[Security-meetings] Security Reading Group for Winter 2021

[Shitong Zhu]

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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