[Security-meetings] Security Reading Group for Winter 2021

Yizhuo Zhai yzhai003 at ucr.edu
Mon Apr 5 10:33:50 PDT 2021 

Hi all,

This is a friendly reminder that we will have the reading group at 11AM PST
today. I (Yizhuo) will present the paper titled "Exaggerated Error Handling
Hurts! An In-Depth Study and Context-Aware Detection" from CCS '20.

Please attend the meeting via Zoom:
https://ucr.zoom.us/j/8171761639
Meeting ID: 817 176 1639

See you all soon!

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 11:06 AM Shitong Zhu <shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu>
wrote:

> Sorry for the wrong presenter and paper title -- Zheng in fact already
> presented last week and this week it should be Jinghan with the paper
> titled "WEIZZ: Automatic Grey-box Fuzzing for Structured Binary Formats"
> from ISSTA 2020. The presentation will start in 5 minutes in case you are
> interested but have not joined yet. Thanks a lot.
>
> Best,
> - Shitong
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 10:59 AM Shitong Zhu <shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Sorry for the last minute notice: we are starting today's reading group
>> at https://ucr.zoom.us/j/2957702345. Zheng is going to present the paper
>> titled "Precisely Characterizing Security Impact in a Flood of Patches
>> via Symbolic Rule Comparison" from NDSS '20.
>>
>> Best,
>> - Shitong
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 10:33 AM Shitong Zhu <shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> This is a friendly reminder that we DON’T have the reading group today
>>> due to the spring break. Enjoy your break and let’s meet next Monday!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Shitong
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 12:19 PM Zheng Zhang <zzhan173 at ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> It seems that I cannot send the slides directly  due to the size
>>>> limitation
>>>> This is the link to the slides:
>>>>
>>>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kSRAVnzKUNVKifQXnRanNlPViUDJQsjr/view?usp=sharing
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 12:09 PM Zheng Zhang <zzhan173 at ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> These are the slides.
>>>>> This is the link to the paper:
>>>>> https://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~kjlu/papers/sid.pdf
>>>>> This is the link to the related paper in our discussions:
>>>>> https://arxiv.org/pdf/2003.05620.pdf
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 10:40 AM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is a friendly reminder that we will have the reading group at
>>>>>> 11AM PST today. Zheng will present and discuss the paper titled "Precisely
>>>>>> Characterizing Security Impact in a Flood of Patches via Symbolic Rule
>>>>>> Comparison" from NDSS '20.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please use the Zoom link https://ucr.zoom.us/j/2957702345 to join (@
>>>>>> Zheng: I'll let you share your screen once you join). See you all
>>>>>> soon!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 4:18 PM Ju Chen <jchen757 at ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Slides for today's presentation. Thanks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 10:35 AM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is a friendly reminder that we will have our first reading
>>>>>>>> group for this quarter at 11AM PST. Ju will present and discuss the paper
>>>>>>>> titled "Efficient Sampling of SAT Solutions for Testing" from ICSE
>>>>>>>> '18.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please use the Zoom link https://ucr.zoom.us/j/2957702345 to join
>>>>>>>> (@Ju: I'll let you share your screen once you join). See you all soon!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 10:29 AM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This is a friendly reminder that we will have our first reading
>>>>>>>>> group for this quarter at 11AM PST. Zhenxiao will present and discuss two
>>>>>>>>> papers today: (1) SymCC (
>>>>>>>>> https://www.usenix.org/system/files/sec20-poeplau.pdf) and (2)
>>>>>>>>> SymQEMU (
>>>>>>>>> https://www.ndss-symposium.org/wp-content/uploads/ndss2021_2B-2_24118_paper.pdf
>>>>>>>>> ).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Please use the Zoom link https://ucr.zoom.us/j/2957702345 to join
>>>>>>>>> (@Zhenxiao: I'll let you share your screen once you join). See you all soon!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 7:58 PM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> This is a reminder that we *WON'T* have the reading group
>>>>>>>>>> tomorrow (Feb 22) as the presenter will be attending NDSS at the same time.
>>>>>>>>>> Sorry for the consecutive delays -- I am sure we will finally start
>>>>>>>>>> the group on next Monday (Feb 29). Hope everyone going to NDSS will enjoy
>>>>>>>>>> the talks and all the virtual events there!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 10:56 AM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> First, I would like to thank all of you for signing up for the
>>>>>>>>>>> presentations. Now we already have four presenters for the coming weeks
>>>>>>>>>>> (thanks to @Zhenxiao, @Ju, @Zheng and @Jinghan).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Second, this is a friendly reminder we *WON’T* have our reading
>>>>>>>>>>> group today due to President's Day holiday. I’ll send another reminder
>>>>>>>>>>> later this week for next Monday's group (Feb 22) including its details.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>> Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 12:14 AM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hope you all had a great weekend!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Unfortunately, our signup sheet is still empty at the moment
>>>>>>>>>>>> without any volunteers, which is why I have to postpone our reading group
>>>>>>>>>>>> indefinitely, until there is at least one showing up in the sheet.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I’m sincerely encouraging anyone who has read, or even written
>>>>>>>>>>>> interesting papers recently, to participate in the upcoming presentations.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, I’m hoping faculty members can encourage your students in doing so.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Even though I’m doing my best to keep this event voluntary, I’ll have no
>>>>>>>>>>>> choice but start asking around if there is still no one showing up later
>>>>>>>>>>>> this week. Please consider participating in this and share the work you are
>>>>>>>>>>>> interested in. Thanks and looking forward to starting the group as soon as
