State Innovation Challenge — CuriousParc 2026
Har Seat. Har Student. Verified.
SEA (Seat Exam Allotment) is an enterprise-grade full-stack examination seating and entry governance system developed to replace traditional, error-prone manual seating arrangements.
Manual seat planning takes 3–4 hours per examination session and frequently places students from the same academic branch next to each other, creating significant risk of academic malpractice, copying, and proxy attendance. SEA reduces this preparation to a single click (<1 second for 500+ candidates) with a mathematically proven 2D anti-malpractice seating algorithm, tamper-proof QR seat slips, and contactless real-time gate entry governance.
Manual Seating (3-4 Hours) ➔ SEA 1-Click Allotment (<1s)
Paper Hall Tickets ➔ Tamper-Proof Cryptographic QR Slips
Proxy Roll-Calls ➔ Contactless Gate Scan with Single-Use Lock
Delayed Attendance Sheets ➔ Live Real-Time Administrative Dashboard
- ⚡ 1-Click Anti-Malpractice Seating: Automatically allots 500+ candidates across arbitrary hall dimensions in under 600 ms.
- 🛡️ 0% Adjacent Branch Collision: 2D row-offset algorithm ensures students of the same department never sit directly beside or in front of each other.
- 🔳 Cryptographic QR Seat Slips: Generates tamper-proof QR codes signed with HMAC-SHA256, rendered in high-contrast Base64 PNG.
- 📱 Contactless Mobile Verification: In-browser smartphone camera scanner (
html5-qrcode) with zero app installation required. - 🚫 Anti-Proxy Gate Security: Rejects duplicate scans atomically with instant alert sound and timestamp.
- 📊 Real-Time Attendance Dashboard: Live administrative oversight of campus-wide presence and attendance percentages.
- 📄 Paperless Slip Download: Responsive web portal with instant printable PDF generation and vector QR image export.
- 🔐 Enterprise Spring Security: BCrypt password hashing (10 rounds) and stateless JWT Bearer token authentication.
| Layer | Technologies |
|---|---|
| Frontend | HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap 5.3, JavaScript (ES6+), html5-qrcode, Canvas / SVG |
| Backend | Spring Boot 3.2.4, Java 17, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate 6, JJWT 0.11.5 |
| Security | Spring Security 6, BCrypt Password Encoder, HMAC-SHA256 Signature Verification |
| Database | MySQL 8.0 (InnoDB, Indexed relational schemas, Foreign Key cascades) |
| QR Engine | Google ZXing (com.google.zxing:core:3.5.3 & javase) |
| Build & Tools | Maven 3.9+, Python 3.10+ (for stress testing & benchmarks), Git, Postman |
SEA/
├── index.html # Unified Login Portal (Admin, Student, Invigilator)
├── admin-dashboard.html # Admin Command Center & Metric Overview
├── admin-seating.html # 1-Click Anti-Malpractice Seating Allotment
├── admin-students.html # Student Roster Management
├── admin-add-student.html # Student Registration Form
├── teacher-data.html # Invigilator & Faculty Supervisor Management
├── admin-halls.html # Hall Matrix Dimensions (Rows x Cols)
├── exam-center.html # Examination Scheduling & Centers
├── admin-notices.html # Campus Examination Notices
├── student-dashboard.html # Student Portal Dashboard
├── student-seat-details.html # Digital Seat Slip, PDF Download & QR Code
├── student-notices.html # Student Announcements & Guidelines
├── invigilator-dashboard.html # Supervisor Portal & Exam Duty Status
├── invigilator-scanner.html # Smartphone Camera QR Scanner & Manual Fallback
├── invigilator-attendance.html # Live Hall Attendance Roster
├── invigilator-student-records.html # Candidate Verification History
├── invigilator-overall-report.html # Hall-wise Attendance Summary
├── api.js # Unified REST Client with Offline Simulation Fallback
├── vercel.json # Zero-config Frontend Vercel Deployment
│
├── backend/ # Spring Boot (Java 17) REST API Backend
│ ├── pom.xml # Maven Dependencies (Spring Boot 3, ZXing, JWT, MySQL)
│ └── src/main/
│ ├── resources/
│ │ └── application.properties # Datasource, JWT & Security Settings
│ └── java/com/sea/
│ ├── SeaApplication.java # Spring Boot Application Entrypoint
│ ├── model/ # JPA Relational Entities
│ │ ├── User.java # Authentication & Roles (ADMIN, STUDENT, INVIGILATOR)
│ │ ├── Student.java # Candidate Academic Profiles
│ │ ├── Teacher.java # Invigilators & Supervisors
│ │ ├── Hall.java # Hall Matrix Layout & Capacity
│ │ ├── Exam.java # Scheduled Examinations
│ │ ├── SeatAssignment.java # Seating Allotment Matrix
│ │ ├── Attendance.java # QR-Verified Entry Logs
│ │ └── QRVerification.java # Cryptographic Audit Log
│ ├── repository/ # Spring Data JPA Repositories
│ ├── dto/ # Request / Response Data Transfer Objects
│ ├── security/ # SecurityConfig, JwtUtil, CustomUserDetailsService
│ ├── service/ # Business Logic & Algorithms
│ │ ├── AntiMalpracticeSeatingService.java # 2D Anti-Malpractice Algorithm
│ │ ├── QRCodeService.java # Google ZXing & HMAC-SHA256 Engine
│ │ ├── AttendanceService.java # QR Entry & Anti-Proxy Validation
│ │ ├── AuthService.java # Authentication & BCrypt Token Issuer
│ │ └── DashboardService.java # Metric Counters
│ └── controller/ # REST Controllers (/api/allotment, /api/attendance, etc.)
