Scilab Competition on 4th March

[Palak Dalal]

WnCC is holding a Scilab Competition, sponsored by FOSSEE group of IITB. First prize is worth Rs 5000, second prize worth Rs 3000 and third prize worth Rs. 1000. Snacks would be provided during the contest.

Date - 4th March, Friday
Time - 8.30pm - 11.30pm
Venue - NSL, Old CSE Building

You can form teams of 2. Individual entries will also be allowed. Internet access would be allowed during the contest. You can also bring your own laptops with Scilab installed.

Scilab is an open source alternative to Matlab. It will be very easy for those who have some basic knowledge of Matlab to learn Scilab.

Scilab DVDs will be made available on Friday morning from 12:30pm to 1:00pm  at the Controls and Computing lab 2, on the second floor of the Electrical Engineering Department for those who wish to have a copy. Alternatively, you can download and install Scilab from http://scilab.org/download if you wish to obtain a copy earlier.


Here are some resources for Scilab learning -

• http://www.scilab.org/ (They can download Scilab from here. Documentation and tutorials are available here)
• The Scilab help files (accessible by typing "help" in Scilab or using the menu) and the Scilab demos (accessible by typing "demo_gui" in Scilab or using the menu)
  
• http://spoken-tutorial.org/Study_Plans_Scilab (Spoken tutorials (video screencasts) are available here)
• http://scilab.in/links (We have a compilation of links to resources on using Scilab across various topics here)

Scilab is a cross-platform, free (free of cost and free to distribute and modify) and open source numerical computational package and an easy-to-use interpreted, high-level matrix based programming language with a versatile inbuilt mathematical library. 

It can be used for graphing and data visualization, signal processing, statistical analysis, image processing, fluid dynamics , linear algebra, numerical optimization, and modeling and simulation of dynamical systems, and a variety of other purposes in engineering, mathematics and the sciences. Its capabilities can be extended through the use of readily available or custom made toolboxes where the extensions can be written in ubiquitous lower level languages like Fortran and C. 

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Xcos is a graphical dynamical system modeler and simulator. With Xcos the user can create block diagrams to model and simulate the dynamics of sophisticated dynamical systems and compile such models into executable code. 

Xcos is used for signal processing, systems control, queuing systems, and to study physical and biological systems. It can be used to model and simulate mechanical systems (automotive, aeronautical, etc), hydraulic systems (dam, pipes, etc), electrical systems (electrical circuits, controllers, etc), chemical systems (tanks, chemical reactions, etc), biological systems (spread of disease models, predator-prey models, etc) and many more.

You are encouraged to participate even if you don't have prior knowledge of Scilab or Matlab as you can always look up  the online tutorials during the contest. Please register by filling the following form

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHZjaUdQN2VuR0gydG11bFpuOGdWOWc6MQ

Regards
Conveners
Web and Coding Club