February 2021 - Gradstudents - mailman.cs.vt.edu

CS|Source Announcement
by Julia Costello 23 Feb '21

23 Feb '21

Hi CS Students, Ernst & Young to hold their Women inTechnology Conference over two weeks - April 12-23. Conference opportunity may lead to early consideration for an EY internship or staff position. Application deadline - February 25. Slides and flyer attached w/more information. Julia Costello Strategic Partnership Coordinator Virginia Tech | College of Engineering | Department of Computer Science 2202 Kraft Drive | Blacksburg, VA 24060 540.250.6121 | <mailto:juliapc7@cs.vt.edu> juliapc7(a)cs.vt.edu CS|Source Website: <https://cs.vt.edu/cs-source.html> https://cs.vt.edu/cs-source.html CS|Source Portal: <https://www.cs-source.cs.vt.edu/> https://www.cs-source.cs.vt.edu CS|Source Portal Auto Emails From: <mailto:cs-source@cssource.cs.vt.edu> cs-source(a)cssource.cs.vt.edu

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seminars Feb 22, 24, 26
by Cal Ribbens 22 Feb '21

22 Feb '21

CS Grad students, We have three seminars this week. Monday: Dan Williams, PhD Cornell, at IBM Research now "From Unikernels to Nabla Containers and Beyond: In Search of a New Unit of Execution for the Cloud" abstract: https://cs.vt.edu/News/Seminars/DanWilliams.html zoom: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/81374449395?pwd=YkE3RFA5RHNXRzBZeDJpVXhmVkxE… Wednesday: Yalong Yang, PhD Monash, Postdoc Harvard "Visualization Design and Evaluation: on Flat Screens, in VR/AR and More" abstract: https://cs.vt.edu/News/Seminars/YalongYang.html zoom: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/82956069201?pwd=SFhVcVloSVRDZk44cjluZS85N0tL… Friday: Huda Khayralla, PhD Johns Hopkins seminar info TBA zoom: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/86876314176?pwd=di9uUGRXNSttU0E0Z210bURjczI1… Dr. R. -- Head, Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech https://cs.vt.edu/People/Faculty/cal-ribbens.html https://twitter.com/CalRibbens_VTCS

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ACM @ VT - Works of Wonder Student Showcase
by Brittany Rasmussen 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

Good Afternoon, ACM at VT will be hosting an event called Works of Wonder – Student Project Showcase. This showcase is a chance for you to show off your originality, creativity, and technical skills to company representatives, faculty, and alumni. You will be able to fully demonstrate all that went into your creation rather than it just being just a few bullet points on a resume. This event will be held via Zoom on March 25, 2021 from 1pm-4pm. Please complete the registration form below to register for this event. The deadline to register is March 01, 2021. Registration form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScW5kEMS5tSD9yfxdQ7J7kR_cbEJ97mg3j… Additionally, students can also submit their project using the link below to be part of the department's Virtual Student Showcase for the 50th Anniversary Celebration: https://virginiatech.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3NUpjv33bq0SbLE. Please contact Hayley Roulston (hayleyr(a)vt.edu<mailto:hayleyr@vt.edu>) with any questions about the 50th Anniversary Student Showcase. Thank you, Brittany Rasmussen – Event Specialist Virginia Tech | Department of Computer Science 2202 Kraft Drive, Office 1139, Knowledge Works II Blacksburg, VA 24060 (540) 231-1369|britf91(a)vt.edu

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Fwd: Peng Gao (UC Berkeley) FEB 19 Interview Scheduling
by Kirk Cameron 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

