GEEKODER

When the time is short
And the seat is hot
and C++ is all you got.
to be top coder is your aim.
where the fortunate will see the fame.


Concept: This is a coding competition with a twist. Programmers are required to solve questions of increasing complexity after which they challenge each other�s coding ability, finally becoming the topcoder!

Competition Rules

• This is a team event.
• A team can consist of maximum 2 members.
• There is a preliminary round for this event. Which will consist of a MCQ covering C\C++ languages
• Duration of the test will be 30 minutes.
• Short listed teams will be passed on to the mains round (Lab session).
• The lab session consist of 3 main phases


• Coding Phase: This phase consist of 3 levels of questions Easy,Medium and Hard. Each with increasing level of complexity and point value. Coders are required to solve these three short questions using the limited number of programming languages and will be given points accordingly.


• Intermission: After the coding phase ends, there is a short break before the challenge phase begins. This time can be used by each team to think of challenge cases.


• Challenge Phase: Coders can challenge the solutions submitted by other participants using test cases in an attempt to generate erroneous output. Points are given for successful execution for a test case and negative points for failing a test case. The team with the maximum points is declared the winner.

Judging Criteria
The team with the maximum points is declared the winner. In case of a tie, algorithm of the programs submitted by the two teams are evaluated and points allocated. The decision of judges will be final.

Event Coordinators

• Sanjay Menon: 9746578663
• Gabriel Benny: 9895284364

CIRCUITRIX

CONCEPT

Engineering does not end with simple and creative designing, but it always extents to the phase of debugging the errors. Circuit Debugging is a methodical process of finding and reducing the number of bugs, or defects, in a piece of electronic hardware thus making it behave as expected. Debugging tends to be harder when various subsystems are tightly coupled, as changes in one may cause bugs to emerge in another. This event is another step to enhance you debugging capability.

RULES AND REGULATION:

This is a team event. A team can consist of maximum two members. The members needn't be from the same college. The event will be conducting in two stages.

• Preliminary Round
• Final Round

PRELIMINARY ROUND

A team will be provided with set of 30 questions of 30 minutes duration. The questions will be based on basics of electronic circuit and digital circuits. This is to ensure the participants is having ground knowledge on the subjects. The team will be qualified to the Final round which is based on their prelims merit.

Note: Negative marking is there for wrong answers

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FINAL ROUND

The team qualified to the Final round will be provided with a circuit to debug. The duration of Final round is 1 hour. Team will be provided with all components and data sheets necessary. They are only allowed to rectify the errors in the circuit. No team is allowed to redesign the circuit given. Any violation in the rules of the event will leads to disqualification.

JUDGING CRITERIA:

The winner is decided based on criteria like finding maximum errors in the circuit, Fastest output, neatness of the circuit etc. The decision of judges will be final.

Event Co-ordinators

Sonu Cherian : 9995101754

Sharu Pothen Oommen : 9995138907

Rammnath : 9995395412

LABYRINTH

Concept: The Robomaze is a classic robotics competition. There will be an arena (usually a matrix grid) with obstacles in the path. The teams will have to design an autonomous robot that starts from one corner of the square grid and finishes at the diagonally opposite corner.

Competition Rules

• This is a team event.
• A team can consist of maximum 3 members.
• There is no prelim for this event. Any team with an autonomous robot will be allowed to participate.
• Mouse starts at lower left corner of grid.
• Finishing point is the diagonally opposite corner of the maze.
• The mouse can map the maze in the first run and store it for further runs. But the maze cannot be programmed into the mouse manually.
• Contestants cannot make any changes to software after final maze has been revealed
• During a run the contestants cannot help the mouse in any way.
• Contestants should get permission from the judges before touching the mouse during a run.

Robot Specifications:

• Robots must be autonomous and powered by an onboard power source.
• Data links to off-board computers are not allowed, and neither are human-operated remote controls.
• Readymade sensor kits are not allowed.
• Size constraint is 20 cm x 20 cm x 20 cm(L x B x H).
• Mouse should not disturb the positions of any obstacle. If it does, the run is considered invalid.
• Mouse should not be programed for a given maze. It should solve any maze configuration without information from contestants.
• Mouse should recognise the finishing point and stop or give some indication on reaching it.

Maze Specifications

• 5x5 square grid.
• White lines on black background.
• White line has thickness of 3cm.
• Square size is 40cm. (as measured between centre of white lines)
• End projection length of white lines is 10cm. (as measured from centre of white line)
• Obstacle placed at of each junction.
• Obstacle is Red in colour.
• Obstacle base size is 20x20cm.

The track



Track dimensions

Judging criteria.
The winner is decided based on criteria like completion time, number of visited nodes, smoothness of control, number of times the mouse was helped during the best run etc. The decision of judges will be final.

Event Cordinators
Jacob Jose Koikkara : 9495990079
Arjun Narayanan : 0484-2627212

PENTATHLON

Speed and smarts is the game, complete 5 rounds to reach your fame!

 

This is a team event.

Maximum participants per team: 2.

Pentathlon is the battleground of ’complete’ engineers!! Here mastery in a single subject or a single area is not going to help you reach your glory. During the different stages, at one time or the other , everything inside your brain will be put to test. There are five different stages in this battlefield. Know more about them…

Stage 1
The prelims: This will be a half-an-hour test where the general aptitude abilities of the groups will be put to test. Only eight teams will qualify for the next round.

