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My journey through academia with Precog by my side
Who am I? Hello! Rahul here, and you might find my journey to be quite an interesting (and likely, unique) one! I entered IIIT-H through the CHD program, a combination of Computer Science and Humanities that shaped the way I think about technology and society. My research began with an ethnographic lens, studying toxicity in the gaming world. In addition to that, I also wanted to build something that could directly impact the issue I was studying. One interesting topic I remember reading about Precog back then was Fake News Detection (look for papers at) which really got my curiosity! This is what led me to explore computational approaches that…