Cicada 3301: Reinvented

Cicada 3301: Reinvented is a 36 hours long virtual hackathon from May 28-30, 2021, organized by MSTC, DAIICT and IEEE MTT-S DAIICT, where you can design, code and create solutions to real-life problems.

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Bring out the hacker in you!

Cicada 3301: Reinvented is an initiative by MSTC and IEEE MTT-S DAIICT to provide students from colleges across India, with a platform to prove their development skills by solving some of the prevelent problems of recent times. The 36 hour hackathon would offer the participants problem statements based on different themes. It will be an open invitation for creative minds to indulge in critical thinking, problem solving and most importantly, to showcase their capabilities in the domain of development. The projects made and the ideas ignited would be the participants’ contribution to open source and the global developer community. By the end of the hackathon, the participating teams are to develop any sort of tech-based solutions to the chosen problem statement.

It would surely be an enriching experience, with a great opportunity to learn. Cicada 3301: Reinvented, with the attractive prizes and goodies it has to offer, is designed to provide the thrust of encouragement for young minds to think, develop and come up with something real!

Prizes and Goodies worth over ₹ 57 Lakhs
Assured goodies worth ₹ 28,000 for each participant.

Winner Prizes

Winning Team

Prizes and Goodies worth
₹ 1,50,000

Second Team

Prizes and Goodies worth
₹ 77,000

Third Team

Prizes and Goodies worth
₹ 70,000.

Special Track Prizes

Portis

₹15,000 (in crypto) for best Dapp built on Portis

Tezos

₹20,000 for best DApp built on Tezos
₹25,000 for best Flutter based DApp built on Tezos

Polygon

₹10,000 for the best hack built on Ethereum
₹15,000 for the best hack built on Ethereum + Polygon
Eligibility to apply for internship/full-time roles and seed funding of up to 5,000 USD for winners!

Celo

₹20,000 for best Dapp built on Celo

echoAR

Best AR/VR project using echoAr

3 months free subscription to business tier plan for every member of the top 3 winning teams worth ₹19,000
₹3,500 for the top 3 teams

SashiDo

If your ML project is the most original image project build with SashiDo & Teachable Machine by Google, enter the SashiDo's challenge, make sure you meet the requirements, and win big!

Only for DA-IICT Students

Prizes and goodies worth over ₹15,000 for the best only-DAIICT-students team, apart from the top three teams.

Judges

Mr. Sandeep Singh

Hackathon Advocate | Hackathons International

Sandeep Singh is very active in the hackathon developer communities and has mentored and judged 80+ Hackathons. He also has a comprehensive developer background and loves to focus his energy on scalability and innovation.

Mr. Alon Grinshpoon

Founder and CEO | echoAR

Alon is a former Mellanox engineer, graduate researcher at the Computer Graphics and User Interfaces Laboratory of Columbia University, and research and teaching assistant in the fields of computer networks and distributed cloud networks.Alon is a Techstars alum, NYC Media Lab alum, a Startup Leadership Program (SLP) fellow, and member of the Virtual World Society. Alon is a speaker on emerging technologies and has given talks at major AR/VR tech conferences in the US and Israel.

Dr. P M Jat

Professor at DA-IICT

Prof. P. M. Jat is the faculty mentor of Microsoft Student Technical Club (MSTC), DAIICT. He holds expertise in the field of database management. He teaches courses related to NoSQL databases, Enterprise Computing, and Object Oriented Programming. He also takes keen interest in the latest trends in development.

Dr. Saurabh Tiwari

Professor at DA-IICT

His research interests include Requirement Engineering, Experimental Software Engineering, Evidence-based Software Engineering, and more. His teaching interests include but are not limited to Software Engineering, Object-Oriented Software Development and Design of Software System.

Mr. Shantanu Vishwanadha

Co-Founder at Adafel. Inc.

Shantanu Vishwanadha is a BlockChain Developer and Community Consultant. Shantanu has over 5 years of experience in solving serious Business problems through technology and building amazing softwares that users love. He has also led multiple global scale communities and consulted few companies on community growth.

Sessions

Session by Tezos

By Mr. Akhil Bharati

29^th May 2021
7:00 to 8:00 PM

This session will be taken by Mr. Akhil Bharati, Senior Blockchain Engineer at Tezos India.

