications (Bread & Butter Applications of Organizations) can be subdivided in broad categories as  described below.  Each of these, in its basic form  is a candidate for school   project in computer subject; and when scope includes features as required for “real-life” and enhancements, both described herein, these become suitable forcollege / Group projects in Information Technology / Computer Science stream.

1. Directory Applications & Search
2. Reminder Applications
3. Reservation Applications
4. Receipt & Issue Applications
5. Routing Applications
6. Games & Quizzes
7. Expert Help
8. Utilities & Tools
9. Interfaces with other devices

ANDROID PROJECTS

I. ANDROID based CLOUD COMPUTING

1. Meeting scheduling system for multi-agent decition mechanisam, based on the ontology
   (IEEE 2013).
2. Building simple Program Analysis Tools Using an Extensible Java Compiler (IEEE 2013).
3. Implementing Energy as a Service in Android smartphone (IEEE 2013).

II. ANDROID based SURVEILLANCE

1. Legal Implications of Employee and physical-activity Monitoring System Using
   Android smartphone. (IEEE 2013).
2. Practical Camera Calibration From Moving Objects for Android platform (IEEE 2013).
3. Development of gps based Vehicle Theft Control System using Android smartphone.(IEEE 2013).

III. ANDROID based DATA MINING

1. Position sharing for offline location provider in Android platform (IEEE 2013).
2. Use multiplexing to increase information in QR code (IEEE 2013).

IV. ANDROID based WEB MINING

1. A Personal Mobile Commerce Pattern Mining and Prediction using Android
   smartphones(IEEE 2013).
2. Mobile social network for finding friends using Android smartphone (IEEE 2013).
3. Online Shopping Product Behavior in the Markets using Android smartphone (IEEE 2013).

V. ANDROID based REAL TIME APPLICATION SYSTEMS

1. Available car parking detection system using Android smart phones.
2. The application of capturing screen using Android smartphone.

VI. ANDROID based WEB SERVICES

1. Profile-based technique for Location in Android smartphone. 2. Find location using Privacy-Preserving Techniques in Android smartphone.

• From city to village, there is a growing craze for smartphones and there is double the craze for Android-powered smartphones.
• Android is Linux-based Open Source operating system that has completely revolutionized the smartphone usage experience.
• Developing an app for Android is the favourite sport for numerous software developers all over the world.

• First and foremost, it gives us immense pride to say that we are the best people in the city for developing apps for Android.
• We offer innovative projects that are highly recognized and appreciate in the academic sector.
• Web mining and Cloud Computing based on Android are the hot areas we are currently focusing on. Students associated with us have shown 100% satisfaction of the solution we have provided them.

IEEE-2013-Projects

IEEE-2013-Projects

 DOMAIN: Cloud Computing:

