Undergraduate Program
Undergraduate Program Indian Institute of Science

Databased

Undergraduate Computer Science crew

Databased is the undergraduate Computer Science crew at IISc. We're a community of students passionate about diving deep into the world of computer science and related fields. We're here to provide a comprehensive resource for beginners to learn, grow, and create.
We organise regular talks by students and PhD scholars on various topics in Computer Science, weekly Competitive Programming sessions and regularly collaborate with external organisations for undergraduate-focused CS-related events.

Events and Activities held in AY 2025-26:

1. Hack & Seek: A treasure hunt themed event introducing various computer science techniques and topics in cryptography and the like. The event, aimed at freshers but open to all, saw over 140 participants battle it out over a 36-hour duration over figuring out fun puzzles with no coding prerequisites.

2. DBD Fest ’25: Databased’s annual flagship event to celebrate the culture of research inspiring students to explore various domains in CS. Students pick up key ideas in CS, present these before peers and offer attendees a great opportunity to get a broad view of the scope of Computer Science.

  •  Student/PhD talks:
  • Calculate v/s Learned – The Two Paths to AI
  • Enhanced Application Sandbox for SROS2
  • Introductory Session to Competitive Programming
  • GPU Programming Talk Series (ongoing)

4. Missing Semester Talk Series (ongoing): Inspired from a similar series at MIT, this talk series aims to cover crucial topics required in CS that are not taught in a traditional classroom course. Talks held so far:

  • Introduction to Version Control using Git & GitHub
  • Linux and Shell

5. External Collaborations:

  • GitHub Copilot Workshop (in collaboration with GitHub)
  • Quantfest 2025 (in collaboration with IICPC)
  • ICPC 2025 (upcoming) (International Collegiate Programming Contest)
  • UbuCon 2025 (upcoming) (in collaboration with Ubuntu India Community)

6. Focus Groups:

  • Databased Fall of Code (ongoing) (Reading/Project group on Open-Source Projects / SDE)
  • Quantum Computing Reading Group

7. Competitive Programming Contests / Contest Discussions