Inspiration
After an ailment had bereaved me of a very good friend, I set upon myself to tackle and destroy the infamous pathogen "Covid-19". As I'm just a simple engineering student, I resorted to doing what I do best - reverse engineer and hack the virus pathogen!
What it does
It simulates, tests and evolves viruses and other infectants. It can simulate new as well as already existing viruses. In the video, I picked out four main infamous virus to simulate, namely: the common flu, influenza, HIV, Rotavirus and of the course Covid-19. My engine doesn't only make a geometric replica of this pathogens, but also offers a "evolution" solution for the aforementioned bacterium.
How we built it
NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE WHOLE ENGINE IS BUILT FROM SCRATCH ON BARE BONES C/C++. I exploited a ton of math(mostly discrete math and topology of course) and personal intuition to assess the structure of a "basic" virus form and then built upon that very structure to achieve more complex forms.
Challenges we ran into
There were many and a lot of issues with optimization and run time crashes. I did solve all that, however, as the project was solely based on a research, understand that research thesis is a problem in its own league.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
The fact that the engine is up and running with no faults or crashes brings exquisite joy and felicity to me. I'm very glad that I was able to go through the not easy research coordinated by Mr. Hamish Todd: "Virus, the beauty of the beast" in order to finally build and successfully test out his algorithm.
What we learned
Whenever matters come to optimization and processor speed, C++ is almost unparalleled. I am yet to witness any other language, which would offer such versatility and robustness as well as such unprecedented speed!
What's next for VIron
I do want to add more features to this project, such as DNA/RNA assembly
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