S.No.	IEEE TITLE	ABSTRACT	IEEE YEAR
1.	Toward Privacy Preserving and Collusion Resistance in a Location Proof Updating System	By leveraging virtual machine (VM) technology which provides performance and fault isolation, cloud resources can be provisioned on demand in a fine grained, multiplexed manner rather than in monolithic pieces. By integrating volunteer computing into cloud architectures, we envision a gigantic self-organizing cloud (SOC) being formed to reap the huge potential of untapped commodity computing power over the Internet. Toward this new architecture where each participant may autonomously act as both resource consumer and provider, we propose a fully distributed, VM-multiplexing resource allocation scheme to manage decentralized resources. Our approach not only achieves maximized resource utilization using the proportional share model (PSM), but also delivers provably and adaptively optimal execution efficiency. We also design a novel multiattribute range query protocol for locating qualified nodes. Contrary to existing solutions which often generate bulky messages per request, our protocol produces only one lightweight query message per task on the Content Addressable Network (CAN). It works effectively to find for each task its qualified resources under a randomized policy that mitigates the contention among requesters. We show the SOC with our optimized algorithms can make an improvement by 15-60 percent in system throughput than a P2P Grid model. Our solution also exhibits fairly high adaptability in a dynamic node-churning environment.	2013
2.	Scalable and Secure Sharing of Personal Health Records in Cloud Computing Using Attribute-Based Encryption	Personal health record (PHR) is an emerging patient-centric model of health information exchange, which is often outsourced to be stored at a third party, such as cloud providers. However, there have been wide privacy concerns as personal health information could be exposed to those third party servers and to unauthorized parties. To assure the patients’ control over access to their own PHRs, it is a promising method to encrypt the PHRs before outsourcing. Yet, issues such as risks of privacy exposure, scalability in key management, flexible access, and efficient user revocation, have remained the most important challenges toward achieving fine-grained, cryptographically enforced data access control. In this paper, we propose a novel patient-centric framework and a suite of mechanisms for data access control to PHRs stored in semitrusted servers. To achieve fine-grained and scalable data access control for PHRs, we leverage attribute-based encryption (ABE) techniques to encrypt each patient’s PHR file. Different from previous works in secure data outsourcing, we focus on the multiple data owner scenario, and divide the users in the PHR system into multiple security domains that greatly reduces the key management complexity for owners and users. A high degree of patient privacy is guaranteed simultaneously by exploiting multiauthority ABE. Our scheme also enables dynamic modification of access policies or file attributes, supports efficient on-demand user/attribute revocation and break-glass access under emergency scenarios. Extensive analytical and experimental results are presented which show the security, scalability, and efficiency of our proposed scheme.	2013
3.	On Data Staging Algorithms for Shared Data Accesses in Clouds	In this paper, we study the strategies for efficiently achieving data staging and caching on a set of vantage sites in a cloud system with a minimum cost. Unlike the traditional research, we do not intend to identify the access patterns to facilitate the future requests. Instead, with such a kind of information presumably known in advance, our goal is to efficiently stage the shared data items to predetermined sites at advocated time instants to align with the patterns while minimizing the monetary costs for caching and transmitting the requested data items. To this end, we follow the cost and network models in [1] and extend the analysis to multiple data items, each with single or multiple copies. Our results show that under homogeneous cost model, when the ratio of transmission cost and caching cost is low, a single copy of each data item can efficiently serve all the user requests. While in multicopy situation, we also consider the tradeoff between the transmission cost and caching cost by controlling the upper bounds of transmissions and copies. The upper bound can be given either on per-item basis or on all-item basis. We present efficient optimal solutions based on dynamic programming techniques to all these cases provided that the upper bound is polynomially bounded by the number of service requests and the number of distinct data items. In addition to the homogeneous cost model, we also briefly discuss this problem under a heterogeneous cost model with some simple yet practical restrictions and present a 2-approximation algorithm to the general case. We validate our findings by implementing a data staging solver, whereby conducting extensive simulation studies on the behaviors of the algorithms.	2013

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JAVA INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1. What is the difference between private, protected, and public?

These keywords are for allowing privileges to components such as java methods and variables.

What Is Soft Computing?

What Is Soft Computing?

Soft computing differs from conventional (hard) computing in that, unlike hard computing, it is tolerant of imprecision, uncertainty, partial truth, and approximation. In effect, the role model for soft computing is the human mind.

Java SE 7 Features and Enhancements

Java Platform, Standard Edition 7 is a major feature release. This document includes information on features and enhancements in Java SE 7 and in JDK 7, Oracle's implementation of Java SE 7. 

INTRODUCTION ABOUT DATA MINING

1.1  Data Mining

The term data mining is often used to apply to the two separate processes of knowledge discovery and prediction. Knowledge discovery provides explicit information about the characteristics of the collected data, using a number of techniques (e.g., association rule mining).

why we learn Design and Analysis of Algorithms......???

·         Argue the correctness of algorithms using inductive proofs and invariant.

Social Responsibility

Being Socially Responsible means that people and organisations must behave ethically and with sensitivity toward social, cultural, economic and environmental issues. Striving for social responsibility helps individuals, organisations and governments have a positive impact on development, business and society with a positive contribution to bottom-line results.

Some useful links to crack TCS

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TCS Latest Interview Experience------one of the selected candidate 2014

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In this article we are sharing the complete interview experience of TCS in SRM Univ, Chennai

India wastes Rs 44,000 cr worth food every year

 Despite millions of Indians going to bed on a hungry stomach, the country is letting food worth a whopping Rs 44,000 crore go waste each year due to lack of adequate storage infrastructure. 

