Using Octave/Matlab for plotting a histogram showing frequency of byte-values in a file

octave:1> myfile = fopen('Pachmarhi3.png', 'rb');
octave:2> mydata = fread(myfile, 'uint8');
octave:3> size(mydata)
ans =
           72181       1
octave:4> hist(mydata, (0:255)');

octave:5> axis([0 255]);

octave:6> xlabel ("Byte value")

octave:7> ylabel ("Counts")
octave:8> title ("A histogram showing frequency of byte-values in a file");

octave:9>

 The file "Pachmarhi3.png":

Potential areas for doing PhD using open source tools

1. General modeling and simulation problems across disciplines.
2. Computational mechanics of laminated composite plates - including static, dynamic (vibration) & buckling problems, both linear as well as non-linear
3. Applications of computational tools like Genetic Algorithm, Simulated Annealing, Neural Networks, Fuzzy logic etc.
4. Computation Fluid Mechanics (CFD) applied in several areas like - flow through pipes, bearings etc.
5. Cryptography - chaos based image encryption,  watermarking etc.
6. Computational Geometry applied to various fields like Finite Element Method (FEM), biology, CAD, computer communications, wild fire propagation etc.