Projects
Web & App Development
This team builds and maintains real tools for the department — from the CSSA website to internal utilities — while mentoring students through their first full-stack projects. Work here spans planning, design, and shipping to something classmates actually use.
Things we get up to
Department Website
Designing and maintaining the public-facing CSSA site, including this Projects page.
Internal Tools
Small utilities that make department life easier — attendance, event sign-ups, notice boards.
First Full-Stack Projects
Pairing newer students with a mentor to plan, build, and deploy their first end-to-end app.
2025–26 Team Lead
AI & Data Science
Explores machine learning and data analysis through applied projects, from small guided exercises to semester-long research pitches. The team runs a reading group alongside hands-on model-building sessions.
Things we get up to
Model-Building Bootcamp
A guided series taking students from a clean dataset to a working, evaluated model.
Reading Group
Monthly discussion of papers and articles, kept accessible for students new to ML.
Applied Research Pitches
Small teams propose and pursue a semester-long applied research question.
2025–26 Team Lead
Open Source & Competitive Programming
Half open-source contribution circle, half competitive programming club. This team helps students make their first pull request and get comfortable with contest-style problem solving.
Things we get up to
First Pull Request
A guided walkthrough for making a first contribution to a real open-source repo.
Weekly Coding Hour
Drop-in problem solving every Wednesday evening, all levels welcome.
Semester Contest
An in-house competitive programming contest held once each semester.
2025–26 Team Lead
Ongoing & Completed Projects
Explore what CSSA students are building right now — and what they've already shipped.
CSSA Website Redesign
↗A full rebuild of the department's public site, including this Projects page.
Attendance Tracker
↗A lightweight internal tool for marking and reviewing lab attendance by batch.
Assamese Text Classifier
↗A small NLP model exploring text classification for regional-language content.
Exam Score Predictor
↗A regression model exploring what factors correlate with internal exam performance.
PDUAM Notice Bot
↗An open-source bot that scrapes and forwards department notices to a group chat.
First PR Toolkit
↗A curated list of beginner-friendly repos and a walkthrough for a first contribution.
Event Registration Portal
↗A sign-up and check-in flow for CSSA workshops and hackathons.
Campus Chatbot
↗An FAQ chatbot trained on department notices and common student questions.
CodeSprint Judge
↗A small self-hosted judge for running the semester competitive programming contest.
Built by students, shipped by students
Every project here started as an idea in a study group or a workshop follow-up. CSSA gives that idea a team, a deadline, and a place to show it off.
Want to start something new? A team lead can help you scope it and find collaborators.