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NUS School of Computing trip… Wonderful experience of my life :)
15th March 2012, I was working in the lab, and suddenly got a mail that me and Vivekanand were nominated for a trip to Singapore for attending a workshop at NUS. It was beyond expectation, and I was delighted, ecstatic, overjoyed and excited all at the same time. It’s beyond description. But then, there was one more hurdle to cross, and we had to wait for the final selection from NUS. I need to apply for this summer school and final selection was by NUS. The application asked my research interest, why NUS should select you and future plans. I filled the application with full enthusiasm. And there it was,…
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A Day at Google, Banglore, winning the Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship 2012
Amongst 30 unread emails in my inbox, there was one about ‘Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship 2012’ application which I quickly opened and closed without really reading the content. I had heard about the scholarship before and knew that it was awarded to very few students; mostly from top-notch institutes like the IITs. There was no chance of me getting through, rather read the other emails I thought! But after a lot of persuasion from my father, I grumpily filled out the application form. The application asked for my academic details, achievements (I have a very few!) and a couple of essays, and it took me 8 long hours to…
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My time at PreCog
When I first visited PreCog’s website, I was impressed not only by the exciting research being carried out but also by a small, recurring line found below each project, “If you are interested in knowing more or helping us with the research please write to pk [at] iiitd [dot] ac [dot] in”. There was a sense of approachability that you don’t normally see in research groups. So, I quickly sent out a mail to PK about internship opportunities and was pleasantly surprised to see a reply under 20 minutes. It oozed professionalism, genuine interest and a no-nonsense attitude, signs of things to expect from the group. Within a month of…
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PhishAri : Real-Time Phishing Detection on Twitter
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…
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Our presence and experiences at Research Showcase @ IIIT-Delhi
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…