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next week meeting schedule
by Lifu Huang 12 Dec '21

12 Dec '21

I will schedule at least one meeting for each student during the break to make sure you are catching up with NAACL deadline. Tuesday: 11-12pm: Zaid, Moksh 1:30-2pm: Zhiyang 2-2:30pm: Minqian, 3-3:30pm: Jeet 3:30-4pm: Sijia, 4-5pm: Aditya, 5-6pm: Xiaochu Thursday: 1-2pm: Zhiyang 2-3pm: Deval, Apoorv, Zhiyang All of you need to put approach and experiment details into the overleaf before the meeting, otherwise we will just cancel the meeting. Please also make a detailed research plan from now until Jan 15 to make sure you can catch the deadline. --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech

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Fwd: [Bburg-fac] FW: Critical log4j vulnerability
by Lifu Huang 10 Dec '21

10 Dec '21

Please watch out the following message and make sure our server is safe This vulnerability only affects log4j versions 2.0-beta9 to 2.14.1. Previous versions should be fine as is the new version 2.15.0 which was just released. --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Dec 10, 2021, 2:10 PM -0500 > > There is a critical vulnerability in Apache log4j that is being actively exploited. The zero-day vulnerability was announced yesterday, 09 Dec. I have seen where this vuln is listed as a Critical with a score of 10 out of 10. nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44228 > > Apache released a patch today: www.cisa.gov/uscer...al-rce > > Someone posted this egrep to check for attempted comprmise (thanks Brad): > sudo egrep -i -r '\$\{jndi:(ldap[s]?|rmi|dns):/[^\n]+' /var/log > > to check compressed logs in /var/log: > sudo find /var/log -name \*.gz -print0 | xargs -0 zgrep -E -i '\$\{jndi:(ldap[s]?|rmi|dns):/[^\n]+' > > A large number of software uses log4j, so this is not only an Apache vuln. It is recommended to upgraded to log4j 2.15.0 or apply the recommended mitigations immediately. > > If you find any signs of compromise or intrusion, please share the IP addresses. > > Thanks > Shane

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next week meeting schedule
by Lifu Huang 05 Dec '21

05 Dec '21

Tuesday: 1:30-2pm: Zhiyang 2-2:30pm: Minqian 3:30-4pm: Sijia, Zhiyang and Minqian join. 4:00-5pm: Aditya 5-6pm: Xiaochu, Zhiyang and Minqian join Wednesday: 10-10:30am: Zaid, Moksh 2:30-3pm: Jeet Thursday: 1-2pm: Zhiyang, 2-3pm: Deval and Apoorv, Zhiyang join 3:30-4pm: Anirudh Friday: 9:30-10am: Sijia, Minqian and Zhiyang also join Everyone needs to catch up with the progress of your project and update the overleaf with all details before our meetings. --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech

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congrats to Sijia
by Lifu Huang 30 Nov '21

30 Nov '21

Congrats to Sijia on receiving an internship offer from Amazon AWS research lab in NYC! --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech

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next week meeting schedule
by Lifu Huang 28 Nov '21

28 Nov '21

Monday: 3-3:30pm: Zoe Tuesday: 1:30-2pm: Zhiyang 2-2:30pm: Minqian 3:30-4pm: Sijia, Zhiyang and Minqian join. 4:00-5pm: Aditya 5-6pm: Xiaochu, Zhiyang and Minqian join Wednesday: 2:30-3pm: Jeet 3-3:30pm: Zaid Thursday: 12:30-1pm: Sai 2-3pm: Deval and Apoorv, Zhiyang join 3:30-4pm: Anirudh Friday: 10:30-11am: Sijia, Minqian and Zhiyang also join As many students are returning to campus from Thanksgiving break, please make sure to wear a mask. --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech

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next week meeting schedule
by Lifu Huang 14 Nov '21

14 Nov '21

Tuesday: 1:30-2pm: Zhiyang 2-2:30pm: Minqian 3:30-4pm: Sijia, Zhiyang and Minqian join. 4:00-5pm: Aditya 5-6pm: Xiaochu, Zhiyang and Minqian join Wednesday: 10-11am: Zaid 2:30-3pm: Jeet Thursday: 12:30-1pm: Sai 2-3pm: Deval and Apoorv, Zhiyang join Friday: 9:30-10:30am: Sijia, Minqian and Zhiyang also join Zoe, I will cancel the 1-on-1 meeting next week as I need to focus on ACL submissions. We will also cancel the group meeting next week. All the students need to catch the NAACL deadline (12.15/1.15). We will discuss a detailed plan for each project next week. --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech

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Fwd: ARR and ACL 2022 Important Information for the November 15, 2021 Submissions
by Lifu Huang 08 Nov '21

