A Brief Introduction to IEEEXtreme and WIEHACK613

Abstract

IEEEXtreme is a worldwide Annual Hackathon conducted by IEEE Student Branch, in which teams of IEEE Student members participate against each other in a span of 24 hours to solve a set of programming problems. This year IEEEXtreme 14.0 is being held on 24th October. Ragunath Anbarasu, the web master of IEEE WIE Ottawa and an active IEEE volunteer from Carleton University has been selected as the Ambassador and section lead for Ottawa region. In this session he will walkthrough the IEEEXtreme competition and WIEHACK613, a mock hackathon IEEE WIE Ottawa is organizing as a practice for IEEEXtreme. Register Now! And learn more about the event!

Bio

Ragunath Anbarasu is currently doing his Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering with Specialization in Data Science at Carlton University. He has been the Web Master of IEEE WIE Ottawa for nearly a year and is extremely active in volunteering activities related to IEEE. He has been coordinating with the organizers in hosting this years IEEEXtreme Programming Competition in their respective student branches and supporting Non-IEEE Student Branch Members to get exposure to the Hackathon. He will be extending his help to students looking for support and guidance with information related to IEEEXtreme and connect them to a professional member.