[Security-meetings] Security Reading Group for Winter 2021

[Zhenxiao Qi]

Hi all,

Not sure if there is a zoom link for our reading group. If not, we can use
this link:
https://ucr.zoom.us/j/98846030851?pwd=M0pUWWdqM2lBMDBFa3FhcFhTRlgxdz09


Zhenxiao Qi
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
University of California, Riverside


On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 12:15 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
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