Seasons Of Code
Break free of the matrix, by building one! • Laxman Desai
WnCC - Seasons of Code
Seasons of Code is a programme launched by WnCC along the lines of the Google Summer of Code. It provides one with an opprtunity to learn and participate in a variety of interesting projects under the mentorship of the very best in our institute.
List of Running Projects
- Browser Based PDF manager
- Resume Script Generator
- Physicc : A Simple Physics Engine
- Image Colorization
- Language Model Based Syntax Autocompletion in a Text Editor
- Computer vision based web app
- Cribbit Cribbit (Open for PGs Only)
- Techster Texter
- Language Detection
- Book Tracker
- ResoBin - Not the bin we deserve but the bin we need!
- Moodify
- Agree to disagree
- Unscripted
- Watson (World's smartest assistant in your pocket)
- IITinder
- BriefKing
- Meta Learning - Learning to Learn
- Break free of the matrix, by building one!
- Procedurally Generated Infinite Open World
- Introduction to App Development
- PAC MAN
- Introduction to Web Development
- (Un)Clear
- Goal ICPC
- Traffic congestion modelling and rendering
- PyRated
- Tools for Data Science
- Machine Learning Based Metropolitan Air Pollution Estimation
- Audio controlled drone
- NLPlay with Transformers
- DIY FaceApp
- A Deep Dive into CNNs
- Competitive Coding
- Snake AI
- Facial Recognition App
- Gaming meets AI !!!
- R(ea)L Trader
- Computational Geometry
- Deep reinforcement learning - 2048 AI
- Reinforcement Learning to Finance
- Developing Hybrid ANN-Statistical Model for Robust Stock Market Prediction
- Si-Phy
- Astronomical Data-modelling and Interpretation
- Visual Perception for Self Driving Cars
- Convolutional Neural Networks and Applications
- Quantum Computing Algorithms
- Algorithm Visualizer
- Anime Club IITB Website using Django
- Machine Learning in Browser
Break free of the matrix, by building one!
We will build a matrix library, and then see it’s applications in solving linear recurrences, specifically for competitive programming (Project Euler 25, 258 and more possibly)
No. of mentees: 4
Description: From background removal to Google’s PageRank algorithm! Matrices form the backbone of today Computer Science! As the title says, this project will give you a whole new perspective on what you’ve been learning from school (matrices) and probably life too! This project aims to give you a good understanding of some of the algorithms that make all this possible. We will build a matrix library, and then see it’s applications in solving linear recurrences, specifically for competitive programming (Project Euler 25, 258 and more possibly)
Our library would be lightweight, optimised and templated with functionality similar to how matrices work in MATLAB or NumPy. It would also support Matrix factorizations (LU, QR, SVD and Spectral Decomposition) and would only depend on the standard library.
We will then use all the knowledge gained to build a linear equation solver.
Tentative Project Timeline
| Week Number | Tasks to be Completed |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Brush up on Linear Algebra Concepts, and learning new things such as QR, LU, SVD |
| decompositions. | |
| Week 2 | Brush up on C++, with high focus on OOP concepts. Understanding a few DSA topics (complexity analysis, std::vectors) |
| Week 3 | Building a base matrix template class, and implementing a simple QR decomposition to test it. |
| Week 4 | Adding various factorisations to help solve linear equations. Stress testing our code and writing docs. |
| Week 5 | Understanding Linear Recurrences, starting with basic stuff like Fibonacci calculations using matrices and end by solving PE258! |