HUMAN ATTITUDE

It's believed that there are three categories of human attitude/nature. The first category comprises those who have ''You're right, I'm wrong'' attitude, the second category has this ''I'm right, you're wrong'' attitude, and the third sect believes in ''You're right, so am I'' attitude.

Importance Of Education

Education is not all about studying and getting good marks. It is really a means to discover new things which we don't know about and increase our knowledge.

iPad Air, Retina iPad mini coming to India on Dec 7

NEW DELHI: After a wait of over a month,Apple has released the launch date of its iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina Display for the Indian market. Both the new tablets will be launched in India on December 7. 

Apple objects to high legal fee in ebooks antitrust case

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple wants to rein in the pay and power of a monitor hired to watch over the company as punishment for conviction in an ebook price-fixing case. 

Techies vs NSA: Encryption race escalates

SAN JOSE: Encrypted email, secure instant messaging and other privacy services are booming in the wake of the National Security Agency's recently revealed surveillance programmes. But the flood of new computer security services is of variable quality, and much of it, experts say, can bog down computers and isn't likely to keep out spies. 

JNTU K CSE(4-1) OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE II MID IMP QUESTIONS

OSS II MID IMP QUESTIONS

1. i)introduction about LDAP

ii)explain -a)creating database b)selecting database c) opening database d)   closing  database

2 i) php connectivity

   ii)sending and receiving e-mails

3.error handling and debugging in php

4.intro abt python and python objects

5.explain python sequences,lists,tuples, strings

6.python dictionary and conditional loops

7.python files input and output

8.errors and exceptions in python

9.function arguments in python

10.introduction abt perl

11.explain perl passing rules,variables and data

12.explain subroutines,packages.modules

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Infosys unveils new global delivery model

BANGALORE: Infosys is reworking the global delivery model that it pioneered two decades ago, to once again substantially reduce costs for its clients and become more competitive. The initiative is expected to include reduction in the proportion of senior people and business support staff at onsite locations, as also moves like more night shifts in its offshore facilities in India. 

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Colossal dinosaur that rivalled T-rex exposed

A colossal new assumption of dinosaur that roamed the Earth about 100 million years ago and even exposed  the mighty transformes rex has been identified.

The new species of carnivorous dinosaur — one of the three largest ever discovered in North America — lived proposed and compered with small-bodied modified.

History of NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's resident space program and for aeronautics andaerospace research.

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Neptune Promises Out-of-This-World Smartwatch

Neptune Computer, invented by 19-year-old Simon Tian, has raised more than CA$250,000 since initiation a 33-day Kickstarter campaign for its Neptune Pine smartwatch on Monday with a target of $100,000.

Lenovo Yoga Tablet

Key Features:

• 1280 x 800 pixels screen
• "18-hour" battery life
• 5-megapixel rear camera
• Micro SD card expansion slot
• Decent Dolby DS1 front-facing speakers
• 8-inch model is £199, 10-inch is £249

Google Wallet prepaid debit card announced; to work at ATMs, MasterCard outlets

Google company will provide offer a prepaid debit card that will allow customers to purchase items at stores and to withdraw money from ATM machines, the Internet company said on 20/11/2013.

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Apple starts buyback offer for iPhone 5C, 4S

NEW DELHI: After tasting success with the buyback offer for iPhone 4 earlier this year,Apple has again started the scheme, going more aggressive to sell two of its smartphones. 

The company is offering minimum discount of Rs 13,000 for its three-year-old iPhone 4 if users buy the newly launched iPhone 5C (16 and 32GB variants) or two generation oldiPhone 4S (8GB model). Apple says that the buyback offer entails a minimum discount of Rs 13,000 and newer smartphones will reportedly fetch higher value, depending on their condition. 

Qualcomm Toq smartwatch to hit stores on December 2

NEW YORK: Mobile chipmaker Qualcomm's Toq smartwatch, which was unveiled in September this year, will hit retail shelves on December 2. 

Qualcomm's wholly-owned subsidiary,Qualcomm Connected Experiences, will make available the Android Jelly Bean-powered Toq to consumers on Cyber Monday, December 2, 2013,Qualcomm said in a statement. 

Cyber Monday is a term popularized by marketing firms in markets like the US, Canada, the UK etc encouraging people to shop online following the festival rush of Thanksgiving and Black Friday. 

