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Description
This will be a unique opportunity for you to compete with other innovators and showcase your ICT based innovations developed with cutting-edge technologies. All outstanding innovations will be recognized, rewarded and provided with the support to take your innovations to the next level and to commercialize them. This will be a perfect platform for you to meet the potential investors and likeminded enthusiasts.
Who can apply
We invite nominations from individuals, groups and organizations who have developed an innovative ICT solution that has the potential to uplift the society and contribute towards to development of our country.
Evaluation Criteria
Selection Process
The final round will be held on 3rd October 2018 at SLIIT Malabe Campus. Gold, Silver, Bronze winners will be selected based on the final evaluation and the 5 remaining teams will be given merit certificates. Cash prizes and awards for the participants of the final round will be given at the CODEFEST 2018 awards ceremony on the same day.
Please confirm your participation for the preliminary round by filling the following Google form on or before Friday, 21th September 2018. The timeslot allocated to you will be communicated upon confirmation of the registration.
Mr.Nuwan Kuruwitaarachchi(Senior Lecturer)
Mobile-:0772223674
Email-:nuwan.ku@sliit.lk
Problem Description
Eligibility
Rules and Regulations
Zone24x7 Inc. is a global technology products and innovation company headquartered in San Jose, California with a state of the art Advanced Technology Center based in Sri Lanka. We are also the innovation partner for 2 of the top 3 department stores in the US. Zone24x7 has four key specialisations in the form of Innovation, Software Product Engineering, Embedded Systems and Big Data Engineering.
Description
Eligibility
Rules and Regulations
Selection Process
The competition will be held in two rounds.The two rounds are open on a specific date and time and students must adhere to the fixed and defined rules and regulations. Student groups need to register prior to the competition, and based on the registration each group will be given a NetCom ID number,in which the group must use for any further communications.
Description
Eligibility
Rules and Regulations
Selection Process
This competition measures different skills of offensive security and its key areas for the contestants to be solved within 8 hour time period. Success in CTF competitions demands that participant be an expert in mentioned areas. Winners will be selected based on the levels they have completed and successful capture of each flag.
Problem Description
Technologies
The software development platforms, tools to be used for the contest will be introduced at the 1-day training session will be held 1 month prior to the event.
Rules and Regulations
Selection Process
Preliminary selection will take place after the training session. Best 10 teams will be selected for the final round.
The best ten teams of the first round will be competing in the final round for 24 competitive hours to be crowned as the winners.
Description
The CODEFEST is trying to assess the ICT knowledge and the usage of Sri Lankan School students through the contest of ICT Quiz.The questions are based on the ICT syllabus of G.C.E O/L and A/L.
The competition will cover
Eligibility
Internal students who are studying in government or private schools are eligible to apply under this category.
Rules and Regulations
Selection Process
The selection process of the quiz contest would be based on three stages:
Problem Description
Using technology to enhance education would be efficient and fun. Smart education is the concept that learning and teaching activities can be developed with technology. In this competition each contestant group should design an educational system through which a student should be able to learn easily areas either in Mathematics or Science. Students are free to select any tools to design the application. It should be informative and interesting.
Eligibility
Technologies
Contestants are free to use any technology as they wish. But they are strongly advised not to use pirated software.
Features
Rules and Regulations
Selection Process
The selection process of the school category projects would be based on two stages:
Evaluation: Preliminary Rounds
All projects submitted will be evaluated based on the evaluation criteria that would be published in the CODEFEST website. The best 5 projects will be selected based on an oral presentation and demonstration and will progress to the final round. The evaluation process of this round would commence after the closing date of the submission of the projects.
Evaluation: Grand Finale
Out of the best 5 projects, the best three projects will be selected based on an oral presentation and demonstration.In the final round, the best three projects will be awarded first, second and third prizes respectively.In addition to the cash prizes,the People’s Award will be too awarded.
Theme-: Improve the self-learning skills of the Sri Lankan students
It seems the Sri Lankan students are strongly depending only on the content taught in a class, which numbs their learning abilities, thus, restricts the knowledge they gain. To become a master in any domain, it is essential to learn and improve the self-learning skills as shown in the figure below, which provides many advantages, and strongly practising.
We think, now it is time to let the Sri Lankan students aware of the importance of the self-learning skills and introduce them some materials to improve their self-learning skills as well as assist their journey in self-learning.
Focused areas-:
Task to do-:
Think of how ICT can be used as a tool in the above-focused areas, for both teaching and learning, then come up with a creative solution.
Your solution can be presented by any mean as bellow, on a selected topic relating to the focused areas:
Eligibility
Internal students who are studying in government or private schools from grade 6 to 10 are eligible to apply under this category.
Technologies
Contestants are free to use any technology as they wish. But they are strongly advised not to use pirated software.
Features
Rules and Regulations
Selection Process
The selection process of the school category projects would be based on two stages:
Evaluation: Preliminary Rounds
All projects submitted will be evaluated based on the evaluation criteria that would be published in the CODEFEST website. The best 5 projects will be selected based on an oral presentation and demonstration and will progress to the final round. The evaluation process of this round would commence after the closing date of the submission of the projects
Evaluation: Grand Finale
Out of the best 5 projects, the best three projects will be selected based on an oral presentation and demonstration.In the final round, the best three projects will be awarded first, second and third prizes respectively.In addition to the cash prizes,the People’s Award will be too awarded.
Self-learning
ICT tools for self-learning
Brain games
Web development
Sample solutions-:
