I usually don’t remember a lot of things, but what PK said to me on my first day at Precog has stuck with me. “I am on my own journey, it’s your decision whether you want to join me or not”. It might not seem a lot, but to me, that was a challenge. Can I really maximise this opportunity I have been given? Two A* first-author papers, two workshop papers and one best paper award later, as I prepare to join the University of Cambridge, I can confidently say I maximised my opportunity to the limit. Throughout my two years at Precog, I learnt many things, but the most…

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…

Hi! I’m Varshita. I graduated from IIIT Hyderabad this year (2025) as a CND (B.Tech in Computer Science and Master of Science in Computational Natural Sciences by Research) student after a very meaningful but less-than-a-year stint as a dual degree student at Precog. My time at Precog, however, goes way back to Monsoon 2022. Precogger by proximity My introduction to the Precog lab’s culture began by accident, co-working alongside some of its members and my friends in the recently vacated and under-renovation T-Hub space -It was a trove of playful interiors, couches that rats loved to snack on, glass whiteboards, and panoramic windows that let in the thick monsoon winds…