It all began with a mail from PK in November 2014, commending my performance in his courses (CSE 545: Foundations of Computer Security and CSE 51SP: Internet Security and Privacy). It always feels great when a professor pats your back and even more when he offers you to join his research group! Precog is a different place altogether in IIIT Delhi, its not just a Research Lab, it is a “dojo of learning”. Randy Pausch once said “… experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer …”. I was fortunate enough to spend 18 months here and I believe it has been an extremely rewarding experience. The…

Life often throws surprises at you, some of which delight you “awesomely”. I had no idea I would be selected for this prestigious workshop when I applied for it in the month of March. I took a chance telling myself that our advisor (PK) believes that we (Precogs) are deserving enough for this opportunity. And it paid off on a fine morning in April when I was pinged by Ms. Aminah Ayu, Program Coordinator for Graduate Studies at NUS telling me that I had been selected for the workshop with full scholarship support. I am grateful to our advisor for encouraging me for this. I was screened out of more…