FOSSEE Events

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  • Open Hardware-IoT Geospatial Hackathon:

    The National Level Open Hardware-IoT Geospatial Hackathon was a premier event that brought together visionaries, tech enthusiasts, and problem solvers from across the nation to harness the power of open hardware, the Internet of Things (IoT), and Geospatial technology. This was a stage where innovation knew no boundaries. The technical partner for this event was the Rural Data Research and Analysis (RuDRA) Lab at IIT Bombay which is India's first HPC-powered data center dedicated to Rural Development. The co organisers were IITTNiF (NM-ICPS, DST, Government of India) & ICFOSS (Government of Kerala). A set of problem statements were given to the participants. The winners were announced on 11 November 2024, on National Education Day. 22 teams qualified in the final round and one was awarded as the champion. The details of the hackathon can be viewed here: https://iot-gis-hackathon.fossee.in.

  • Meet & Greet session for DWSIM:

    The FOSSEE Project conducts awareness sessions called Meet & Greet, for faculty members of various institutes to get familiarise with the software promoted by the FOSSEE project. On 12 April 2024, such a session was conducted for DWSIM, in the online mode. The experts from the FOSSEE team talked about the software and ways in which students and faculty members can participate in FOSSEE activities. The contributions are released in open source and serve as a good documentation for the software. More than 80 faculty members attended the event both from India and abroad. We have identified some faculty members who are interested in using DWSIM in their institutes. We are following up with them.

  • Animate 2024:
    ANIMATE 2024 was an online Synfig Studio 2D Animation Hackathon organized by the FOSSEE Project, IIT Bombay. The project is a part of the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India. The other event partners were Whistling Woods International (WWI) a premier Film, Communication & Creative Arts Institute, Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, an institute of global excellence providing high quality education in the fields of art and the Spoken Tutorial Project, a multi-award winning educational content portal. 
     
    India is known for its creativity and resourcefulness, with innovation happening everywhere, from busy cities to quiet villages. To highlight and celebrate India's innovative spirit the theme for Animate 2024 was “Celebrating India's Innovation”. The participants had to showcase a problem, the action taken, and the innovative solution presented.
     
    The registrations for Animate 2024 started on 18 March 2024. Due to examinations and other academic commitments f the participants the deadline for the submission of completed animations was extended till 23 June 2024. Thus, students got around 3 months to learn (if not already familiar with the software) and create the animation. The submitted animations were judged in two stages, one for the technical aspects and the second on the creative and innovative aspects. Out of the 116 animations submitted 35 animations were send for the second round of evaluations and the winners were decided. The results as well as the details of the event can be found in this URL: https://animate2024.fossee.in.

  • Workshop on Arduino on Cloud:

    This workshop was conducted for students of Shri L R Tiwari College of Engineering. There were more than 100 students from the Electronics and Communications stream who attended the workshop. Arduino on Cloud bridges the gap between theoretical concepts and practical application by enabling cloud-based programming and simulation of Arduino devices. This workshop was conducted in the college premises on 18 March 2024.

  • Workshop on the basics of OpenFOAM, OpenModelica and DWSIM:
    AZeotropy is India’s largest Chemical Engineering Symposium which is a unique mix of competitions, lecture series, panel discussions, exhibitions, workshops, and other learning-related activities. On an average the event gets a footfall of more than 12,000 participants. This was organised at IIT Bombay campus on 16 March 2024.  Workshops on the basics of OpenFOAM, OpenModelica and DWSIM were organised by the Chemical Engg. Dept., IIT Bombay. These were in-person workshop, and each workshop got around 60 participants. These were 2 hour long workshops which covered the basics of these software and familiarising the participants with resources for learning these software.
     

  • Tackling Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer Problems using OpenFOAM:

    FOSSEE, IIT Bombay, organized a six-day online workshop on Tackling Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer Problems using OpenFOAM.  The workshop comprised of theory and demonstation sessions. Participants found it extremely useful for their academics and career. The topics covered were as follows:

    • fundamentals of CFD using OpenFOAM
    • simulate problem in OpenFOAM
    • create your own solver
    • essentials of post-processing 

     

  • Workshop on CircuitJS:

    This workshop was conducted for more than 60 students of BSc (Electronics, Physics)  of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMDVU), Katra. CircuitJS is an interactive platform for simulating electronic circuits. It can simulate a range of circuits from basic Ohm's Law experiments to advanced digital systems. Its versatility makes it highly beneficial for students in BSc (Electronics, Physics) courses, polytechnics, and engineering divisions, allowing them to visualize and experiment with circuits without the need for physical hardware. This workshop was conducted in online mode on 19 January 2024.

  • "Arduino for Physics Experiments" :

    A two day workshop on Arduino for Physics Experiments was conducted for Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, by the Hardware team of the FOSSEE project. For this workshop the Arduino on Cloud platform was used. This platform bridges the gap between theoretical concepts and practical application by enabling cloud-based programming and simulation of Arduino devices. The workshop was attended by  around 60 students from B.Sc. (Electronics and Physics). This workshop was conducted on online mode on 18 January 2024.
     

  • CFD hackathon 2023:
    The OpenFOAM Hackathon was a platform for the CFD-OpenFOAM community to show their skills in OpenFOAM. The event was organised from 12 - 27 November 2023. Participants upgraded solved Case Studies available under the 'Completed Case Studies' under the Case Study Project of OpenFOAM into the latest versions of OpenFOAM  (v10 and v2212) according to the standards of openfoam.org or openfoam.com. Participants could pick up any case study and upgrade it to the latest version of OpenFOAM (v10 and v2212). Around 10 Case Studies upgraded to the latest versions of OpenFOAM.

  • IITB-FOSSEE Mapathon (Edition III):

    Mapathon is an event where participants create thematic maps through a collaborative effort where participants come together to develop new tools/methods that improve the accuracy and usefulness of maps for a community. This event was co-organized by the FOSSEE project and IIT Tirupati Navavishkar I-Hub Foundation (IITTNiF). This event was open to all Indian citizens. The participants created maps from publicly available geospatial datasets using Free/ Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS), such as QGIS.

    The event was held from February -  June 2023. The registration opened on 1 February 2023. The formal inauguration took place on February 23, 2023, at the IIT Tirupati campus followed by a Q &A session for the participants to clear the doubts. The closing ceremony was on 10 June 2023. We received more than 5000 registrations. Around 1780 teams submitted out of which 535 of decent standard. 14 teams were awarded the Champions award, 74 winners and 257 notable submissions. More details of the event can be found here: https://iitb-aicte-mapathon.fossee.in.

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