Enhancing real-time audience interaction at scale

SUMA is a robust, web-based platform designed to elevate audience engagement during large-scale events, seminars, and virtual classrooms. It empowers hosts to create interactive rooms, launch polls, collect feedback, and visualize responses through dynamic charts -- all while ensuring secure and anonymous participation for users.

• Google OAuth Integration for secure login and role-based access
• Host Dashboard to manage sessions, polls, Q&A, and feedback
• Real-time Data Visualization with live bar charts and graphs
• Anonymous Participation for users with no account required
• Scalable Backend using Node.js and MongoDB
• Responsive UI built with Next.js and Tailwind CSS
• Live Sync & Messaging via WebSocket (Socket.IO)

• SPA Frontend interacts with a Node.js backend via REST and WebSocket
• MongoDB stores user info, event data, room activity, and poll responses
• OAuth ensures role-based secure access for hosts and participants
• Load-balanced architecture supports thousands of concurrent users

• Hosts

  • Create, configure, and moderate interactive event rooms
  • Launch polls, answer questions, and view audience metrics

• Participants

  • Join rooms anonymously
  • Submit answers to polls, post questions, and give feedback

• OAuth 2.0 authentication with Google Identity Platform
• Encrypted data transmission via HTTPS
• Moderated content and user input validation
• Session and token-based access control

1. Clone the repo:
   git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/suma.git
2. Install dependencies:
   cd suma
   npm install --legacy-peer-deps
3. Create .env file with your Google OAuth credentials and MongoDB URI.
4. Start the development server:
   npm run dev

A presentation video is available in the repository: Suma Presentation.mp4

• Hanvith Sai Alla
• A. Rithish Reddy
• K. Advaith
• L. Vamshi