# Sampriti Panda

Research & infra at Cognition (SWE-1.7); ex-Zellic security; IOI medalist; DEF CON CTF winner  
Cognition  
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

## At Cognition

- Role: Researcher (research & infra) (Research)
- Joined: Not public
- How they joined: Directly
- Before Cognition: Software Development Intern, Zulip
- Olympiads: IOI bronze 2016, 2017 (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/olympiads/sampriti-panda-olp-909a4664ad395e04a3f1)

## Identity
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sampritipanda
- X: @sampriti0
- GitHub: https://github.com/sampritipanda
- Domain: cognition.ai

## Notes
- Public headline says "Student". (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sampritipanda)
- Previous roles include Software Development Intern at Zulip; Google Code-In Mentor at Zulip. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sampritipanda)
- Education history includes Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Drexel University. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sampritipanda)
- Location is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sampritipanda)

## Experience
- Software Development Intern at Zulip (Apr 2018 - Aug 2018): Worked on improving the text search backend for group chat, refining the production Docker installation, and building a thumbnailing system for media.
- Google Code-In Mentor at Zulip (Dec 2017 - Jan 2018)
- Security Engineer at Zellic
- Software Development Intern at Zulip
- Google Code-In Mentor at Zulip

## Education
- Drexel University - Bachelor's degree, Computer Science - (Jan 2018 - Jan 2022)

## Sources
- https://api.github.com/users/sampritipanda
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sampritipanda
- https://x.com/sampriti0
- https://cognition.com/blog/swe-1-7
- https://zeroknowledge.fm/podcast/315/
- https://api.github.com/users/sampritipanda/repos?per_page=100&sort=pushed
- https://stats.ioinformatics.org/people/5923
- https://bugs.zksecurity.xyz/dataset/reports/zellic-scroll.pdf
- https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/indian-students-to-take-part-in-olympiad-at-iran/664288/
- https://codeforces.com/profile/sampriti
- https://hackmd.io/@sampriti/SkhZzOYgY
- https://devin.ai/windsurf/dpa
- https://icpc.global/community/history/factsheet/world-finals-2019-factsheet.pdf
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdkgd3Ccn1M
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s_7RMG4O4U
- https://opensource.googleblog.com/2017/01/announcing-google-code-in-2016-winners.html
- https://www.zellic.io/blog/zellic-wins-second-place-in-zkhack-iv
- https://engineering.nyu.edu/news/worlds-biggest-student-led-cybersecurity-games-announce-winners-csaw-2018
- https://ethglobal.com/events/circuitbreaker


Researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-04. Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/sampriti-panda · Everyone at Cognition: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people