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ANIMATE 2025: Animation Hackathon using Synfig Studio (2D) and Blender (3D):
ANIMATE 2025 was an online Animation Hackathon using Synfig Studio (2D) and Blender (3D), organized by FOSSEE, IIT Bombay. The main objective of this event is to promote the learning of Synfig Studio and Blender. The participants had to create a 2D (using Synfig Studio) or 3D (using Blender) animation video which is less than 3 minutes. All tools used for image creations, manipulation and video editing should be open source software.

Themes for the animation

Blender (3D):
- The Future Cityscape: Envision cities of tomorrow – flying vehicles, vertical gardens, AI-powered infrastructure – bring your version of the future to life in stunning 3D.
- Mythical Creatures: Dive into folklore and fantasy. Design and animate dragons, phoenixes, mermaids, or creatures of your own imagination.
- Mechanical Marvels: Robots, steampunk machines, or futuristic gadgets – showcase mechanical brilliance with intricate design
Synfig Studio (2D):
- Journey of a Hero: Craft a short narrative of a hero's path: challenges, growth, and triumph. Any genre, any setting, your hero, your rules.
- Cultural Celebration: Highlight traditional festivals, folk dances, local attire, or rituals from around the world. Celebrate culture through vibrant visuals.
- Nature’s Symphony: Animate the beauty, power, and serenity of nature: flowing rivers, whispering forests, singing birds, or majestic mountains
The submission date closed on 15 August 2025. Now the submissions are evaluated and results will be announced soon. The deatisl of the event can be found here: https://animate2025.fossee.in.
Faculty Development Program on OpenFOAM :
The FOSSEE Project, IIT Bombay, is inviting Faculty Members who are interested in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to learn OpenFOAM by joining a four day online workshop. The workshop will begin from the basic level and enable the participants to learn upto the intermediate level of OpenFOAM.

Date: 10-13 June 2025

Time: 10:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m

Mode: Online

Registration link: Will be available soon

Benefits:
- Live interaction with experts of OpenFOAM from eminent institutes of India and abroad
- Hands-on training sessions on OpenFOAM
- Certificates
Scilab Case Study Hackathon:

The Scilab Case Study Hackathon was organized by the FOSSEE project at IIT Bombay to promote the use of Scilab, an open-source platform for numerical computation, through practical and innovative case studies. The event was conducted in an online mode between 24 December 2024 and 20 February 2025. The objective of the hackathon was to encourage participants to apply Scilab to solve real-world engineering and scientific problems and document their solutions in the form of detailed case studies. These case studies are aimed at helping future learners understand how Scilab can be used in various technical applications.

The event received around 100 proposal submissions. Some participants were guided to revise their proposals to ensure clarity and relevance. Finally, 20 case studies were shortlisted. The hackathon offered a platform for students and professionals to enhance their understanding of Scilab while also improving their technical writing, documentation, and presentation skills. These contributions will be reviewed and refined further to be hosted on the FOSSEE Scilab website, benefiting the broader community.

The hackathon concluded with a Result Declaration and Interaction Session, where selected participants were recognized for their efforts. The participants also shared their experiences. The event also served as a step forward in building a repository of practical, application oriented Scilab case studies for academic and self learning purposes. The event received positive feedback from participants.

The event details can be found here: https://scilab-hackathon.fossee.in/. The Completed case studies are published here: https://scilab.in/case-study-project/completed-case-studies.
One-Day Online Workshop on Arduino on Cloud:

A one-day online workshop on Arduino on Cloud for the students of BSc. and MSc. Physics at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai was conducted on 18 December 2024. The workshop aimed to introduce the students to the integration of Arduino microcontrollers with cloud-based platforms to facilitate real-time data acquisition, monitoring, and control of Physics experiments.
Objectives of the Workshop were to:
Familiarise the students with Arduino and its cloud-based applications.
Demonstrate practical examples of Physics experiments using Arduino.
Enable students to apply technology for real-time data analysis and project development.
Bridge the gap between theoretical learning and hands-on experimentation.
First 'Industry-Academia Interaction' on CFD-OpenFOAM:

