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this is called context poisoning, when LLMs are used for large scale profile shortlisting instead of a human reviewers doing it. LLMs processing thousands of applications do not evaluate profiles with uniform attention. Due to inherent limitations in transformer attention mechanisms, they disproportionately focus on certain segments or "chunks" of the input while under representing others. This non uniform processing is a documented issue in AI research known as "lost in middle". As a result, shortlisting outcomes can become skewed in opaque ways that do not reflect consistenty. In contrast, a more logical and defensible approach would recognize that students who applied earliest, particularly those within the first ~500 applications generally represent the most confident and committed cohort. Having submitted proactively rather than at the last minute. One would therefore expect this group to receive a proportionally higher selection rate under a fair process. @agrawalmanindra @SomitraSanadhya views ? We expect transparency and accountability from a program that itself originated from a movement demanding greater accountability.

@DeceptaTech @agrawalmanindra how did they even get shortlisted, if they don’t know the most basic thing about cybersecurity (ctf), what did they have in their portfolio, what is the team even doing.

@agrawalmanindra reddit.com/r/IITK/s/OEYH1… this is the link of the reddit group where shortlisted students kept asking how to prepare for ctf. Sir @agrawalmanindra please review shortlist and please review my application atleast give me 1 chance to show my cybersecurity skills in hackathon

UPDATES: 1) The list of shortlisted candidates for hackathon is announced: iitk.ac.in/wsais/data/BCy…. 2) Shortlisted candidates should see guidelines: iitk.ac.in/wsais/data/CTF…. Hackathon date: 5th July

@srontoji @ni5arga Found the same one too lol

@ni5arga https://website.[*****]college.in/.env 🤣 [ Easy Mode x2 ]

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@agrawalmanindra @IITKanpur @EduMinOfIndia Sir, will personal notes (digital) be allowed in the hackathon, also what about internet access?

UPDATES: 1) Last date of application extended to 25 June 2) Intimation to shortlisted by 28 June 3) Details of hackathon added to the admission portal @IITKanpur @EduMinOfIndia

@agrawalmanindra @IITKanpur @Director_IITK Ok, sir.

@lightningg_f4st @IITKanpur @Director_IITK Yes.

The website of BCyber program is up. Please see: iitk.ac.in/wsais/b-cyber.…. Admission portal to be open tomorrow. Check the curriculum, no sign of common UG courses! It is laser focused on cybersecurity. @IITKanpur @Director_IITK

@agrawalmanindra @IITKanpur @Director_IITK Thanks for the fast reply sir, and are ctf challenges completed on training platforms such as tryhackme considered in prior experience?

@lightningg_f4st @IITKanpur @Director_IITK Having certificates in relevant domains will help.

@agrawalmanindra @IITKanpur @Director_IITK The labs and challeneges that i mentioned include ctfs and other stuff too.

@agrawalmanindra @IITKanpur @Director_IITK Sir, does having certifications like eJPTv2 or OSCP count as prior cybersecurity experience? Also, are labs and challenges completed on platforms like TryHackMe and Hack The Box considered as practical experience?

@agrawalmanindra Okay sir, thanks!

@lightningg_f4st For this year, by 15th June. For next year, it is already decided that we will conduct an aptitude test. Will share details in a few months time.

A short video about the new BCyber program.