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An Engineer’s Journey through Research
Before joining Precog, I was sure that I would be an engineer. I didn’t have clear plans for the future, but I thought research wasn’t for me. This blog is about how Precog taught me how to conduct research and thrive in an environment of uncertainty. How it started It all started in at the end of 2-1 when Haran (a good friend of mine) asked me which lab I was planning to join. I told him, “There is no way I could do research. I’ll do a BTP or work on a software engineering project” and he was genuinely shocked. After some back and forth, he convinced me to…
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SOP: Statement of Precog
My journey with Precog was a whole life in itself! Many blogs written before mine have already covered the opportunities, culture, and life at Precog. In this blog, I would like to take a different approach: to write about my past three years in the sequence they happened—and in the process, revisit the beautiful memories created and relearn the life lessons taught. I remember having no knowledge about the lab or PK when I was applying. I attended an info session about the lab in December 2021, but didn’t think much of it at the time—I was a lateral entry student who had just joined IIIT and had no idea…
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Dear Diary: I’m glad I joined Precog
Hey! I’m Vamshi, a recent Dual Degree (CLD, 2020-2025) graduate from Precog. I’ve always been the ambitious kind (I think this is the one common trait you’ll find among every Precogger). The ambition was to invent or discover something cool, and so I started exploring research. Finding My Way to Precog I joined IIIT Hyderabad because I’d heard they had early exposure to research. As I was in my second year, still full of ambition, I was searching for the right lab to foster my growth and feed my curiosity. During my search, I ended up connecting with Anmol Goel and Shashwat Goel (no, I don’t have a Goel bias)…