[Security-meetings] Security Reading Group for Winter 2021

[Shitong Zhu]

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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