[Security-meetings] Security Reading Group for Winter 2021
Shitong Zhu
shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu
Mon May 31 10:37:02 PDT 2021
Hi all,
This is a reminder that we *don't* have the reading group in observance of
Memorial Day. Sorry I didn't realize this when I wrote the previous email.
Enjoy the holiday and see you all next Monday!
Best,
- Shitong
On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 10:39 AM Shitong Zhu <shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Since many people are attending Oakland today, let us skip the reading
> group this week. Hope you enjoy the conference and see you all next Monday!
>
> Best,
> - Shitong
>
>
> On Mon, May 17, 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. 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 Software via Hypocrite Commits*" (accepted at and recently withdrawn)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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