Stage 2
Techno Round: The eight teams which qualify from the first stage will battle it out in the techno round. There will be eight circuit boards and eight ’c’ codes. The teams which qualify for this round – they can debug circuits or ‘C’ program. It will be their choice of action. Both will be of equal toughness - prepared by our experts. The faster you debug it, the more points you carry forward into the next round, with another advantage. Now what is the advantage- you will have to clear this stage to know that.

Stage 3
Treasure Hunt: The four groups which qualify to the second round can start their treasure hunt as soon as they finish their second. Here also a grading system is there depending on how fast you can solve the puzzles and how fast you can reach to your treasure-again what is the treasure and what is the advantage you get upon finding the treasure first - you have to reach this position to know that .

Stage 4
This round and the next round are surprise rounds.How you fare in this round – depends on who finds the treasure first.The teams who reach first will indirectly play a major role in deciding how the others fare here. The least placed team after this fouth round will be eliminated after this round.So, only three teams will qualify to the final round!

Stage 5
Reach this stage and fight for your glory-we will say nothing more now.

General Rules

• You should have your college id with you.
• Each team should consist of only two people.
• Teams will be provided with necessary items. They should not carry any books or reference items with them.
• The point grading system in each round is different. It will be explained to the participants before each round.

Event Coordinators
Athul Kishore: 9995337033
Pankaj Sagar: 9809237399

DEADLOCK

 

Here each round,

Gives a clue

Solve the questions

To get on through!!

 

PLAY DEADLOCK NOW

 This is an online competition and an individual event. The participants can register online for the contest. Each page contains a clue that needs to be solved to go to the next level. The one who finishes first will be adjudged as the winner.

The quest begins on March 6 - 19:00 hrs.

Event Coordinators
Sebastian Philip: 8089366753

PROGRAMMICS

Get points for each chore till you reach the programming core.

 

Click here to see the questions !

This is an online competition and an individual event.

The event is hosted on codechef platform(www.codechef.com).

The participants will have to register with codechef before they register for the event.

There will be different problems with varying difficulty levels. The problems are assigned points based on its difficulty levels. The contestant with the maximum points is adjudged as the winner.

NOTE: The problems are hosted on a shared domain. So,users not registered with TeckKshetra may also submit solutions. You can still submit solutions and we will evaluate only registered TechKshetra users for the prize.

Event Cordinators:
Mahalingam PR :9895243239
Deepak Varghese : 9447407482

THE ONE

THE ARENA

Rules for FIFA

1. One on One Knockout Rounds.
2. In cases of disputes and any other such situations the decision of the event coordinators will be final.
3. At the end of each match, players must maintain the final screens and receive confirmation from a referee.
4. The Goals scored from forbidden moves will not be counted and the player will be given a warning.
5. Two warnings will result in disqualification of the player from the tournament.
6. The game settings and time settings will be decided by the event managers.

Forbidden Moves

1. The player must kick-off with backward pass at the beginning of each half and after every goal is scored.
2. It is not allowed to score a goal from one's own half of the field.
3. The Rocket-Shot is not allowed.
4. The use of the Q+A,Q+D and Q+W keys are forbidden if done from one's own midfield.
5. At a corner kick, you aren’t allowed to shoot the ball directly on the bar or to the goal to get a chance for a header when the ball rebound.

Disconnection

1. In case of Disconnection the referee will confirm the exact score to that point, and restart the match.
2. A referee will inform the players on exactly how many minutes must still be played in order to complete the match.
3. Any players sent off the field (red card) shall count as a goal each for the opponent when the match resumes.

Intentional Disconnection

Upon judgment by the referee, any offending player will be charged with a loss and a possible disqualification from the tournament.

Rules for Counterstrike.

1. 4 vs 4 knockout rounds.
2. Maps will decided by the event managers.
3. A knife round will be conducted first and the team that wins this round will be eligible to select sides ( ie whether Terrorists or Counter Terrorists).

Use of any cheat codes or forbidden codes will result in instant disqualification of the team.

Approved Grenade Amounts Per Round
Flashbangs : 2
Grenades : 1
Smoke Grenades : 1

Approved Commands
Adjust_crosshair
Left Hand
A user can use Activate In-Game-VGUI Command

* Default skins must be used.
* Any other use of map or program bugs can result in a warning at the minimum or loss by default for the offending team after deliberation and decision by the board of referees at its sole discretion.
* The gamma rate can be changed in the video graphic driver.

Allowed Setting Values for Client
cl_updaterate 101

cl_cmdrate 101

rate 25000

m_filter 1/0

hud_fastswitch 1/0

zoom_sensitivity_ratio

fps_max 101

cl_dynamiccrosshair 1/0

gamma 1/3

brightness 1/3

cl_minmodels 1/0

cl_shadows 1/0

Following Client Settings May Not Be Changed (Must use the default values)
cl_weather

mp_corpse_stay

mp_decals

max_shells

max_smokepuffs fastsprites

ex_interp 0.01 for LAN.

Event Coordinators
Nijo Lawrance 9895230893
Deepak Demesios 9809035893