<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>CSE @ IIT Gandhinagar</title><description>Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar</description><link>https://cse.iitgn.ac.in/</link><item><title>Building a Rule-Aware Snake Bot for Hackrush 2026</title><link>https://cse.iitgn.ac.in/blog/hackrush-2026-aditya-snake-bot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cse.iitgn.ac.in/blog/hackrush-2026-aditya-snake-bot/</guid><description>Aditya reflects on Ferrate, a Hackrush 2026 Snake agent built around fast pathfinding, safety checks, energy-aware decisions, and robust fallbacks.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bazaar@IITGN: A Campus Marketplace for Hackrush 2026</title><link>https://cse.iitgn.ac.in/blog/hackrush-2026-arpan-bazaar-iitgn/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cse.iitgn.ac.in/blog/hackrush-2026-arpan-bazaar-iitgn/</guid><description>Arpan writes about building Bazaar@IITGN, a verified peer-to-peer marketplace with campus trust, negotiation, reputation, and real-time chat.</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Few-Shot Bone Marrow Cell Classification at Hackrush 2026</title><link>https://cse.iitgn.ac.in/blog/hackrush-2026-nihar-bone-marrow-classification/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cse.iitgn.ac.in/blog/hackrush-2026-nihar-bone-marrow-classification/</guid><description>Nihar reflects on two representation-learning approaches for classifying bone marrow cell types from limited labeled medical images.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hardware-Friendly Activation Functions at Hackrush 2026</title><link>https://cse.iitgn.ac.in/blog/hackrush-2026-srihith-activation-functions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cse.iitgn.ac.in/blog/hackrush-2026-srihith-activation-functions/</guid><description>Srihith explains how four ML activation functions were implemented in fixed-point hardware with one-cycle latency and zero DSP usage.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reconstructing Shuffled Mystery Pages at Hackrush 2026</title><link>https://cse.iitgn.ac.in/blog/hackrush-2026-surriya-archivist-puzzle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cse.iitgn.ac.in/blog/hackrush-2026-surriya-archivist-puzzle/</guid><description>Surriya describes a Hackrush 2026 solution that models page-order reconstruction as a TSP-like problem over semantic and lexical continuity signals.</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Building an AI Image Editor at Hackrush 2026</title><link>https://cse.iitgn.ac.in/blog/hackrush-2026-yuvraj-ai-image-editor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cse.iitgn.ac.in/blog/hackrush-2026-yuvraj-ai-image-editor/</guid><description>Yuvraj writes about a modular AI image editor that combines natural-language editing, masks, sketches, voice input, and multiple generative AI workflows.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Teaching Python Through Play: KVS Computer Science PGT Training at IITGN</title><link>https://cse.iitgn.ac.in/blog/kvs-computer-science-teacher-training-2018/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cse.iitgn.ac.in/blog/kvs-computer-science-teacher-training-2018/</guid><description>A 12-day IITGN and CCL in-service program helped Kendriya Vidyalaya Computer Science teachers transition from C++ to Python through hands-on, activity-led learning.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Python Is Not an Acceptable ML</title><link>https://cse.iitgn.ac.in/blog/python-is-not-an-acceptable-ml/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cse.iitgn.ac.in/blog/python-is-not-an-acceptable-ml/</guid><description>Balagopal Komarath argues that Python is a poor fit for introductory programming when compared with languages that catch more mistakes early.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>