[Security-meetings] Security Reading Group for Winter 2021
Mingjun Yin
myin013 at ucr.edu
Mon May 17 12:12:10 PDT 2021
Hi all,
This is the link for the VDF paper mentioned in today's talk. Post here if
you're interested. https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/601.pdf
Best,
Mingjun
On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 10:38 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. 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 Software via Hypocrite Commits*" (accepted at and recently withdrawn)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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