Hi Everyone, This is a friendly reminder that we wrap up a week of candidates today with the last seminar of the week! Interested in operating systems, databases, compilers, machine learning, natural language processing? Then I suspect you'd enjoy Peng Gao's NOON talk beamed in from sunny California while you nom on a warm lunch in the confines of your decked-out Zoom pod. Below find the full zoom information (passcode is 835399) as well as the abstract and bio (way below). As always, here is the general info for all candidates as well: https://hosting.cs.vt.edu/facsearch/ Hope to "see" you there! Best, Kirk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peng Gao, UC Berkeley Building Trustworthy Systems for Fighting Modern Threats 12:00 PM EST, Friday, February 19, 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabitha Hartman is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Peng Gao Seminar Time: Feb 19, 2021 11:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/87939674853?pwd=U0VhREZaMngrNUllMlh2dlFqcG5r… Meeting ID: 879 3967 4853 Passcode: 835399 One tap mobile +13017158592,,87939674853# US (Washington DC) +13126266799,,87939674853# US (Chicago) Dial by your location +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 436 2866 US (New York) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 879 3967 4853 Find your local number: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/u/kcuSqqAjA Join by SIP 87939674853(a)zoomcrc.com Join by H.323 162.255.37.11 (US West) 162.255.36.11 (US East) 115.114.131.7 (India Mumbai) 115.114.115.7 (India Hyderabad) 213.19.144.110 (Amsterdam Netherlands) 213.244.140.110 (Germany) 103.122.166.55 (Australia) 149.137.40.110 (Singapore) 64.211.144.160 (Brazil) 69.174.57.160 (Canada) 207.226.132.110 (Japan) Meeting ID: 879 3967 4853 Passcode: 835399 Join by Skype for Business https://virginiatech.zoom.us/skype/87939674853 <https://hosting.cs.vt.edu/facsearch/> --------------------------------------- Title: Building Trustworthy Systems for Fighting Modern Threats Abstract: The increased opaqueness in computing systems makes them vulnerable to sophisticated cyber attacks (e.g., Advanced Persistent Threats). Consequently, many businesses have been plagued with huge losses (e.g., Equifax, Target, Yahoo). In addition, the success of emerging technologies such as online social networks and blockchain has come at the cost of new threats to security. How can we gain visibility into currently opaque computing systems and defend them from sophisticated attacks? How can we re-architect our computing for fighting new threats? In this talk, I will cover multiple systems I have built for addressing these pressing issues. I will primarily discuss the advanced threat protection (ATP) stack, which brings transparency into computing systems (via ubiquitous system auditing) and connects the dots across system activities in various ways (forensically vs. real-time, manually vs. semi-automatically vs. automatically) to fight advanced threats. The ATP stack is multi-disciplinary, using techniques from system security, operating system, database, compiler, machine learning, and natural language processing. It includes multiple research efforts and has had real-world impact. I will also cover other systems on using AI for automated threat intelligence gathering and management and using network science and program analysis for securing online social networks and blockchain. I will conclude the talk by describing my future research agenda and long-term vision towards a secure and trustworthy cyberspace. Bio: Peng Gao is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Computer Science at UC Berkeley. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University in 2019. His research interest lies in security and privacy issues in systems and networks. His work centers on creating scalable, secure, and trustworthy systems to solve real-world problems, with publications at multiple premier academic venues (e.g., USENIX Security, USENIX ATC, ACM CCS, ICDE, ICSE). His work on advanced threat protection has been successfully deployed in the real-world enterprise and commercialized, and has been selected as the Top-10 Finalist in the 2018 CSAW Best Applied Research Paper Competition. His proposal on threat intelligence has been selected as the winner of the 2020 Microsoft Security AI Research Award. He also has rich industry experience through multiple internships at leading companies and research labs (e.g., Microsoft Research, Microsoft Research Asia, Facebook, etc.).

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Alumnus honors mentors with first Ph.D. fellowships in the Department of Computer Science | Virginia Tech Daily | Virginia Tech
by Cal Ribbens 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

Dear CS community, Be sure to check out the nice article about two new PhD fellowships established in honor of Dennis Kafura and Dick Nance! https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2021/02/lavender.html And congratulations to the first two recipients, Ya Xiao and Setor Zilevu. Cal -- Head, Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech https://cs.vt.edu/People/Faculty/cal-ribbens.html https://twitter.com/CalRibbens_VTCS

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CS|Source Announcements
by Julia Costello 18 Feb '21