FOSSEE, IIT Bombay, organized the first Industry-Academia Interaction to foster Research & Development as well as Learning/teaching of Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD) using OpenFOAM. Seven members of the advisory board of CFD-OpenFOAM were also present. More joined us online. They comprised of faculty members from India and abroad and people working in the industry. This was an endeavour to synergize the ongoing developments in the field of CFD in academics and the corporate sector. The faculty and industry partners suggested various measures that can be implemented so that the FOSSEE activities can help the corporate sector to augment their R&D effort which in turn can result in well-trained potential employees. The Academia can benefit by connecting their research to the problems that the CFD industry is focusing on at present. The event took place on 29 November 2024, from 10 AM in the conference room of Van Vihar guest house.
Connect, Simulate and Innovate using Arduino on Cloud:

This was a faculty awareness programme on Arduino on Cloud, organized by the FOSSEE project at IIT Bombay. The event was conducted online on 28 November 2024 from 10 AM to 1 PM. We got more than 450 faculty members who joined from all over India. Arduino on Cloud service allows students to learn to use Arduino using any web browser, and does not require the physical version of the Arduino microcontroller. This will be especially useful in situations where not enough physical boards of Arduino are available. More information on the support provided by the FOSSEE project on Arduino and Arduino on Cloud is available here: https://arduino.fossee.in. We also had invited faculty members, who had already attended this workshop, to share the experiences about the workshop and let other faculty members know how they are using the platform in their courses. The feedback of the event was very good.

This was an event which was conducted exclusively for the Subscribed Colleges under Spoken Tutorial Project.
WOSET Conference:

The WOSET is a well-known Workshop/Conference for Open Source EDA tools with hundreds of open source enthusiasts over the globe attending the event. The talk on eSim: An Open-Source EDA Tool for Education was presented on at November 18, 2024, 9:30AM(online) in the Break Out session. The session highlighted eSim as a free and open-source platform designed to simplify circuit design and simulation for students, educators, and researchers. Developed with a focus on accessibility and affordability, eSim bridges the gap between academia and industry by providing an alternative to costly proprietary tools, fostering skill development, and promoting the use of open-source technologies in engineering education. The paper presented in the conference can be found here.
Circuit Design & Simulation Hackathon using open source tools:

NIT Jamshedpur and VLSI System Design (VSD) organized a unique circuit design hackathon to honor the late Ratan Tata. This event aimed to inspire innovation and excellence in the field of VLSI hardware design, reflecting Tata's visionary leadership and commitment to technological advancement. The event was from 24 October till 8 November 2024. The participants were to use only the Open Source EDA tools. One of the tools open source tools used by the participants was eSim. About 600 people participated in the hackathon with most of them using eSim. The eSim team of the FOSSEE project mentored these participants. Among the teams who completed the tasks, more than 20 teams used eSim. Two of the winners of the hackathon were past interns of the FOSSEE team.
Virtual Boot Camp for NASA Space App Challenge: Awareness session on R, OpenFOAM and Scilab:

An awareness session on R, OpenFOAM and Scilab was conducted by the FOSSEE team for the Virtual Boot Camp for NASA Space App Challenge 2023, which is the largest annual space & science hackathon in the world. Space Apps is an international hackathon for coders, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, builders, technologists, and others in cities around the world, where teams engage with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) free and open data to address real-world problems on Earth and in space.This event was organised by Sandip University on 30 Sept 2024.
FDP on FLOSS (Free/Libre and Open Source Software) for Mumbai University affiliated Colleges:

The FOSSEE Project along with Maharashtra College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mumbai organised a one day faculty development programme on FLOSS (Free/Libre and Open Source Software) for Mumbai University affiliated Colleges on 13 July 2024. The venue was the F. C. Kohli Auditorium, IIT Bombay. Around 80 faculty members from various colleges in the Mumbai region attended the programme. The main themes were the FOSSEE initiatives like FOSSEE-GIS, OpenHardware, and Spoken Tutorials.