Abacus ’11 – Symposium – CSE – Jan 28 – 29 – College of Engineering – Guindy

Abacus ’11 is a flagship event of the Department Of Computer Science and Engineering hosted by College of Engineering Guindy,Anna University, Many online events and onsite events of various kinds has been planned for all participants. The onsite events are to be conducted in January 28th and 29th.Students from all colleges are welcome to participate in the events. Visit www.abacus.org.in for updates on the events. A short Description of some of the events has been posted below. Workshops and few more events will be added in near future.

ONLINE EVENTS: Code Arena: Online programming contest. The contest will be organized in SPOJ website. ‘I’mage: Poster design contest. Photoshop must be used as the tool. Animate: Virtual reality. The participants will have to design an animated scene for the scenario given (using likes of 3D Studio Max ). Mobila Mobila: The participants will have to design a mobile application for the given theme/problem statement. Gaming unplugged: This is a game design event. The participants will have to mail design and send their game executables. Multilingua: The participants write polyglots (a computer program or script written in a valid form of multiple programming languages, which performs the same operations or output independently of the programming language used to compile or interpret it.) for the problems given. Haiku: The name says it all. For the problem(s) given, the solution program must be as short as possible (in terms of no of characters n lines) Tech hunt/Hacking: Participants will have to use the clues, solve riddles n advance to the next level. Certain rounds could involve hacking also. )

ONSITE EVENTS: Tech talk: Paper presentation. Participants must submit papers based on the specified topics. Software Demo Onsite Programming Contest and Code obfuscation: Programming contest involving algorithms n stuff. There will be a round for Code obfuscation too. Network Warriors: All you need is basic understanding of Computer Networks and underlying principles with some exposure to Linux commands and programming. (Finals may be a programming round) CompuWar: CompuWar tests your understanding of fundamental computer science subjects like Operating Systems, DBMS, Computer Architecture, Networking, Data Structures and Algorithms, Programming in C/C++, Automata, and Compilers. DBMania: Event for database lovers. Gamindrome: Compete in LAN  Games to beat others ( Counterstrike , FIFA , NFS etc) Debugging: Spot the bug(s) n rectify the program. Biz Quiz: Business quiz. General quiz Math programming + cryptography: This event will require participants to solve mathematical problems in cryptography. CracktheOak: Java Programming event.

Workshops:
1) Animatronics Workshop.Mr. Srinivas Mohan, the Visual Effects Supervisor of many technically acclaimed films inclusive of ENTHIRAN and his team, Indian Artists Computer Graphics Pvt. Ltdassures to rapt the participants on a thrall to the World of Animatronics, on a half-a-day workshop.
2) IBM’s Cloud Computing Workshop.The most revolutionizing technology of the recent times is explicated from its core basics with inquisitive participants ready to embark their Cloud Journey with one of the eminent evangelists of the field, IBM in this One day hands-on workshop. All set to make the Cloud rain!
Guest Lectures:

DR.V.Ramachandran

• Dr. Ramachandran. Former VC, Trichy Anna University and currently Professor, Department of Information Science and Technology, CEG

Lecture Topic: “ Recent Trends in Programming Paradigms. ”.

Dr.Pandu Rangan Chandrasekaran

Dr. Pandu Rangan Chandrasekaran. Former HOD and currently Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Madras.
Lecture Topic: “Cryptography without tears”.

Kindly Visit www.abacus11.in to get updates regarding Abacus-2011 events. Registrations for Workshops and several other events are open.

Note:The exact names and descriptions of the events will be available in the website shortly. The event format and rules will be exactly as specified by the organizing team.

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