ECE 301 Signals and Systems Fall 2016

Rules

Students will form teams, each of 4-5 members. The teams will then be grouped into 4 groups.

The group stage consists of 5 matches. The duration of each match is 35 minutes (second half of the class).

Each of the group stage matches will take place on a day where a new homework is assigned.

In each match, the teams in each group will be given one or two problems of the new homework to solve in class.

Each team will deliver one solution. Points will be accumulated throughout the group stage and the top 2 teams in each group will qualify to the playoffs.

Playoffs will follow a knockout system and will consist of quarterfinals, semifinals, a third-place match and a final match.

Dates

  • Submitting Team Names and Members: Tuesday Aug. 30th.

  • Group Stage Matches: Thursdays Sep. 1st, Sep. 15th, Sep. 29th, Oct. 13th, Nov. 3rd.

  • Playoff Matches: TBD in November.

Grading and Points

Each match will contribute to 3% of the final grade. The grades of any playoff match will be considered as bonus. For the competition, each group stage match has 12 points (total 60 points).

Teams and Groups

Members of each team are listed in the following Group List.

Group Stage Scores

Group 1: RSWY (59) - Geoffrey W Cramer (45) - Samanth Mottera (44)- Justice League (44) - Making Waves (41)

Gr5oup 2: Ribhav Agarwal (55) - Suicide Squad (52) - Logan Scott Quaas (51) - The Discretes (48) - Bidisha Dutta (43)

Group 3: The Foreign Powers (59) - Bomb Squad (56) - Amplifier (51) - DeCarlo (48)

Group 4: A Plus (47) - Joshua Alexander Durbin (46) - Rehana Mahfuz (43) - Steven Thomas Bjankini (41)

Quarter Final

Q1: A Plus (5) - Suicide Squad (4) - Friday Nov. 18th 5.30pm - EE 222

Q2: The Foreign Powers (4) - Goeffrey W Cramer* (4) - Friday Nov. 18th 6pm - EE 222

Q3: Ribhav Agarwal (4.4) - Joshua Alexander Durbin (7.7) - Friday Nov. 18th 6.30pm - EE 222

Q4: RSWY (5.5) - Bomb Squad (10) - Monday Nov. 21st 4.45pm - EE 224

Semi Final

S1: Joshua Alexander Durbin (7.5) - Geoffrey W Cramer (6) - Friday Dec. 2nd 6pm - EE 222

S2: Bomb Squad (6.5) - A Plus (5) - Friday Dec. 2nd 6.30pm - EE 222

Third-Place Match

Geoffrey W Cramer (6) - A Plus (6) - Wednesday Dec. 7th 7.30pm - EE 129

Final

Joshua Alexander Durbin (4.5) - Bomb Squad (10.5) - Wednesday Dec. 7th 6.30pm - EE 129