Toq will be priced starting $349.99 and will be available through toq.qualcomm.com. 

Featuring Qualcomm's Mirasol display technology, the smartwatch will have multiple days of battery life and visibility even in bright sunlight. 

It will also have features like AllJoyn interactions and WiPower LE wireless charging. 

"Like a traditional watch, Toq displays information at a glance with no on/off switch. And paired with a smartphone to receive notifications and content, it allows the watch to seamlessly merge our physical and digital lives," Qualcomm chairman and CEO Paul E Jacobs said. 

Leveraging these and other industry-leading technologies, Qualcomm and its partners will enable new product opportunities and consumer experiences, he added. 

Using the Bluetooth wireless technology on the smartwatch, consumers will be to accept/reject calls, view text messages and meeting alerts, and selectively receive notifications from their smartphone.

How IBM plans to rival Amazon in India

BANGALORE: Big Blue, which recently lost a high-profile contract in the United States to Amazon, has thrown the first punch in India against its rival for cloud services deals. IBM, which earlier this month started a marketing campaign in the US targeting Amazon Web Services, is doing likewise in India with advertisements positioning itself as the bigger and better provider of cloud-computing services. 

Apple stops iPhone 5C production at Foxconn: Report

NEW DELHI: Here's more evidence that Apple's budget phone bet may not have exactly paid. According to a report, the company is reportedly completely stopping the production of iPhone 5Cat Foxconn's factory.

The report on Korean technology website DigiTimes says that Foxconn will stop manufacturing iPhone 5C at its factory in Zhengzhou, northern China, citing industry sources. This plant will now be used for manufacturing iPhone 5S, which has been in short supply since the two models launched.

Apple assembler Pegatron recently reported a lower-than-expected third-quarter net profit of $84.29 million as order cutbacks for the cheaper iPhone 5C hurt the Taipei-based contract manufacturer's bottom line.

Initially, 70% of iPhone 5C manufacturing was contracted to Pegatron, while Foxconn was given the rest of the share. However, Apple reduced the iPhone 5C volumes at Pegatron by 20% and Foxconn by 30%, according to the report.

Apple has seen its best iPhone launch this year, even though iPhone 5S has been responsible for the bulk of sales. While the higher priced model has been a huge hit, iPhone 5C has not seen much traction.

Even in India, consumers purchased iPhone 5C on the first weekend only because the iPhone 5S was sold out. Apple is reportedly planning to announce a buyback plan for the iPhone 5C and iPhone 4S, much like it did for iPhone 4 earlier this year.

Bioinformatics

              Humans have been carrying unwanted viral gene segments since many years and reports suggests that approximately 3-8 % of the human genome has been comprised of viral DNA. In this point of view, various viral sequences were downloaded from NCBI Tax Browser and scanned against complete genome of Homo sapiens for the presence of possible viral inserts in human genome. The results from the computational analysis revealed that viruses resulted in viral segments inserted in the intron and exon regions of human genome. Which shows that the alignments the residues greater than 25 to 30%, identifies between 90 to 100% and the sequences located in the regions were considered. Predicting the antigenic regions of a protein is of prime importance in assessing the states of a polypeptide chain as exposed or buried regions. Hydrophilicity plot of Hoop-Woods scale amino acid sequence of a protein on its x-axis, and degree of hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity on its y-axis using python language as architecture by utilizing various functional attributes such as scipy, matplot and numpy modules were reported.

The work can identified  to know the possible viral inserts of known &unknown viruses. The work needs huge data and stringent algorithms to carry out the task. However, a manageable construction of sequential procedures both computational and experimental analysis would find feasibility in analyzing almost all viral sequence inserts in various eukaryotes. This would certainly help in developing tools or procedures to combat diseases that may be dreadful due to virus attacks and also would contribute greatly in the area of Drug Discovery.

·         The main objective of this project is to identify viral segments in every human gene.

·         This Project will identify known & unknown viruses are present in Human Genome.

·         At least try to identify minimum 10 known & unknown viruses which are present in Human Genome before completing this project.

·         This project Deals with the subjects Bio-informatics, computational Biology, And Genetic algorithms which are electives for pre-final year, final year of B.Tech and 1^st and 2^nd Semesters of M.Tech. So this project is useful for both undergraduate and post graduate students for their regular academic activity.

