[Security-meetings] Visit Next Friday

[Heng Yin]

Michalis suggests we go for lunch together. If you want to join us, please
let me know.

Heng

On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 12:15 PM Heng Yin <heng at cs.ucr.edu> wrote:

> Hi Security Folks,
>
> Lok Yan, a program manager at AFRL and also my prior student, will come to
> visit next Friday. He would like to present his experience about DARPA CGC
> from an organizer's point of view, in our reading group. Please come.
>
> If any of you wants to meet with him on that day, please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
> Heng
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: YAN, LOK K CIV USAF AFMC AFRL/RIGA <lok.yan at us.af.mil>
> Date: Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 12:08 PM
> Subject: RE: Visit Next Friday
> To: Heng Yin <yinheng at gmail.com>
>
>
> Title:
>
> What I learned from the DARPA CGC.
> -Don't be afraid of the unknown.
>
> Short abstract
>
> Being an applied researcher is hard. We are not only faced with
> theoretical challenges but also practical ones when we try to apply novel
> concepts into real world systems. Some call the latter work "engineering"
> and its contributions are often valued less.
>
> My experience working in the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge infrastructure
> team has taught me that engineering is never just engineering. It can be
> intellectually challenging, it can be invigorating, and in computer
> security it is indispensable.
>
> I will share these lessons learned with you in this talk. The talk will be
> in the context of CGC Qualification Event challenge sets that were designed
> to differentiate human participants from machines. Despite the
> "engineering" nature of the work, the experience has been enlightening and
> rewarding.
>
> Short bio
>
> Lok is currently a Senior Computer Engineer at the Air Force Research
> Laboratory, Information Directorate. He received his Ph.D. in Computer
> Information Science and Engineering from Syracuse University and has
> research interests in computer security, virtualization and program
> analysis.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From: *Heng Yin [yinheng at gmail.com]
> *Sent: *Thursday, December 01, 2016 02:01 PM Eastern Standard Time
> *To: *YAN, LOK K CIV USAF AFMC AFRL/RIGA
> *Subject: *Re: Visit Next Friday
>
> Can you send me a talk abstract and a short bio, so I can make an
> announcement to the department?
>
> Heng
>
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:59 AM Heng Yin <yinheng at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes. Please come to my office in Winston Chung Hall 316. It would take
> around 1.5 hours to get there though. You can park your car in Lot 13 in
> the meter parking area and it takes about 7 minutes to walk to the
> building.
>
> Looking forward to seeing you soon.
>
>
> -Heng
>
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 9:34 AM YAN, LOK K CIV USAF AFMC AFRL/RIGA <
> lok.yan at us.af.mil> wrote:
>
> Prof. Yin,
>
> Are we still on for next Friday? If so, can you please tell me where we
> shall meet? I am going to be staying near the convention center and will be
> leaving the night of the 9th for the redeye from LA.
>
> Looking forward to seeing you again.
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Lok
>
> Lok Yan
> Computer Engineer, PhD
> AFRL / RIGA
> (315) 330 - 2756 <(315)%20330-2756>
>
>
>
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