Mr. Akhil Bharati

Senior Software Engineer, Tezos India

Akhil is a blockchain developer with 2+ years of experience, he’s been building crypto wallets and writing smart contracts on various blockchain based platforms. Interested in building a decentralised financial ecosystem.

The secret recipe to managing a winning team

By Ms. Angela Bee Chan

29^th May 2021
10:00 to 11:00 PM

Working together as a team can be a challenge when it comes to online Hackathons. There are more distractions, it's harder to keep each other accountable, and communications can be easily lost. However, there are some benefits too! Angela Bee Chan has supported almost 500 hackathons in the past decade and will provide her tips and tricks on managing and mobilizing virtual teams. What you'll takeaway is a one page template for you and your team to complete so you know exactly what to expect to achieve during the Hackathon and how to work together. Join her session to find out more!

Ms. Angela Bee Chan

Co-founder and CEO | Hackathons International

Angela Bee Chan has used her participation in Hackathons as her ‘second university degree’! She has mentored, organized and supported almost 500 Hackathons over the past decade. Angela is also a 2x TEDx Speaker and in her spare time, she is #isobaking and enjoys hiking.

Start up in Electronics – Opportunities & implementation – A broader perspective

By Dr. Sanket Patel

22^nd May 2021
3:00 to 4:00 PM

There exists a tremendous opportunity in the field of industrial and applied electronics. Whether you consider a high speed communication or industry 4.0; electronics is the backbone for cutting-edge technologies. From day to day life applications to the space and defence sector, the field of electronics has versatile potential that can be explored in diversified industries. Driving to become the technology super power, India is pushing for the best in the field of electronics technology areas. Government is coming up with policies that motivate and nurture the technology start-ups. The talk is intended for the students who are willing to start their own electronics oriented venture and who are passionate to be part of a world that is realizing and advancing technology evolution to have a meaningful impact on our society.

Dr. Sanket Patel

Founder and Director | Sensegood Instruments Private Limited

Sanket Patel did his PhD in Electronics from DA-IICT in 2015. He designed and developed the world's most affordable color spectrophotometers that are technologically advanced. In Dec’ 20, he was appointed as a consultant to Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Ministry of Defence for collaborative R&D in new technology areas related to electronics defence systems. He currently owns 1 Patent, and 15+ research publications in IEEE, Springer and Wiley. He was offered various grants by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) India, IEEE Students Body, and IEEE India Council.

Role of Asteroid Mining and In-Space Manufacturing (ISM) in Space Exploration and Colonization

By Mr. Rajni Kant

23^rd May 2021
11:00 AM to 12:00 Noon

Over the last hundred years, the human population has exploded from about 1.5 billion to more than seven billion, driving an ever-increasing demand for resources. Next 50 to 60 years, the known terrestrial reserves of minerals will get exhausted because of its growing consumption by the people of the developing countries. The inquisitive mindset of mankind drove him towards search of other potential habitats, resources, which led him to explore space. In the process mankind began thinking of space exploration and colonization. Asteroids were found to be a vast new source of scarce material and mining of the same could solve mineral scarcity, if the financial and technological obstacles can be overcome. Water and other precious metals and mineral resources could be mined to support humanity’s long-term prosperity. Asteroid mining and In-Space Manufacturing (ISM) will be a key player in space colonization/ Human’s expansion into the solar system and reduces the Deep space project cost drastically. This talk is about Asteroids, their mining, In-Space Manufacturing (ISM) and how it could be beneficial/Cost effective for the Space Exploration and Colonization on other celestial bodies.

Mr. Rajni Kant

Scientist at SAC, ISRO

He did E.C. Engineering from Punjab Technical University. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree from DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. He joined SAC in 2005 and since then he has been working on high power microwave passive filters and multiplexers using various resonator technologies. He was instrumental in developing state of the art technology based 13 channel Temperature Compensated Ku Band Output (TCKO) Multiplexer. His research interests include Multi mode filter, Temperature compensated filter and filter technologies suitable for space applications at millimetre wave frequencies.

AWS Security practices demystified

By Mr. Ankit Giri

23^rd May 2021
9:00 to 10:00 PM

The session will cover:

Some interesting instances of breach
Best practices to protect AWS account from unauthorized access and usage
What and How to look for security loopholes
Audit scripts
What should one learn to safeguard Cloud applications?

