We, at PreCog, not only do research but also try to build products based on our work for end-users. More often than not, developing scalable, real systems can be a challenging task; much more than just developing the underlying algorithm. It feels good to be part of a research group which has given me perspective to understand the need to create a bridge between research and real-world solutions. Here goes my first PreCog blog entry on one such product we (where I’m the lead) are developing, which aims to detect phishing on Twitter. There has been a lot of research and publications on spam detection on online social media, but there…

As part of the IIIT-Delhi tradition of showcasing research done at the institute, a Research Showcase (RS) is held every year in the Spring semester. This year RS’12 was held on March 23 & 24. The following four posters from the group were showcased this year: – PhishAri by Anupama Aggarwal and Ashwin Rajadesingan (Research category) – Privacy in Open Government Data by Swetank Kumar Saha, Daksha Yadav, Sudip Mittal and Mayank Gupta (Research category). Stay tuned for more information on this work! – W.Y.S.W.Y.E: Secure Authentication in Front of Prying Eyes by Rohit Khot, Ponnurangam Kumaraguru and Kannan Srinathan (Research category) – TrustGuru by Komal Sachdeva and Claudio Marforio. Stay tuned for more information on…