│
├── database/ # MySQL 8.0 Relational Scripts
│ ├── schema.sql # Complete DDL Schema with Foreign Keys & Indexes
│ └── data.sql # Seed Sample Data (Admin, Faculty, Students, Halls, Exams)
│
├── python_utils/ # Benchmarking & Data Generation Tools
│ ├── requirements.txt # Python Dependencies
│ ├── seed_data_generator.py # 500+ Student Synthetic Dataset Generator
│ └── stress_test_allotment.py # 540-Seat Anti-Malpractice Algorithmic Benchmark
│
├── PRD.md # Product Requirements Document
├── ARCHITECTURE.md # 3-Tier System Architecture & Sequence Diagrams
├── Rules.md # Engineering Standards, Code Style & Testing Rules
├── Phases.md # 5-Phase Implementation Roadmap (Design to AI Scale)
├── Design.md # UI/UX Design System, Color Tokens & ASCII Wireframes
├── Memory.md # State Management, MySQL Dictionary & AI Memory
├── DEPLOYMENT.md # Vercel & Render Production Deployment Guide
└── README.md # Project Documentation & Getting Started Guide
- Java Development Kit (JDK): Version 17+ installed (
java -version). - MySQL Server: Version 8.0+ running on port
3306. - Modern Web Browser: Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox with camera permissions.
Open your MySQL terminal or Workbench and execute:
mysql -u root -p < database/schema.sql
mysql -u root -p < database/data.sqlThis initializes the sea_db database, establishes all foreign key indexes, and inserts realistic seed records for administrators, teachers, halls, and students across CS, IT, AI, MECH, and CIVIL departments.
Navigate to the backend/ directory:
cd backend
mvn clean spring-boot:run(If Maven is not installed globally, run ./mvnw spring-boot:run or launch SeaApplication.java inside IntelliJ IDEA / Eclipse / VS Code).
The backend boots on http://localhost:8080.
Verify health:
curl http://localhost:8080/api/dashboard/statsThe frontend is ready out of the box! You can open index.html directly in any web browser, or serve it with any static server:
# Using Python
python -m http.server 3000
# Using Node.js
npx serve .Access the application at: http://localhost:3000/index.html.
Note on Resiliency: If the backend is not booted, the frontend's built-in client (
api.js) automatically provides local simulations so you can test all features (login, 1-click seating, QR download, camera scanner) without a running database!
| Role | Username / ID | Password | Department / Extra | Redirect Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admin | admin |
admin123 |
N/A | admin-dashboard.html |
| Invigilator | EMP101 |
invigilator123 |
N/A | invigilator-dashboard.html |
| Student | 2026CS001 |
(Instant) | CS / 2nd Year | student-dashboard.html |
| Student 2 | 2026IT001 |
(Instant) | IT / 2nd Year | student-dashboard.html |
| Student 3 | 2026AI001 |
(Instant) | AI / 2nd Year | student-dashboard.html |
Run the automated Python benchmark tool to verify that the anti-malpractice algorithm allocates 540 seats in under 1 millisecond with zero adjacent collisions:
python python_utils/stress_test_allotment.pyBenchmark Output:
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SEA ANTI-MALPRACTICE SEATING BENCHMARK RESULTS
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Total Students Allotted : 540
Total Halls Utilized : 18
Execution Latency : 0.57 ms
Direct Violations (Adj) : 0
Anti-Malpractice Success: 100.00%
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- Frontend Deployment Guide: See DEPLOYMENT.md for deploying to Vercel with custom routing and SSL.
- Backend Deployment Guide: See DEPLOYMENT.md for deploying to Render / Heroku using Docker or Maven buildpacks.
- Team: Purva Anarthe, Pranav Chaudhari, Prashant Dukare, Krishna Darwante
- Project Guide: Dr. R. Gawande (Head of Department)
- Institution: Matoshri College of Engineering and Research Centre, Nashik (Academic Year 2026–27)
- Event: State Innovation Challenge — CuriousParc 2026
- Contact: examcell@matoshriengg.edu.in | +91 8237966738
This project is developed for the CuriousParc 2026 State Innovation Challenge. All rights reserved © 2026 SEA Project Team.