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Programming and hacking competition
EARLY this month an extremely successful ITCN Asia Philips Proquest 2002 even, the first All-Pakistan Quiz, Programming and Legitimate Hacking competition was held. It was arranged by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Chapter of Karachi University.
Teams from prominent IT universities from all over Pakistan participated in the competitions. The participating universities were: 1. FAST NU, Karachi; 2. Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro; 3. Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi; 4. Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi; 5. NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi; 6. PAF Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology, Karachi; 7. Hamdard University, Karsaz Campus, Karachi; 8. Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi; 9. Preston Institute of Management Sciences and Technology, Karachi; 10. FAST National University, Islamabad; 11. Department of Computer Science, Karachi University.
The event was inaugurated at Sheikh Zayed Islamic Centre Auditorium at University of Karachi by its Vice Chancellor Dr Zafar Saeed Saifi on August 5. Prominent speakers at the inauguration were: Managing Director, Philips Pakistan, Shahid Zaki; Dr Fatima Basha (mother of the late Umair Basha after whom the Umair Basha Institute of Technology is named); KU Registrar and ACM Chapter Sponsor, Prof Dr Aqil Burney; Dean of Science and Chairman of the Department of Computer Science, Prof Dr Nasir Tauheed; and President of the KU ACM Student Chapter, Hammad Rajab.
The event commenced with an amazing introductory animation made in Flash by Ali Kazmi of DCS, KU. The remarkable sound system and impressive stage setup, too, were a treat for the eyes and ears.
The programming and hacking competitions took place at DCS labs. A software exhibition was also held.
The main sponsors of the event were Philips Pakistan and ITCN ASIA while the co-sponsors were TMT Ventures, Jaffar Business Systems, Inbox Business Technologies, GemNet, Comsats and Unilever Lipton.
The first day of the event was a practice session day for the programming and hacking participants. They had 2½ hours to solve three problems. The hacking competitions were about legitimate hacking and were held to promote awareness about system securities. At the auditorium that day, four quiz competitions (of three teams each) were held and winner teams were selected for the semifinals.
The group competition had three rounds of questions. In the first round each team answered three questions; in the second round each participant was asked a question from a category that he or she chose; and the final and most exciting round was extempore in which one individual from each team answered as many questions as possible in one minute. The first two rounds had MCQs with negative marking. The questions displayed on the PC screens of the teams and also as a slide show for the audience.
The second day was even more interesting. At 11:00am, the first semifinal started between PAF KIET and a DCS team. DCS came out the winners. The second semifinal was between SSUET and again a home team which SSUET won after a tough competition. The semifinal had another added round of computer general knowledge questions. SUUET won the final by defeating the qualifying semifinalist home team. The final had an extra round in which the participant could chose a rank of questions each with different scores and levels.
While this was going on at Sheikh Zayed, DCS was bustling with the programming and hacking competitions. The programming teams were given five hours to solve six problems while the hacking teams had six hours to solve five problems.
Prizes were given away at the closing ceremony of Proquest 2002 in the Congress Hall at ITCN ASIA Expo Centre on Aug 10.
After a presentation on UBIT and a moving speech by its patron Dr Fatima Basha, the prize distribution began. Shields were handed over by Dr Fatima Basha and the KU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Zafar Saeed Saifi to the sponsors while Max Rodregs of Jaffar Business Systems presented souvenirs to the speakers and the chief organizers of ITCN Asia Philips Proquest 2002.
Inbox Business Technologies CEO Ghias Khan awarded Rs15,000 to SSUET, the winners of the quiz competition. The first runners-up, DCS, were awarded a Philips MC-100 sound system and second runners up, PAF KIET, a Philips 105-B monitor.
The winners of the programming competition FAST NU, Islamabad, were awarded Rs20,000 by Sohaib Umer, CEO TMT Ventures.
The first runners-up, FAST NU Karachi, and the second runners up, DCS, won a MC-100 Hi Fi Sound System and a 105-B Monitor.
DCS, the winner team of hacking competition, won a MC-100 Hi Fi Sound System and the runners up, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro, won a 105-B Monitor.
The ACM Chapter at DCS KU was inaugurated in October last year.
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