December 04, 2018
Soliton Technologies,
Coimbatore conducted a competition called Coder Premier League. It’s 24 hours
bot creating contest in which 75 teams participated all over Tamil Nadu and
Andhra Pradesh. The objective is to develop the best bot incorporating the best
strategy that can win a game similar to Tic-Tac-Toe competing with other bots
developed by fellow participants. Two students from ECE Department - Aravinda
Kumar R.C. and Kailash G. both from IIIrd ECE - participated as separate teams.
The student Aravinda Kumar R.C. created a bot that can not only make optimal
moves but also predicts the opponent’s moves and counteract them. His bot
competed against 64 other bots and reached the finals without losing a single
match. His bot competed and won against bots from professional, past and
current employees of Soliton. He won the second prize with a cash award of
10,000.