[Security-meetings] Security Reading Group for Winter 2021

[Shitong Zhu]

Hi all,

This is a (late) reminder that we don’t have the reading group today
because no presenter has signed up for today. Please consider doing so for
future groups using the sheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FJanYoWV1WlVXMVTg4hJ_O-wyZcOxGsCcAYAAHKOhIY/edit?usp=sharing.
Thanks!

Best,
Shitong

On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 12:06 PM Yizhuo Zhai <yzhai003 at ucr.edu> wrote:

> Hi All:
> Thanks for attending the group meeting today and your valuable questions.
>
> I'm following Zhiyun's question here about the granularity of the spatial
> context.
> They refine the spatial context for not only drivers, but arch, net and fs
> subsystems as well, for example, drivers/media and drivers/dma are
> different spatial contexts. Moreover, the spatial context of sound/soc and
> sound/x86 is sound.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 10:33 AM Yizhuo Zhai <yzhai003 at ucr.edu> wrote:
>
>> 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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> Kind Regards,
>
> *Yizhuo Zhai*
>
> *Computer Science, Graduate Student*
> *University of California, Riverside *
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Best,
- Shitong
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