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Discord Channel + Grad Preview Weekend Planning
by Shakiba Davari 25 Feb '21

25 Feb '21

TLDR: 1. Kindly consider participating in grad preview weekend, whether by introducing your lab/research, sharing your wisdom, or just spending some time playing some games and socializing with other current and incoming grad students. [Sign-up <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Cjq_oPKeavw-TCq5nfxcHPgxFwISSnlNqrS…> ] 2. Join the Grad Preview Weekend's Slack Workspace <https://join.slack.com/t/csvtgraduater-1o44784/shared_invite/zt-m54qof93-LC…> . 3. Are you a CS@VT grad student looking to connect to your peers? Join the CS grad Students' Discord Server <https://discord.gg/CfTYGjW84S> and socialize. Dear all, This year's graduate recruiting weekend is organized to be held on Feb. 26th and 27th. Sat, Feb 27, is a good chance for us, the current grad students in the department, to represent our department, lab, and research, to socialize with the incoming students, and to help them have a better insider look into life as a CS graduate student at VT. Here is a little bit about the how you can participation: 1. Student Panel Discussion ( 9:30- 10:20 AM) Participate in the panel discussion and share your experience at vt with prospective students! 2. Research/lab introduction : (10:30 AM - 12:00 PM) Present your lab and/or your research to the incoming students. We encourage you to bring along a poster, a demo video, etc., IF you have any, but it is NOT required. 3. Social Event/Game (1:00 - 2:00 PM) Join to play some games or just have a conversation with current or incoming students! This year the graduate recruitment weekend is held virtually, and is on a much larger scale compared to the previous in-person ones. This means, *this year more than ever we will need all of our graduate student community to participate and help with the events*. To help us plan everything, if you can join any of these events, please sign-up here <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Cjq_oPKeavw-TCq5nfxcHPgxFwISSnlNqrS…> [Please make sure you are logged in with your VT email]. We will contact you soon with further information. Please, also, consider joining this slack workspace <https://join.slack.com/t/csvtgraduater-1o44784/shared_invite/zt-m54qof93-LC…> which is created, so the prospective graduate students can ask their questions from the current students and connect with them. the workspace. Last but not least, if you missed hanging out with other grad students, or haven't had a chance to find new friends since joining VT: here is a discord server <https://discord.gg/CfTYGjW84S>created by the grad students for the grad students. Join, socialize, share memes, and find new friends who share the same interests as you. Feel free to email me if you have any suggestions, questions, or concerns. *Stay Healthy and Happy,* *Shakiba Davari* *Ph.D. Student, **3D-Interaction Group, **Computer Science**, * *Virginia Tech* *President, Computer Science Graduate Council <https://csgrad.cs.vt.edu/>* *, * *Virginia Tech* *Pronoun: She/her * *E-mail <sdavari(a)vt.edu> | Website <https://sites.google.com/vt.edu/sdavari>| 3DI-Lab <https://research.cs.vt.edu/3di/> *

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Re: [Gradstudents] ARC Vis GRA opening
by Nicholas Polys 25 Feb '21

25 Feb '21

Thanks for the question ~:-) this is an ongoing position, starting immediately (preferred) ;. it includes Summer (preferred). please contact me with any other questions! with best regards, _nicholas On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 11:08 AM Avi Seth <aviseth(a)vt.edu> wrote: > Hi Professor Nicholas! > > Is this posting for Spring or Fall? > > Regards > Avi Seth > (he/him/his) > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 9:32 PM Nicholas Polys via Gradstudents < > gradstudents(a)cs.vt.edu> wrote: > >> ARC Visualization GRA Position >> >> >> >> ARC’s visualization team provides scientists, engineers, and designers >> with tools and techniques for discovery, analysis, and communication. We >> are seeking a motivated student with an interest in developing and >> evaluating High Performance Visualization systems including interactive 3D >> and Mixed Reality. >> >> >> >> ARC Visualization GRAs provide the front line for student and faculty >> support by: holding ‘office hours’ for general consulting, working with >> research groups to develop visualization solutions, supporting our >> immersive projection system, as well as developing and building other ARC >> infrastructure. >> >> >> Please contact me with a letter of interest and your CV! >> >> >> >> with best regards, >> >> _nicholas >> >> -- >> Nicholas F. Polys, Ph.D. >> >> Director of Visual Computing >> Virginia Tech Research Computing >> >> Affiliate Professor >> Virginia Tech Department of Computer Science >> _______________________________________________ >> Gradstudents mailing list >> Gradstudents(a)cs.vt.edu >> https://mailman.cs.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/gradstudents >> > -- Nicholas F. Polys, Ph.D. Director of Visual Computing Virginia Tech Research Computing Affiliate Professor Virginia Tech Department of Computer Science