08 Nov '21

Please carefully check the detailed requirements if you are submitting to ACL2022. --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ACL Member Portal <portal(a)aclweb.org> Date: Nov 8, 2021, 10:20 PM -0500 To: lifuh(a)vt.edu Subject: ARR and ACL 2022 Important Information for the November 15, 2021 Submissions > Dear ACL members, > > > If you are considering submitting to ACL2022 > > <https://www.2022.aclweb.org/callpapers>, there are four important notes to keep in mind as the November 15 paper deadline quickly approaches: > > > 1. Please make sure ALL paper co-authors have OpenReview profiles. More detail in the FAQ <https://www.2022.aclweb.org/post/acl-2022-chair-blog-post-faq> about paper submissions. > > > 2. Definitely make sure to check out the new ACL 2022 PC Chairs blog post <https://www.2022.aclweb.org/post/acl-2022-chair-blog-post-rolling-review-no…> about the preparations for the November 15, 2021 submission deadline in the ACL Rolling Review to guarantee that all submissions can be considered for ACL 2022 if the authors decide to commit to ACL 2022 by January 7, 2022. > > > 3. All reviewers and Action Editors for the ACL Rolling Review (and thus for ACL 2022), need to have a properly filled OpenReview profile to be able to serve (see FAQ 8 > > <https://www.2022.aclweb.org/post/acl-2022-chair-blog-post-faq> for Reviewers/AEs). > > > 4. If you can review for the November batch of papers but are concerned you may not be available year-round, we have you covered. Check out FAQ 9 <https://www.2022.aclweb.org/post/acl-2022-chair-blog-post-faq>. > > > -- The ACL 2022 PC Chairs > > (email: pcs.acl2022(a)gmail.com) > > ----- > You have received this email because you are listed in our database as a current or recent ACL member who wishes to receive ACL-related updates. If you would prefer not to receive these in future please visit the ACL Member Portal and update your details to indicate that you no longer wish to receive these messages. > > To unsubscribe from all ACL alerts and other announcements, visit https://www.aclweb.org/portal/unsubscribe/54941/613ba37f4c264 > >

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next week meeting schedule
by Lifu Huang 07 Nov '21

07 Nov '21

For those who did not make the ACL deadline, please make sure to catch the arXiv deadline of NAACL: Dec. 15 Monday: 3-3:30pm: Zoe Tuesday: 1:30-2pm: Zhiyang 2-2:30pm: Minqian 3:30-4pm: Sijia, Zhiyang and Minqian join. 4:00-5pm: Aditya 5-6pm: Xiaochu, Zhiyang and Minqian join Wednesday: 10-11am: Zaid 2:30-3pm: Jeet 4:30-5:30pm: Group meeting. Aditya and Jeet please prepare slides to talk about your progress Thursday: 12:30-1pm: Sai 4:30-5:30pm: Deval and Apoorv, Zhiyang join Friday: 9:30-10:30am: Sijia, Minqian and Zhiyang also join --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech

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next week meeting schedule
by Lifu Huang 31 Oct '21

31 Oct '21

Monday: 3-3:30pm: Zoe Tuesday: 1:30-2pm: Zhiyang 2-2:30pm: Minqian 3:30-4pm: Sijia, Zhiyang and Minqian join. 4:00-5pm: Aditya 5-6pm: Xiaochu, Zhiyang and Minqian join Wednesday: 10-11am: Zaid 2:30-3pm: Jeet 4:30-5:30pm: Group meeting. Zhiyang and Minqian please prepare slides to talk about your progress Thursday: 12:30-1pm: Sai 4:30-5:30pm: Deval and Apoorv, Zhiyang join Friday: 9:30-10:30am: Sijia, Minqian and Zhiyang also join --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech

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next week meeting schedule
by Lifu Huang 24 Oct '21

24 Oct '21

We will cancel the following reading discussions so that everyone can better focus on your ACL/NAACL submissions. Starting from next week, I need to see significant progress from everyone. Monday: 2:30-3pm: Sai 3-3:30pm: Zoe Tuesday: 1:30-2pm: Zhiyang 2-2:30pm: Minqian 3:30-4pm: Sijia, Zhiyang and Minqian join. 4:00-5pm: Aditya 5-6pm: Xiaochu, Zhiyang and Minqian join Wednesday: 10-11am: Zaid 2:30-3pm: Jeet 4:30-5:30pm: Group meeting. Aditya please prepare slides to talk about the multimodal misinformation detection approach Thursday: 2-3pm: Deval and Apoorv, Zhiyang join Friday: 9:30-10:30am: Sijia, Minqian and Zhiyang also join --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech

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