Mr. Ankit Giri

Security Engineer in DevSecOps | JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Ankit Giri, currently working as Security Engineer in DevSecOps practice at JPMorgan, is also an independent security researcher. His areas of interests are web, IoT, mobile app, and cloud security. He is a bug bounty enthusiast and has been featured in the Hall of Fame of EFF, GM, PagerDuty, Sony, AT&T, HTC, Mobikwik, and many others. He is the chapter leader of Peerlyst, Delhi NCR & Test Tribe.

Build the best AR/VR application using the echoAR platform!

By Mr. Alon Grinshpoon

25^th May 2021
9:00 to 10:00 PM

The workshop will show how to quickly create AR/VR apps with no technical skills or coding required and scale existing apps by connecting them to the cloud. Workshop participants will learn how to create real-time cloud-connected augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) apps using the echoAR platform. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop and a smartphone, or just follow along the live demonstration. Platforms for experimentation include: Google ARCore, WebXR, Vuforia, Unity-based apps, and more.

Mr. Alon Grinshpoon

Founder and CEO | echoAR

Journey, Experience and Duties of a Product Manager

By Mr. Sanjeev Tiwari

26^th May 2021
2:30 to 3:30 PM

The speaker will share his journey from being a software developer to product manager, along with the experience and duties concerned with his present profession.

Mr. Sanjeev Tiwari

Global Product Manager- Workforce Planning & Employee Engagement Insights at Nestlé

Sanjeev has total 13 years of Industry experience. He has worked in different roles throughout his career journey. He started as a PL/SQL and Java developer, then moved to testing to become an Automation Test Engineer. Later, he moved to consulting role and have helped numerous clients in Operational reporting, Analytics and Workforce Planning. He is currently working as Global Product Manager for Workforce Planning & People Insights at Nestle.

Introduction to Blockchain

By Mr. Prajjwal Khandelwal

27^th May 2021
Setup: 7:00 to 8:00 PM
Hands-On: 9:30 to 10:30PM

The session will cover:

Overview of blockchain
Intro to Bitcoin
Decentralized Finance
How blockchain works
Cryptographic algorithms in blockchain
Types of blockchain
Emerging new technologies in blockchain, NFT's
A simple decentralised on Eythrum

Mr. Prajjawal Khandelwal

Blockchain and Crypto evangelist | Self Made Entrepreneur

Prajjawal Khandelwal is a self-made entrepreneur driven by the vision to democratize and decentralize the Internet. He is a blockchain and crypto evangelist motivated by the need to bring revolution and change in the current industrial trends regarding data privacy and misuse of public data. He is specialized in building blockchains, cryptography, and peer-to-peer networking stacks. He is an active community contributor and a tech enthusiast. He has worked on many projects involving blockchains, decentralized applications, machine vision, and NLP. He is a core contributor of Hyperledger Sawtooth, Corda, and Etherium. He is also actively involved in many open-source projects such as Hedera Hashgraph, Apache Airflow, and Beam.

Expansion 101: Turning Your Idea Into A Reality

By Ms. Galicia Gordon

29^th May 2021
10:00 to 11:00 AM

The speaker will talk about ways to nurture an idea towards building something real.

Ms. Galicia Gordon

Founder of Leading Learners

Galicia Gordon is the Founder of Leading Learners, a global platform with a mission of supporting students through free and accessible resources. Leading Learners has reached students from all corners of the world, including students from Harvard, Columbia, McGill, Oxford, among several top tier institutes. She started Leading Learners as a student in high school, and has since reached 100,000 students globally. Ask Galicia about tips to starting a global platform, critical design features, UI/UX, student career goals, and overall making more meaningful design and work decisions.

Panel Discussion

He has more than 32 years of experience in the development of space-based microwave systems. He is a senior IEEE member, Life member of Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS) and Aeronautical Society of India and a member of IETE India. He co-authored more than 130 publications and has 12 patents.