18 Feb '21

Hi CS Students, Please find an opportunity with an employer below. View other positions in <https://career.vt.edu/job-search/Handshake.html> Handshake. Announcement #1 David R. De Lorenzo, Ph.D., VT '98, has a project opportunity based on a WordPress site platform, which may include social media aspects, and a usability study, etc. The interested VT student, undergraduate or graduate student, would collaborate with me and meet on campus in the Newman library at a convenient time in the student's schedule. The student will be able to contribute their creativity and see their own shared ideas and suggestions implemented in this collaborative project opportunity, which would be suitable to add to their professional resume and work history. I also will provide the student with an excellent letter of reference recommendation for use with their future career employment pursuits. And in my capacity as a professional employment recruiter and career counselor, I will also provide the VT student at the conclusion of this collaborative project opportunity with referral to employers hiring in my own nationwide contact network that align with the student's specific career goal, all free of charge to the VT student. Contact: David R. De Lorenzo, Ph.D., VT '98, ddelor79(a)gmail.com <mailto:ddelor79@gmail.com> . Julia Costello Strategic Partnership Coordinator Virginia Tech | College of Engineering | Department of Computer Science 2202 Kraft Drive | Blacksburg, VA 24060 540.250.6121 | <mailto:juliapc7@cs.vt.edu> juliapc7(a)cs.vt.edu CS|Source Website: <https://cs.vt.edu/cs-source.html> https://cs.vt.edu/cs-source.html CS|Source Portal: <https://www.cs-source.cs.vt.edu/> https://www.cs-source.cs.vt.edu CS|Source Portal Auto Emails From: <mailto:cs-source@cssource.cs.vt.edu> cs-source(a)cssource.cs.vt.edu

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CS|Source Announcements
by Julia Costello 16 Feb '21

16 Feb '21

Hi CS Students, Please find opportunities with employers listed below. View other positions in <https://career.vt.edu/job-search/Handshake.html> Handshake. Announcement #1 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) invites you to attend the presentation, "Mathematics in Industry", by Patrick O'Neil from BlackSky on Wednesday, February 17, 4pm. Registration required: <https://virginiatech.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvf-Chqj8iH9QLaQ2djk2fPCfAL IdU7r8H> https://virginiatech.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvf-Chqj8iH9QLaQ2djk2fPCfALI dU7r8H. More info and Zoom link attached. Email with questions: Jovan Zigic ( <mailto:jovan@vt.edu> jovan(a)vt.edu) or Mehdi Bouhafara ( <mailto:bmehdi@vt.edu> bmehdi(a)vt.edu). Announcement #2 Jennifer Yates of the College of Architecture & Urban Studies is seeking a student who excels in game design, game developer - gaming programmer replacing Flash Player programs. For more info, email: <mailto:jyates@vt.edu> jyates(a)vt.edu. Julia Costello Strategic Partnership Coordinator Virginia Tech | College of Engineering | Department of Computer Science 2202 Kraft Drive | Blacksburg, VA 24060 540.250.6121 | <mailto:juliapc7@cs.vt.edu> juliapc7(a)cs.vt.edu CS|Source Website: <https://cs.vt.edu/cs-source.html> https://cs.vt.edu/cs-source.html CS|Source Portal: <https://www.cs-source.cs.vt.edu/> https://www.cs-source.cs.vt.edu CS|Source Portal Auto Emails From: <mailto:cs-source@cssource.cs.vt.edu> cs-source(a)cssource.cs.vt.edu

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faculty candidate seminar TODAY 9:30am
by Douglas Bowman 16 Feb '21

16 Feb '21

Colleagues, We are hosting another HCI-oriented faculty candidate today (Tuesday). Hariharan Subramonyam <http://www.haridecoded.com/> will give a seminar on "Centering People in the Design of AI-Powered Applications” at 9:30 AM. Here is the Zoom link: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/81829804216?pwd=am1ic1Y5ZXVWNElmS0RUN2tCWmk0… <https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/81829804216?pwd=am1ic1Y5ZXVWNElmS0RUN2tCWmk0…> Details below. Hope to see many of you there! —Doug Centering People in the Design of AI-Powered Applications Hariharan Subramonyam PhD Candidate, University of Michigan Tuesday, February 16, 2021 9:30am - 11:00am https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/81829804216?pwd=am1ic1Y5ZXVWNElmS0RUN2tCWmk0… <https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/81829804216?pwd=am1ic1Y5ZXVWNElmS0RUN2tCWmk0…> Abstract: AI is now prevalent in both everyday and high-stakes software applications. However, end-users regularly encounter undesirable experiences from AI. A fundamental challenge is that existing software practices fall short when creating AI for diverse human needs. AI development prioritizes automation and task efficiency over other human values. User experience (UX) design methods fail to support the designer's role in shaping key AI components such as training-data, labels, and learning models. That means an "AI-first" approach will fail to effectively integrate AI features within diverse human experiences. In this talk, I provide an overview of the systems and techniques I have developed for centering people in the design of AI-powered applications. I will first discuss how designing AI experiences requires considering analogous human cognitive models. I will then talk about the role of end-user data as a design probe for UX and AI professionals to co-design AI experiences. Finally, I will offer solutions for UX designers to incorporate diverse human needs within AI application design. Biography: Hari Subramonyam is a PhD candidate in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on ways to operationalize the vision of human-centered AI. By combining technical HCI work with qualitative studies of AI software development in practice, he brings multiple perspectives to bear on the cross-disciplinary problem of HAI. He has interned at Microsoft Research, Adobe Research, and Xerox PARC. His work has received two Best Paper awards at CHI. Hari holds a bachelor's degree in Telecommunication Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University in India, and a master's degree in Information from the University of Michigan. -- Doug A. Bowman Frank J. Maher Professor, Computer Science Director, Center for Human-Computer Interaction Senior Fellow, Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology Virginia Tech dbowman(a)vt.edu https://wordpress.cs.vt.edu/3digroup/author/dbowman/ Group: https://wordpress.cs.vt.edu/3digroup/ Center: http://hci.vt.edu/ Twitter: @CHCI_VT

