Where Open Source
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Past Events
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Beyond The Model : Building AI That Knows Your Data
Join us for an insightful session exploring how AI can be built to understand and work effectively with your own data. The session will cover practical ideas behind building data-aware AI systems and moving beyond generic AI models.
Mainframe Meets Open-Source
Ever wondered how enterprise-grade mainframes intersect with community-driven open-source development? Join us for an exclusive workshop: Mainframe Meets Open-Source, hosted by FOSS Club SRM KTR, featuring a special guest expert straight from IBM! Discover how traditional high-performance architecture embraces modern developer ecosystems, CI/CD, and open-source tooling. Get insider perspectives on how massive enterprise systems are managed and modernized using community-powered practices.
RAGForge
Ever wondered how AI can answer questions from your own documents? What if you could run an AI model locally and build an application that can understand and retrieve information from your own data? RAGForge is a hands-on workshop organized by FOSS-SRM that takes you from the fundamentals of Large Language Models (LLMs) to building your own Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) application. In this workshop, you will explore how modern AI applications work under the hood and learn how different components come together to create a document-aware AI assistant. What you’ll explore: Understanding Large Language Models (LLMs) Running LLMs locally using Ollama Working with Qwen Processing and chunking documents Understanding and generating embeddings Storing and retrieving information using vector databases Understanding semantic search and retrieval Building a complete RAG pipeline Integrating the LLM and RAG pipeline into an application Creating a user-friendly interface using Streamlit What you’ll build By the end of the workshop, you’ll build a local AI knowledge assistant that can take a document, retrieve relevant information from it, and use an LLM to generate meaningful answers to your questions. The complete pipeline will look like: Document → Chunking → Embeddings → Vector Database → Retrieval → Qwen → Answer No prior experience with RAG is required. Basic familiarity with Python and a willingness to learn and experiment is recommended. This is a hands-on workshop, so bring your laptop, be ready to code, experiment, break things, fix them, and most importantly — build something of your own. Come curious. Leave with your own AI application.
Zero to One: Golang
Golang Is Taking Over - And Here's Your Chance to Get Ahead Cloud giants. High-performance APIs. Distributed systems built to scale.They all have one thing in common: Go. Golang isn't just trending, it's becoming the backbone of modern backend infrastructure. And if you're not already curious about it, you should be.Join Our Online Zero-to-One Workshop on Golang
Free as in Frappe
A hands-on workshop for developers and students who want to build real applications on the Frappe Framework,not follow along with slides, but actually ship something. Over the course of the session, participants set up a Frappe environment, define DocTypes, write server-side logic in Python, and build out a working custom app from scratch. Everything uses open-source tools. No prior Frappe experience required. Basic Python and some familiarity with web development is enough to follow along. By the end, you'll have a functioning app and a clearer picture of how Frappe actually works under the hood.
localhost: Chennai, SRM KTR - FOSS Hack 2026
Local host for Chennai in FOSS Hack 2026 is SRMIST KTR FOSS Hack is back for its sixth edition! With the month-long hybrid hackathon, we bring together students, professionals and communities to contribute better to Free and Open Source software projects. Dive right in!
FOSS Hack 2026
FOSS Hack is back for its sixth edition! With the month-long hybrid hackathon, we bring together students, professionals and communities to contribute better to Free and Open Source software projects. Dive right in!
OpenExploit CTF
An opensource Capture The Flag (CTF) event designed to build practical cybersecurity skills through real-world challenges. Participants solve hands on tasks using opensource tools and techniques across domains such as web security, cryptography, forensics, and cloud security, fostering ethical hacking, problem solving, and collaborative learning in a competitive yet inclusive environment.
The Missing Pieces - OpenStreetMaps
FOSS Club SRM-KTR, in collaboration with FOSS United, is excited to present "SRM: THE MISSING PIECES"—a hands-on workshop and contribution drive focused on OpenStreetMap (OSM). This event is a unique opportunity for students to move beyond theory and make a tangible, real-world impact. We will begin with a comprehensive workshop on how to contribute to OpenStreetMap, the global open-source mapping platform. Following the training, participants will engage in a practical mapping drive, exploring the SRM-KTR campus to identify and flag unmapped buildings and infrastructure. What you will gain: Practical Skills: Learn to use OSM tools and contribute to a major open-source project. Tangible Impact: Help create a more complete and accurate digital map of our campus for everyone to use. Career Value: The top 5 contributors will be awarded a contribution certificate, a significant addition to any professional CV or portfolio.
Zero to One: Git & its Ecosystem's
Zero to One weekly Online Series where we explore various technologies. This session is about Git, Github, Version Control & its Ecosystem.
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Zero to One: IDE's vs ( vim + tmux )
About Zero to One weekly Online Series where we explore various technologies. What we will explore? Understand the difference between IDE-based and terminal-based workflows. Explore the power of Vim + tmux for lightweight development. Compare performance, customization, and productivity between the two setups. Watch a live demo of Vim + tmux in action. Learn how to choose (or combine) tools to boost your developer workflow.
Zero to One: Machine Learning Algorithms
This session is designed to take you from zero to one in Machine Learning. perfect for beginners who are curious about ML and want to understand how it works from the ground up. We are planning to cover the following topics tomorrow: 1) Supervised, Unsupervised, Reinforcement, Self Supervised Learning basics 2) Introduction to metrics - Accuracy, AUC, F1 Score, Precision, Recall, Confusion Matrix 3) Regression vs Classification 4) Hands on Session and in depth mathematical analysis of Logistic Regression and Decision Tree
Unbox Freedom: Dive into FOSS, Docker & Linux
Join us for a fun, beginner-friendly session exploring Free and Open Source Software, a hands-on Docker workshop, talk about linux, and an exciting Linux installation party. Learn, build, and take home some open-source magic — laptops welcome!