>>>>>>>>>>>> next Monday (Feb 15)!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>> Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 6:02 PM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks a lot for marking your availability in the poll. Based
>>>>>>>>>>>>> on all votes, *Monday 11AM to noon (PST)* is the most shared
>>>>>>>>>>>>> time slot. Let's tentatively schedule our group meetings for this time
>>>>>>>>>>>>> then.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> For presentations, unfortunately we don't have any
>>>>>>>>>>>>> volunteers who have signed up on
>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FJanYoWV1WlVXMVTg4hJ_O-wyZcOxGsCcAYAAHKOhIY/edit?usp=sharing at
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the point. Therefore, let's wait for another week and start the group
>>>>>>>>>>>>> meeting on *Feb 8*. Again, please feel free to share any
>>>>>>>>>>>>> paper that you find interesting and present it. There were quite some
>>>>>>>>>>>>> conferences that took place over the past months -- in security, software
>>>>>>>>>>>>> engineering, PL, ML and even other domains. I am sure there were many
>>>>>>>>>>>>> interesting and worthy papers that study security-related topics on those
>>>>>>>>>>>>> venues. I very much look forward to seeing volunteers to sign up!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 3:31 PM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> According to the Doodle poll (we only have 9 participants so
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> far), Monday 10AM-11AM, Monday 11AM-noon, Thursday 2PM to 3PM have the most
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> votes (8 for each). I'll keep the poll open for this week and if the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> availability remains the same at the end of the week, I'll pick one from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> these three slots as the recurring reading group time and start the group
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> from next week.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In order to maximize the coverage for the reading group, I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hope all security faculty members can encourage your students to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> participate, as they would probably be the ones who benefit the most from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the presentations and discussions -- thanks for your support in advance!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 4:10 PM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Welcome back and hope you all are well and had a wonderful
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> new year!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm Shitong Zhu, a final-year CS PhD student. I'll be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> helping organize the security reading group for Winter 2021. As you know,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> our reading group has been suspended for a while since mid-2020, due to the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pandemic and other reasons. Entering a new year, both students and faculty
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> members have been gradually noticing that without a venue where
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> students can present and discuss latest research in the community, many
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> folks have found it challenging to keep a fresh/update-to-date research
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mindset, and more importantly, engaging discussions with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> other participants. Moreover, due to the pandemic, people are becoming
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> disconnected socially. In these regards, we have decided to resume the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reading group, and hope that its reopening would bring not only new ideas,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ignite the research sparkles, but also re-connect people together with the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wide reach this group has been covering.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As usual, we plan to reserve 1 hour per week for presenting
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> papers and follow-up discussions. Additionally, we will keep the Zoom
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> channel open after the 1 hour so that folks can have free chats if they are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> interested. I have created a Doodle poll for converging on a time slot for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the 1 hour presentation/discussion allocation: *https://doodle.com/poll/t4f52syt8w5qegxy?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://doodle.com/poll/t4f52syt8w5qegxy?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link>*.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Note that even the poll shows times for this week, it presents all weeks
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> until the end of Winter 2021.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Besides the poll, please also sign up/volunteer for the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> upcoming presentations in this sheet: *https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FJanYoWV1WlVXMVTg4hJ_O-wyZcOxGsCcAYAAHKOhIY/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FJanYoWV1WlVXMVTg4hJ_O-wyZcOxGsCcAYAAHKOhIY/edit?usp=sharing>*.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> With all the conferences held over the past months, I believe there are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tons of interesting papers that are worth presentations and discussions.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please don't be shy -- both literature review and presentation skills are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> at the very core for the development of graduate students.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks a lot and have a great weekend!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>> --
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> - Shitong
>>>
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-- 
Kind Regards,

*Yizhuo Zhai*

*Computer Science, Graduate Student*
*University of California, Riverside *
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