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CS|Source Announcements
by Julia Costello 15 Feb '21

15 Feb '21

Hi CS Students, Please find opportunities with employers listed below. View other positions in <https://career.vt.edu/job-search/Handshake.html> Handshake. Announcement #1 Planning to relocate to New York City this year? Bloomberg invites anyone considering a career on the East Coast/NYC to a Zoom event, via JumpStart on Thursday, February 25, 6-7PM (EST). RSVP at <https://jst.me/3e4g> https://jst.me/3e4g. Announcement #2 Bank of America is offering a career series - Charting Your Course. Flyer attached. Announcement #3 Cubic, Ashburn, Virginia area, is seeking Masters degreed or Bachelors degree + two years of work experience (relevant internship experience included) for full-time position. Must be US citizen or US person and proficient with the C++ programming language. Apply directly on career website: https://cubic.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/cubic_USA_careers/job/USA-Ashburn-VA/Sof tware-Engineer_REQ_25923 Julia Costello Strategic Partnership Coordinator Virginia Tech | College of Engineering | Department of Computer Science 2202 Kraft Drive | Blacksburg, VA 24060 540.250.6121 | <mailto:juliapc7@cs.vt.edu> juliapc7(a)cs.vt.edu CS|Source Website: <https://cs.vt.edu/cs-source.html> https://cs.vt.edu/cs-source.html CS|Source Portal: <https://www.cs-source.cs.vt.edu/> https://www.cs-source.cs.vt.edu

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seminars Feb 15, 16, 18, 19
by Cal Ribbens 13 Feb '21

13 Feb '21

CS Grad students, There are four seminars this coming week. You are welcome to check out any of these talks! Monday: Huajie Shao, PhD UIUC "Mining Social Sensing Data: Representation, Modeling, and Applications" abstract: https://cs.vt.edu/News/Seminars/HuajieShao.html zoom: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/81376676491?pwd=VGNrVWU2bk5iT0lhT2c2c292MjNa… Tuesday: Hari Subramonyam, PhD Michigan "Centering People in the Design of AI-Powered Applications" abstract: https://cs.vt.edu/News/Seminars/HariharanSubramonyam.html zoom: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/81829804216?pwd=am1ic1Y5ZXVWNElmS0RUN2tCWmk0… Thursday: Jyun-Yu Jing, PhD UCLA "Multi-scale Human Behavior Modeling with Heterogeneous Data" abstract: https://cs.vt.edu/News/Seminars/JyunYuJiang.html zoom: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/87821374967?pwd=QmUyTGw2UHJLWTVyMTVhN2lEcjM1… Friday: Peng Gao, PhD Princeton, Postdoc Berkeley "Building Trustworthy Systems for Fighting Modern Threats" abstract: https://cs.vt.edu/News/Seminars/PengGao.html zoom: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/87939674853?pwd=U0VhREZaMngrNUllMlh2dlFqcG5r… Dr. R. -- Head, Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech https://cs.vt.edu/People/Faculty/cal-ribbens.html https://twitter.com/CalRibbens_VTCS

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