Cognida Coding

Challenge
About the coding challenge
• Cognida Coding Challenge (CCC) is a 48-hour hackathon format where the candidates can pick up any one challenge of
their choice and come up with their brilliant solutions which would then be evaluated by the Cognida Team across various
parameters.
• The students would be allowed to have access to internet, but only original work and development would be appreciated
and selected for further rounds.
• Any candidate selected for further rounds, would go through a rigorous technical evaluation and also a deep dive into their
respective code.
• Each challenge has a defined submission format. Candidates are required to stick to that format only. NOT adhering to
the submission format will result in IMMEDIATE disqualification.
• A candidate can also attend more than one challenge but must keep in mind that only complete solutions are accepted in
any of the challenge.
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Challenge 1 – Mineral Processing
Mineral Processing Technology – Image Analytics
In the field of Mineral Processing Technology, size analysis of the various particles of an extracted sample is of importance
in determining the quality of minerals, entropy values and in establishing the degree of liberation of the values from the
gangue at various particle sizes.
In this problem statement, candidate is required to analyze the mineral particles in the input folder and calculate the
following -

1. The smallest circle that just encapsulates the particle (the circle has to be generated on the image).
Example –

2. Total surface area of the particle (in pixels) (Has to be generated on the image)
Example –
3. The major axis (longest axis) in the particle that lies entirely inside the particle (in pixels) (Has to be generated on the
image)
Example –

4. Total perimeter of the particle (in pixels) (Has to be generated on the image)

5. Centroid of the particle (Has to be generated on the image)

• Candidates need to write a script in the language of their choice to read the input images for the challenge form the “input” folder,
process each image based on the calculations mentioned and save the output image in the “output” folder.

• Images are essentially matrices, and all kinds of matrix operations will work on them. Students can learn about how to interprete the
images using opencv and then apply their logic to solve the problems. (Refer to tutorials -
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/opencv-python-tutorial/)

• Each calculation mentioned above carries equal weightage of marks.

• The candidates need to submit the following inside a zip folder with name format
(<CollegeName>_<StudentID>_<FirstName>_<LastName>_CCC_MinTech.zip) –
“input” folder – Already provided
“output” folder – Image outputs for each of the image inside the input folder
“code” folder – Code file/files
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Challenge 2 – E-commerce Platform
Problem Statement
•"Build an e-commerce platform for a sustainable fashion brand. Create a user-friendly interface where customers can
browse through various eco-friendly clothing items, filter products by different criteria, and add items to their shopping
cart. Implement a dynamic shopping cart that displays the total price, and allows for quantity adjustments. Also, have a
history page to see all the historic orders of a user and should also show some analytics like spend categories, most
preferred brands, etc in the form of a dashboard.
•
 The developed application should be a Single Page Application.
 Use React.js/Angular.js/Vue.js/any other JavaScript framework to develop the application.
 You can use any library which can help you in the development of the application.
 Participants will be evaluated on the design, responsiveness, implementation of features, and creativity in the user
experience of the application.
 Provide the complete working code in zipped format -
(<CollegeName>_<StudentID>_<FirstName>_<LastName>_CCC_EComm.zip)
 The submission should have a folder name "Screenshots" containing screenshots of the working application.
 Submission must also contain a README.md file with steps to execute your code .
 The application should work in chrome browser and should be responsive.
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Challenge 2 – Real-time Parking system
Real time parking system
• Parking Solutions a parking lot management company is looking to enhance their parking
system by adding digitizing the lot management with IoT capabilities and thus making car
parking stress free. They currently manage the parking lots manually with no digital media.
• Parking Solutions manage parking lots which cater to various vehicle sizes. Each vehicle size
attracts different tariff based on an hourly system with first 2 hours a fixed charge and there
on an hourly additional charge.
• Parking lots can be anywhere between 3 to 12 floors incase of Multilevel parking lots.
Parking lots can be open grounds as well
• Parking solutions would like to assign a nearest parking lot based on first come first serve
basis. The driver would then be instructed to reach to the assigned parking lot number
based on visual guidance or they can use a Mobile App for navigational instructions.
• Once the vehicle reaches the parking lot, sensors would be fixed on the parking lot which
would detect presence of a vehicle above it and reports back to the system which marks the
parking lot as filled. The sensor also has the capability to read the Vehicle registration
number and validate if the assigned vehicle is being parked at the lot. If an incorrect vehicle
is being parked an alarm will be triggered at the parking lot and a alarm notification will be
sent to the lot management staff.
• A parking lot will be held for 10 mins from the time it has been allotted to a vehicle at the
entry gate. If the vehicle isn’t parked within that time frame the parking lot will be released.
Application Requirements
• Parking Solutions would want the system to be able to handle multiple parking lots of a different
types (MLPL, Flat ground etc.). They would want an admin to be able to create a new Parking lot
in the system and create Parking lots based on the type of structure (multiple floors if it is MLPL).
• Using the Administration UI, they would like to be able to associate sensors with Parking lot
Identification numbers. They should be able to define what types of vehicles can park based on
the parking slot sizes available. They should also be able to define tariff per vehicle type.
• Lot management staff should be able to use the UI and allocate a parking lot to a vehicle after
entering the vehicle registration number and selecting the type of the vehicle (2 wheeler, car,
van, truck etc.) at the entry gate.
• At the exit gate, based on the vehicle number staff should be able to generate an parking charge
slip with the details of the charges and number of hours charged.
• System should consider negative scenarios where vehicle leaves the parking lot but doesn’t exit
within 10 mins. Staff should be alerted in this scenario.
• UI should have a dashboard which will visually show how much of the parking lot is occupied.
Non-functional requirements
• The UI should be responsive so that staff can use the system while on the move from
Tablet or Mobile devices.
• Overall transaction time should be less than 10 seconds to avoid queuing up during peak
hours.
• Tech stack can be either Open Stack (Java) or Microsoft Stack (.Net)
Deliverables
• Solution design document describing technology choices and the rationale behind each.
• Component diagram and thought process behind the component breakdown and
functionality grouping
• Database design and rationale
• Fully functional application code and DB schema with instructions on how to deploy.
• Application should include Front-end (UI) and back-end
• Any 3rd party components which are used should be mentioned with deployment
instructions and configuration steps.
• The submission has to be in for of a zip file in the following format –
(<CollegeName>_<StudentID>_<FirstName>_<LastName>_CCC_RTPS.zip)
Evaluation Criteria
• Thorough System design
• Code Re-usability
• Use of design patterns
• Completeness of the solution