[Security-meetings] Security Reading Group for Winter 2021

Mon Mar 22 10:33:21 PDT 2021

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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