·         The project   also uses large scale of Computational analysis using two programming languages perl and python for matching the human genome and viral segments.

·         Protein sequence databases are categorized as primary, composite or secondary. Primary databases contain more than 300,000 protein sequences and function as a repository for the raw data. Some more common repositories, such as SWISS-PROT and PIR International, annotate the sequences as well as describe the proteins’ functions, its domain structure and post-translational modifications.

·         Composite databases such as OWL and the NRDB compile and filter sequence data from different primary databases to produce combined non-redundant sets that are more complete than the individual databases and also include protein sequence data from the translated coding regions in DNA sequence databases.

·         Next we look at databases of macromolecular structures. The Protein Data Bank, PDB, provides a primary archive of all 3D structures for macromolecules such as proteins, RNA, DNA and various complexes. As the information provided in individual PDB entries can be difficult to extract, PDBsum  provides a separate Web page for every structure in the PDB displaying detailed structural analyses, schematic diagrams and data on interactions between different molecules in a given entry.

·         Three major databases classify proteins by structure in order to identify structural and evolutionary relationships: CATH, SCOP, and FSSP databases. All comprise hierarchical structural taxonomy where groups of proteins increase in similarity at lower levels of the classification tree. In addition, numerous databases focus on particular types of macromolecules. These include the Nucleic Acids Database, NDB, for structures related to nucleic acids, the HIV protease database for HIV-1, HIV-2 and SIV protease structures and their complexes, and ReLiBase  for receptor-ligand complexes.

BlackBerry losing ground in India

NEW DELHI: Smartphone maker BlackBerry is losing ground fast in India. The struggling Canadian company, which is working out a revival strategy amid deep losses, has seen sales in India — one of its few bright spots — go down sharply to less than 70,000 units in the third quarter of this year.

According to wholesale numbers tabulated by IDC, BlackBerry sold a little over 68,000 units in the July-September '13 quarter, which is 55% lower than 1.5 lakh units it sold in the preceding quarter. The decline was near-similar on a year-on-year basis as the company had sold 1.52 lakh units in the same quarter last year.

The numbers — which are the units sold by the company to its channel partners — should be alarming for BlackBerry, which counts India among the few markets where it still holds some sway over phone buyers. The company has been bringing in its latest devices (Q and Z series), running on its latest BB10 operating system and has even cut down prices of its Z10 phone sharply in late September from Rs 43,490 to Rs 29,990. However, this does not seem to have worked.

When contacted, IDC refused to confirm the numbers, saying it would give third quarter estimates only on Thursday as part of a larger industry report.

BlackBerry, on the other hand, refused to divulge the volumes, but said retail volumes (sold by dealers in the market) are higher than IDC-discovered wholesale numbers. "This data is factually incorrect. BlackBerry does not break our overall sales numbers by country, but we can confirm that our sell-out was significantly higher than the number quoted by you. IDC captures sell-in numbers only, and is not a true reflection of actual sales-out to end customers," Varghese M Thomas, corporate communications director for India & Saarc region, said. "Furthermore, in Q3, we had only two BlackBerry 10 products in market namely Z10 and Q10, both of which were in the plus Rs 40,000 price category. Our Q5 and BlackBerry 9720 launches took place later in that quarter and hence is not an accurate measure of sales figures through a complete quarter."

The rapid growth in sales of devices running on the Google Android operating system as well as Apple's iPhone have gradually eaten into the market share of BlackBerry India which came tumbling down to a poor single-digit against the high 16% just a few years back.

While refusing to speak on the numbers, Manasi Yadav, senior market analyst at IDC, did comment on the recent performance of BlackBerry in India. "BlackBerry went wrong with the pricing of their new launches. Also, they were lagging behind in terms of aggressiveness and the marketing push required in this dynamic market," Yadav said.

Yadav said the company may still have a chance to come back, but this should be backed by a "strong and focussed strategy". "We have to wait and watch as to how Blackberry gets itself back in this game. Although it has lost considerable ground, I would not want to completely write it off already."

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs Sony Xperia Z1 vs LG G2

When it comes to these monster phones, there's no denying that each of these flagship handsets pack state-of-the-art hardware that's more than capable of handling the most demanding computing tasks: multitasking, Full HD videos, and even 3D gaming. We run these smartphones through the paces to find those little features that differentiate one handset from the other.

