- ALL ALLOTMENTS ARE DONE! ALL PROJECTS HAVE COMMENCED.
- Please join the necessary Slack or Google Classroom platform (if present) for the respective projects.
- The 'CONDITIONS' for awarding of a COMPLETION and/or EXCELLENCE CERTIFICATE will be specified within each group. If not specified within the next 2 weeks, the participants may request the mentors of the respective project to declare the same.
- Please note these will be strictly followed and Certificates will be distributed based on this data only.
For any queries, mail at bharkush@gmail.com or WhatsApp at 9920261900.
Quark Summer Technical Projects (QSTP) is back in its 6th edition with a total of 25 projects spanning varied areas of study. For the first time, QSTP is offering projects in fields like Quantum Computing, Basics of Flight and Mechatronics among others. Being conducted in a completely online mode, QSTP offers a great opportunity to learn and interact with the experienced mentors from BITS Goa at the convenience of one's own. Completion of the project/course will award the participant with a 'Certificate of Completion'. Moreover, the top participants in each course shall be awarded with a 'Certificate of Excellence'.
All of these are offered free of charge to students of any year of study and in any college across India.
For further instructions and details, Please click on the below link.
Following are the projects available in QSTP 2019:-
Intro to Stock Market Analysis
Mentors : Kartikey Pandey, Gaurav Gandhi, Mrinav Saxena
Prerequisites : None
Description :
Stock market analysis aims to Introduce you to fascinating world of investing and trading. Through this course, you will learn about market micro-structure and basics of technical and fundamental analysis
Equity Trading Strategies
Mentors : Mrinav Saxena, Souradeep Chakraborty and Aditya Dhoot
Prerequisites : Basic knowledge of financial analysis and functioning of stock market.
Description :
This course will endeavour to make the participants understand the methods and tactics involved in trading and investment on the basis of existing knowledge of financial analysis.
Python 101
(Preference to students from BITS Goa)Mentors : Sahil Jain and Vinayak Aggarwal
Prerequisites : None
Description :
Those who missed out on doing well in CP have a second chance to get into programming via a high level language. However, we want to clarify this course will focus on teaching logical thinking, basic OOP and how to convert thought into concrete code. Python is just a medium. Students having completed this course along with the mini-projects should be able to quickly pick up any other language too.
Intro to Blockchain
Mentors : Atharv Chandratre and Abhiraj Hinge
Prerequisites : None
Description :
Through this QSTP, you will learn the basics of blockchain technology, the basics of cryptocurrencies and how the two most famous cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and Ethereum work. In the end, you will learn what it means to "code on the blockchain" by writing a simple smart contract and deploying it to the real Ethereum Blockchain.
Intro to Android Development
Mentors : Nipun Agarwal and Hari Ram
Prerequisites : None
Description :
In the era of increasing demand of Mobile apps MAC brings to you course on Introduction to Android development. This course will aim on how to start building an app right from scratch, making multiscreen apps, with many functionalities. By the end of this course, you would be able to develop your own calculator app and would get the chance to work on quark 2020 app.
Data Analysis using R
Mentors : Nidhi Zare and Jasleen
Prerequisites : No prior knowledge of data science/analysis is required. However prior knowledge of algebra and statistics will be helpful.
Description :
The course is based on R concepts, analysis and processing of data in R through real life examples. We'll focus on building end to end predictive analysis in R. We'll take up projects based on text classification and anomaly detection.
Graphic Designing
Mentors : Raghav Bhatia and Kartik Bhatia
Prerequisites : Just a creative mindset and willingness to learn something new!
Description :
With Graphic Designers being in so much demand in all kinds of companies and Adobe Photoshop being the foundation of Graphic Design, we see no reason for you to not apply for this course! This course includes an introduction to all the relevant Photoshop tools, followed by some real life projects that the students will undertake. Flyers, Posters (3-D and 360 degree also included), Minimalist Designs, Digital Art and a lot more is in store for you, sign up now! The projects also include fundamentals of Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator.
Project KRATOS
(Open only for BITS Goa)Mentors : Project KRATOS
Prerequisites : None
Description :
Project Kratos aims to make a fully autonomous mars rover which can traverse any terrain without human interference. In this project, we will divide you according to your interest among the subsystem and train you in those subsystems so that you get the required experience in how to build a project from scratch
Intro to ROS
Mentors : Harshal Deshpande, Ojit Mehta and Venugopalan Iyengar
Prerequisites : None
Description :
This course gives an introduction to the Robot Operating System (ROS) and few of the commonly available tools that are used in robotics.You will learn how to create software simulations, to interface sensors, and to integrate control algorithms.
Intro to Mechatronics
Mentors : Tejas Rane and Mohit Gupta
Prerequisites : None
Description :
This course will deal with Electronics and Mechanical Systems Design. It will provide a basic idea about the field of robotics. The main objective is to instill an interest in robotics in the participants.