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ARC Vis GRA opening
by Nicholas Polys 25 Feb '21

25 Feb '21

ARC Visualization GRA Position ARC’s visualization team provides scientists, engineers, and designers with tools and techniques for discovery, analysis, and communication. We are seeking a motivated student with an interest in developing and evaluating High Performance Visualization systems including interactive 3D and Mixed Reality. ARC Visualization GRAs provide the front line for student and faculty support by: holding ‘office hours’ for general consulting, working with research groups to develop visualization solutions, supporting our immersive projection system, as well as developing and building other ARC infrastructure. Please contact me with a letter of interest and your CV! with best regards, _nicholas -- Nicholas F. Polys, Ph.D. Director of Visual Computing Virginia Tech Research Computing Affiliate Professor Virginia Tech Department of Computer Science

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ACM @ VT- Works of Wonder Event Registration
by Brittany Rasmussen 24 Feb '21

24 Feb '21

Good Morning CS Students, This is a reminder that 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<https://www.google.com/maps/search/2202+Kraft+Drive,+Office+1139?entry=gmai…>, Knowledge Works II Blacksburg, VA 24060 (540) 231-1369|britf91(a)vt.edu<mailto:britf91@vt.edu>

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Yalong Yang faculty candidate seminar - Wed. 9:30 AM
by Douglas Bowman 24 Feb '21

24 Feb '21

Colleagues, Our faculty candidate Yalong Yang <http://vis.yalongyang.com/> of Harvard University will be visiting virtually on Wednesday, Feb. 24. Yalong works in the areas of Visualization, HCI, and VR/AR. His seminar entitled "Visualization Design and Evaluation: on Flat Screens, in VR/AR and More,” will be Wednesday at 9:30 AM via Zoom: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/82956069201?pwd=SFhVcVloSVRDZk44cjluZS85N0tL… <https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/82956069201?pwd=SFhVcVloSVRDZk44cjluZS85N0tL…> Full details below. Hope to see many of you there! —Doug Seminar: Visualization Design and Evaluation: on Flat Screens, in VR/AR and More Yalong Yang Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University Wednesday, February 24, 2021 9:30am-11:00am Zoom Only Abstract: Visualizations are tools that translate raw and complex data into meaningful graphics. They leverage human perception to summarize data in a cognitively efficient way, making them popular in science, analysis, and the media. Display capacity is an essential resource for designing visualizations. Different displays provide different capabilities in terms of how the data can be visually represented and how people can interact with visualizations. In this talk, I will present my experience in designing and evaluating novel visualizations on flat screens, in VR/AR, and in physical formats. I will focus in particular on VR/AR, which allows us to remove the boundaries of physical screens and envision dramatically new human-computer interaction experiences. I will first outline the unique features VR/AR provides for visualization design and then demonstrate how to utilize them to build novel and effective immersive visualizations. Finally, I will describe the vision of the future workspace, where people are primarily using VR/AR to see and interact with the digital world. I will discuss grand challenges for this future and conclude on an optimistic note: with deep integration between hardware, software, and user experience, we could achieve this vision in the near future. Biography: Yalong Yang is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Before joining Harvard University, he received his Ph.D. degree from Monash University, Australia, on a thesis titled “Visualising Geographically-Embedded Origin-Destination Flows: in 2D and immersive environments.” His research concerns many aspects of Visualization (VIS), Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and VR/AR. He is especially interested in the emerging research topic — Immersive Analytics, which focuses on applying engaging, embodied display and interaction techniques (e.g., VR/AR) for data visualization and analytics. He has published 11 papers at top-tier visualization venues (IEEE VIS, ACM CHI, and EuroVis) and is an active member of these communities on promoting immersive analytics research. He also received a Best Paper Honorable Mention Award at IEEE VIS - InfoVis 2016. More details about his research can be found at https://vis.yalongyang.com/. -- 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 Announcement
by Julia Costello 23 Feb '21

23 Feb '21

CS Students, Micron Global hosts a University Executive Series and a Women's Mentorship Program. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Micron will be presented this evening, February 23. See flyers attached with 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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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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