LG G2
The G2 boasts a 5.2-inch screen with wide viewing angles; its display is capable of rendering crisp text and accurate colours. Besides, top-notch brightness levels ensure legibility even in direct sunlight. The handset ticks all the right boxes when it comes to its shooter. It records sharply-focussed videos - and photos look good with true colours, and just the right amount of contrast. In less than optimum light, it tends to smooth over details, and low-light images suffer from some noise. The G2 is equipped with an infrared sensor and a 'remote' app, which can be configured to control TVs, set-top boxes, etc.

Despite a Full HD screen, the G2's battery lasts for 15 to 16 hours when used with a 3G connection. The G2's shell is fabricated out of glossy plastic, which neither looks premium nor feels good to hold. No expandable memory so you're limited by just the internal 16/32GB storage. The device's volume and power buttons are placed on its back cover, which aren't as intuitive to use. Volume during calls is also on the lower side. When used with a good pair of earphones, however, the G2 works on par with a good MP3 player.

Except for its placement of buttons and glossy plastic build, the LG G2 gets most things right. If you're looking for a feature-packed, compact smartphone that does not seem too large in your hands, this one could be it. 

Samsung: More than just a dream job for South Koreans

BUSAN: In a cram school in the South Korean port city of Busan, 70 college students packed into a classroom, chanting "We can do it!" as they studied for an exam they hope will guarantee them a job for life with SamsungGroup. 

The promise of Samsung, whose sprawling business empire spans consumer electronics to ships, offers not only a good salary and benefits but also holds the key to a good marriage in this Asian country where Confucian traditions run deep. 

The twice-a-year recruitment rounds by the "chaebol", conglomerates such as Samsung and Hyundai, have spawned a cottage industry worth millions of dollars as young Koreans do what they have done from the age of 5 - cram to get ahead. 

"I came here at 10 this morning and will be preparing for the interview until 8pm," said 25-year-old Shin Seong-hwan, whose father is a Samsung employee near Busan. 

Shin has already passed the company's aptitude test and now faces gruelling interviews that end late in November. 

In its current recruitment round, Samsung will hire 5,500 young people from more than 1,00,000 applicants, adding to the pressure cooker environment. 

"Jobs at conglomerates can save face for you and your parents," said Hur Jai-joon, a senior researcher at the Korea Labor Institute, a government-funded research body. 

It is an impossible dream for most to achieve as the top 30 conglomerates employ just 6.8% of the total workforce, the Federation of Korean Industries says. 

Samsung has not always used such rigorous tests. Thirty years ago, according to former employees, a fortune teller who specialized in reading faces sat in on the interviews. 

Now, spots at the top conglomerate are so coveted that students spend heavily on cram schools, workbooks and online lectures. The phrase " Samsung Gosi" describes the arduous process, borrowing from the term "gosi" that refers to public service exams that South Koreans study for years to pass. 

"If you don't come here, you won't have the right information," said Im Chan-soo, head of LCS Communication, which runs private classes for Samsung job interviews in Busan. 

'Social and financial costs'
Aptitude test workbooks cost around $20 each and figure prominently in every bookstore in South Korea. Private tutoring costs can run into thousands of dollars. 

"I had doubts about going to cram school. It wasn't cheap but they are professional and I am learning a lot," said Han Nam-gyu, a 27-year-old engineering graduate who paid 2,80,000 won ($260) to LCS Communication. 

Critics of the system say it adds yet another layer of misery for graduates, who have crammed from pre-school all the way through high school to try to get into a top university. 

In South Korea, 65% of those in the 25 to 34 age group went to university, the highest rate among the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's 34 member states. 

That is a huge shift in a generation. Just 13% of people in the 55 to 64 age group went to university. 

Samsung appears to recognize that the super-competitive process may not be healthy for the country's young people, warning recently of rising "social and financial costs" of the recruitment system. Still, it did not identify a solution. 

For many students like Han the engineer, "Plan B" is to come back again next year for another shot at Samsung. 

"My mother cried after I passed the second stage. She was really happy," said Han, who applied to Samsung C&T, the group firm that handles engineering, construction, trading and investment. 

"I want to get into Samsung so my mother will be able to boast about her son."