Ethical Hacking and Computer Security
Mentors : Harshavardhan Walia, Mehul Mohan and Ayush Agrawal
Prerequisites : Basics of coding (upto functions), basic linux commands (ls, mv, cp, cat, cd, etc)
Description :
The course will be about the different and vast areas of Computer Security. Curated content will be given to start from the basics of every field so as to get an idea of the field of interest. By the end, mentees will have a clear idea of different fields like Reverse engineering, Forensics, Web Security, Incidence Response and Networking.
Cryptography
Mentors : Rahul B S and Khyati Jain
Prerequisites : None
Description :
This course aims introduce takers to both Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Cryptography, starting right from Classical version to the Post Quantum Version. Kindly note that Quantum Mechanics is not a pre-requisite of any kind to this course.
Quantum Computing
Mentors : Samridh Deva and Ankush
Prerequisites : Basic Linear Algebra
Description :
This course is an elementary introduction to a new and frontier multidisciplinary field of common interest to students of physics, computer science, mathematics, and engineering. The basic concepts of Quantum Computing will be introduced and important algorithms in Quantum Computation will be taught.
Intro to CAD-SOLIDWORKS
(Open only for BITS Goa)
Mentors : Ankur Prakash , Aqil and Lakshay Dhingra
Prerequisites : None
Description :
Foundation course to develop CAD skills using solidworks. The target of the course is to build a proper designing methodology. The skills from this course would help you to design on other CAD softwares as well.
Intro to Machine Learning
Mentors : Rijul, Aditya Ahuja and Souradeep Chakraborty
Prerequisites : None
Description :
Understanding and implementation of basic machine learning algorithms and statistical learning in Python. At the end of the course you will have an in-depth knowledge about the working of basic ML models and learn how to tackle commonly faced problems.
Deep Learning & Neural Networks
Mentors : Rajaswa Patil, Ashwin Vaswani and Het Shah
Prerequisites : None
Description :
Understanding the fundamentals of Deep learning & Neural Networks and basics of Image Classification using Convolutional Neural Networks with Pytorch.
Competitive Programming
Mentors : Rishab Khincha, Samarth Jain, Sarthak Agarwal
Prerequisites : None
Description :
The course will introduce students to some core competitive programming concepts and relevant data structures and algorithms will be taught with an emphasis on problems. This will introduce them to topics that are asked in coding tests and interviews conducted by companies during placements and internships. Each topic will have an extensive list of problems to solve and relevant editorials will also be uploaded. The focus on problems solving will help the students develop programming skills in C++, Python and Java.
Intro to IoT
Mentors : Yash Jain and Prathmesh Thorwe
Prerequisites : None
Description :
The course begins with basics of electronics and programming the Arduino/ESP microcontrollers proceeding to various sensors available and their characteristics and Interfacing with the aforementioned microcontrollers. Finally, we dive into various communication methodologies, discussing MQTT Protocol in detail and implemeting all these in our final project.
Intro to Aerodynamics: Basics of Flight
Mentors : Tejas Rane and Kshitij Chabbra
Prerequisites : None
Description :
This course deals with the development in flying machines through the ages; with things as primitive as the Wright Flyer to as modern as a jetliner. This course will talk about how these flying machines got bigger and better. Not only theoretical but also this course can help you develop your very own flight controller which could be tested on any flying object.
Intro to Japanese Language
Mentors : Omkar Kulkarni
Prerequisites : None
Description :
This project offers an introduction to speaking, reading and writing Japanese - we will be covering letters, vocabulary, and grammar and will also provide you with learning resources.
Introduction to Sound mixing
Mentors : Arshdeep Singh and Kanishque Kumar
Prerequisites : None
Description :
When you leave a live concert, you're probably not thinking, "Man, the sound was mixed perfectly." But, as soon as the audience notices something slightly off in the mix, it's all but over. In this course, you'll be learning the secrets behind the perfect mix, and how sound actually works, be it on the big stage or in a studio environment.
Video Editing on Premiere Pro
Mentors : Sai Bharadwaj, Padmanabhan Murli and Akul Badami
Prerequisites : Premiere Pro should be installed on your laptop.
Description :
This course starts off with the basics and takes you through advanced video editing techniques in Adobe Premiere Pro
Web Development
Mentors : Rajath Jain and Priyesh
Prerequisites : None
Description :
We'll be teaching frontend web development with Vue. js and backend with Flask to develop a sample Bank website
Sustainable Business and Strategy
Mentors : Rahul Chauhan
Prerequisites : None
Description :
This QSTP will deal with how sustainability issues influence corporate strategy and how corporations may transform these challenges into sources of competitive advantage. Note that this will be a short course (less than 5 weeks).
Theory of Relativity
Mentors: Kartikey Sharma and Sarthak Checker
Prerequisites: School level mechanics and calculus. Basic knowledge of linear algebra.
Description:
Theory of Relativity will be introduced at a very normie level. Mathematical foundation will be laid, eventually approaching advanced concepts. We will explain things mathematically rather than following popular clickbaits. Most part will be Special Relativity, though we will try to touch General Relativity depending on your interest
For any queries, Please contact Kushagra Bhargava at bharkush@gmail.com or WhatsApp at 9920261900.