[Security-meetings] Security Reading Group for Winter 2021

[Zheng Zhang]

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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