[Security-meetings] Security Reading Group for Winter 2021

Shitong Zhu shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu
Mon May 10 10:37:39 PDT 2021 

Hi all,

This is a friendly reminder that we will start our security reading group
at *11AM PST* today. Ali will present the paper titled "*Sys: A
Static/Symbolic Tool for Finding Good Bugs in Good (Browser) Code*" from
Usenix Security 2020.

Please use the Zoom link https://ucr.zoom.us/j/2957702345 to join. See you
all very soon!

Best,
- Shitong

On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 10:33 AM Shitong Zhu <shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> This is a friendly reminder that we will start our security reading group
> at *11AM PST* today. Sheng will present the paper titled "*On the
> Feasibility of Stealthily Introducing Vulnerabilities in Open-Source
> Software via Hypocrite Commits*" (accepted at and recently withdrawn)
> from IEEE S&P 2020.
>
> As usual, please use the Zoom link https://ucr.zoom.us/j/2957702345 to
> join. See you all very soon!
>
> Best,
> - Shitong
>
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 10:32 AM Shitong Zhu <shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> This is a friendly reminder that we will start our security reading group
>> at *11AM PST* today. Haochen will present the paper titled "*FuzzGen:
>> Automatic Fuzzer Generation*" from Usenix Security 2020. I would like to
>> also take this chance to thank all the participants, volunteers and faculty
>> members who have helped us keep a lineup of presentations. Moving forward,
>> I will also do my best to guarantee the continuity of the group.
>>
>> As usual, please use the Zoom link https://ucr.zoom.us/j/2957702345 to
>> join. See you all soon!
>>
>> Best,
>> - Shitong
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 10:31 AM Zhiyun Qian <zhiyunq at cs.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for Heng's and everyone's initiative. From my observation,
>>> presentation is a critical skill that unfortunately does not receive much
>>> attention. I wish we can all learn from the experience and presenting and
>>> paying attention to others' presentations. Hopefully you will form some
>>> ideas on what presentations are effective. One common issue I see is too
>>> many details are presented which is not friendly to many who do not work
>>> directly in that space. I'd suggest that we pick papers that have
>>> interesting ideas and strong results that most people can relate to (and
>>> focus only on those points). Note that I think many of the presentations
>>> need to have more background slides also to motivate the problem. I see
>>> many presentations glossed over this in only one or two sentences (that is
>>> typically insufficient to set up the context for others to understand why
>>> this problem is worthwhile solving).
>>>
>>> -Zhiyun
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 10:04 AM Heng Yin <heng.yin at ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So far, ten students responded, and only one doesn't want to
>>>> participate in the reading group. This is a completely voluntary event that
>>>> is organized by students.
>>>>
>>>> One common suggestion I can see is that the moderator needs to plan
>>>> several presentations in advance by reaching out more proactively to those
>>>> students who have not presented or presented recently to fill out vacant
>>>> spots. I think this is a good idea. In most cases, students just need a
>>>> nudge to step forward.
>>>>
>>>> One student dislikes the idea of a cash award. I agree with that.
>>>>
>>>> In the end, this event should be totally run by students. I hope that
>>>> in the future if we encounter any issues, you guys can find ways to resolve
>>>> them by yourselves.
>>>>
>>>> -Heng
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 11:45 AM Shitong Zhu <shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Heng for your proposal and tentative incentives. While I
>>>>> believe we do have quite some audience participation each time, the lack of
>>>>> presenters have been inevitably causing pauses of the great group. I’ll
>>>>> also do my best to reach out to students this week that I personally know
>>>>> who might have something to present, and thus keep a lineup to avoid
>>>>> disrupting the continuity.
>>>>>
>>>>> Again, for this who are interested, use this sheet to sign up please:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FJanYoWV1WlVXMVTg4hJ_O-wyZcOxGsCcAYAAHKOhIY/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>> .
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Shitong
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 11:23 AM Heng Yin <heng.yin at ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> It is quite disappointing that nobody signs up to present in the
>>>>>> security reading group, despite we emphasize its importance repeatedly. If
>>>>>> this is what people want, I am fine with it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here I create an anonymous survey to collect your feedback:
>>>>>> https://forms.gle/eefgNpQtR7SvwyYJ8
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd propose to give some incentive to those who present and actively
>>>>>> participate in this by giving out some cash awards (e.g., $100 as a
>>>>>> stipend) for best presenters and best participants.  I welcome other ideas
>>>>>> too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Heng
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 11:19 AM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is a (late) reminder that we don’t have the reading group today
>>>>>>> because no presenter has signed up for today. Please consider doing so for
>>>>>>> future groups using the sheet
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FJanYoWV1WlVXMVTg4hJ_O-wyZcOxGsCcAYAAHKOhIY/edit?usp=sharing.
>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>> Shitong
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 12:06 PM Yizhuo Zhai <yzhai003 at ucr.edu>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi All:
>>>>>>>> Thanks for attending the group meeting today and your valuable
>>>>>>>> questions.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm following Zhiyun's question here about the granularity of the
>>>>>>>> spatial context.
>>>>>>>> They refine the spatial context for not only drivers, but arch, net
>>>>>>>> and fs subsystems as well, for example, drivers/media and drivers/dma are
>>>>>>>> different spatial contexts. Moreover, the spatial context of
>>>>>>>> sound/soc and sound/x86 is sound.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 10:33 AM Yizhuo Zhai <yzhai003 at ucr.edu>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This is a friendly reminder that we will have the reading group
>>>>>>>>> at 11AM PST today. I (Yizhuo) will present the paper titled "Exaggerated
>>>>>>>>> Error Handling Hurts! An In-Depth Study and Context-Aware Detection" from
>>>>>>>>> CCS '20.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Please attend the meeting via Zoom:
>>>>>>>>> https://ucr.zoom.us/j/8171761639
>>>>>>>>> Meeting ID: 817 176 1639
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> See you all soon!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 11:06 AM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 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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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Yizhuo Zhai*
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Computer Science, Graduate Student*
>>>>>>>>> *University of California, Riverside *
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Yizhuo Zhai*
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Computer Science, Graduate Student*
>>>>>>>> *University of California, Riverside *
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>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>> - Shitong
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>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>
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