[Security-meetings] Security Reading Group for Winter 2021

Shitong Zhu shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu
Mon May 17 10:37:46 PDT 2021 

Hi all,

This is a friendly reminder that we will start our security reading group
at *11AM PST* today. Mingjun will present the Chia Business Whitepaper for
us.

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

Best,
- Shitong

On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 10:37 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. 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 Software via Hypocrite Commits*" (accepted at and recently withdrawn)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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