Mr. Rajeev Jyoti

Dr. Rutu Parekh did her M. Eng. in Electrical Engineering from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, PhD in Electrical Engineering (Nanoelectronics) from Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada and as a Postdoctoral fellow at Centre of Excellence in Nanoelectronics, IIT Bombay in 2015. Her research areas are Micro / Nano electronics, Nanofabrication, embedded systems and IOE. She has research experience with École Polytechnique de Montréal, industrial experience with eInfochips, Ahmedabad, India and HP Karkland, Montreal, and teaching experience with Nirma University of Science and Technology, Ahmedabad. She was also associated with The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, India, as a Visiting Associate. She is currently working as an Associate Professor at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, India. She has published a number of international journal and conference articles related to her research areas. In addition, she has been offering service as an editorial board member for international journal and technical committee member in numerous international conferences. She is founder and Chair of IEEE Nanotechnology Council Chapter, Gujarat Section.

Prof. Rutu Parekh

Mr. C Kajwadkar recognized as 'Industry Personality of the Year 2014’, is an Engineering graduate with post graduate qualifications in Management studies. He has experience of over 40 years in IT industry. He has worked with reputed organizations like CMC Ltd, National Stock Exchange, Clearing corporation of India. He has mentored an engineering college in Amravati (MS) with an objective to improve employability of fresh engineering graduates.

Mr. Chittaranjan Kajwadkar

Mr. Kiran Deshpande is co-founder of Mojo Networks and a former president of TiE Pune. He is also a senior member of IEEE and a board member Alumni Association – IITB. Also, he was CEO of Tech Mahindra for years 1996-2001 and Senior Vice President at IMR for years 1992-1996. Currently he is one of the directors of a charitable organisation – 14 Trees, which is dedicated to building sustainable and carbon footprint neutral ecosystems.

Mr. Kiran Deshpande

Mr. Gopal Gajjar has done MTech and PhD from IIT Bombay. He worked at ABB Ltd as Power Systems R&D engineer and now he is working as senior research scientist at IIT Bombay. He is also a part of IEEE Gujarat section Executive Committee as Industry Liaison Chair.

Mr. Gopal Gajjar

Professor Ghodgaonkar is a faculty member at DAIICT and Chair person of IEEE Communication Society Chapter. He has been chair of IEEE Gujarat section for years 2011 and 2012. He has done PhD at University of Utah. He has published more than 15 research reports and over 125 papers in international journals. He specializes in research in the field of RF and Microwave engineering.

Prof. Deepak Ghodgaonkar

Mr. Prasanna Kuthe is a seasoned HR professional with 24 years of experience in Human Resource Function. He has varied experience across employee relations, talent acquisition, Business HR and Change Management. He currently heads India HR function as Vice President for Avineon India Pvt. Ltd. which is a global leader in Geoinformatics and engineering design segment. Over the past 23 years, Prasanna has worked with various fortune listed companies like DELL, Honeywell, Sulzer and Thermax Limited.

Mr. Prasanna Kuthe

Mr. Amol Karmarkar is Head of C-IIITP (Center for Induction Internship Incubation Training and Placement) cell at HVPM College of Engineering and Technology, Amravati. He is also a faculty member of Mechanical Engineering Department. Operational research management, Ergonomics, and Sports Engineering are his area of Specialization.

Mr. Amol Karmarkar

Timeline

01 May, 2021
09:00 PM

Start of Registration Phase

25 May,2021
12:00 AM

End of Registration phase

28 May,2021
08:00 PM

Start of Hacking Phase

30 May,2021
08:00 AM

End of Hacking Phase

30 May,2021
2:00 PM

Results

FAQs

A hackathon is an intense event that brings together designers and developers along with industry experts to identify problems and create software solutions, usually within 24-48 hours.

You must be a school/college/university student. That's it!

Go ahead and register, it’s absolutely free.

Doesn't matter, you are still eligible to apply.

No, you should start working only after the hackathon begins. Pre-written codes may become the reason of your disqualification.

Unfinished or unimpressive (as you think) projects should be presented anyway! Presenting your hack gives you a chance to be proud of what you’ve done, and a constructive perspective of where you should be headed next.

We are offering prizes and goodies worth Rs. 57 lakhs! that includes per-participant goodies worth Rs. 28,000 and a great networking opportunity!

A team should consist of 3-5 members.

Yes! The talks/workshops would be open to everyone. We will keep you folks updated with the schedule and the links to the talks.

Rules and Regulations
Code of Conduct

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