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[Sysreading] Sysreading on 10/17/2018: Practice talk, OSDI report
by James Davis 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

Hi all, This week the SRG will have two topics: 1. *Da Zhang's practice talk for MICRO'51.* A pre-print is attached. Not sure if this mailing list supports attachments, so contact me if you need a copy. *Exploring and Optimizing Chipkill-correct for Persistent Memory Based on High-density NVRAMs* 2. *OSDI report from Bharti and Jingoo*. Bharti and Jingoo from Dr. Butt's lab attended OSDI'18 and will report on their experience. ======== *Logistics* Wed. 17 Oct. 2018 11:30-12:30, KW2 room 2225 Please RSVP here <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hiQ8ZWsQObLB7oYX3XXyWinaAjRHIZwIsdL…> so I can buy enough food. ~Jamie -- Jamie Davis PhD student, Computer Science, 2015-? Virginia Tech http://people.cs.vt.edu/~davisjam/

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[Sysreading] SRG for Wed. Oct. 10: HotNets'17
by James Davis 04 Oct '18

04 Oct '18

Hey folks, *Logistics* The next Systems Reading Group will be Wednesday, October 10th, 11:30 - 12:30. It will be in KW2 2225. *Reading* We will be reading a selection of papers from HotNets'17 <https://conferences.sigcomm.org/hotnets/2017/>. Please sign up for paper(s) here <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r3J_w79ZLyuqEULmAIyM5WRBJgF9g88OuHg…> . *Format* Please choose ~2 of the papers to read. During the meeting, we will cycle through the papers and those who read them will talk about the paper's idea, whether they think it is a good idea, and its strengths, and weaknesses. Regards, ~Jamie -- Jamie Davis PhD student, Computer Science, 2015-? Virginia Tech http://people.cs.vt.edu/~davisjam/

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[Sysreading] SRG for Wed. Oct. 3: Inter-language security analysis
by James Davis 01 Oct '18

01 Oct '18

Hey folks, The next Systems Reading Group will be Wednesday, October 3rd, 11:30 - 12:30. It will be in KW2 2225. The paper is "JN-SAF: Precise and Efficient NDK/JNI-aware Inter-language Static Analysis Framework for Security Vetting of Android Applications with Native Code <http://www.fengguow.com/resources/papers/JN-SafCCS18.pdf>" (CCS'18). Zheng (Jason) Song will be presenting. Pizza and seltzer will be provided. Please RSVP here <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11kmy8tZIhwx7FElJqHogwLl3y4S8HsOq9Rj…> . See you then! ~Jamie -- Jamie Davis PhD student, Computer Science, 2015-? Virginia Tech http://people.cs.vt.edu/~davisjam/

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[Sysreading] SRG for Wed. Sept. 26: IoT Security
by James Davis 19 Sep '18

19 Sep '18

Hey folks, The next Systems Reading Group will be Wednesday, September 26th, 11:30 - 12:30. It will be in KW2 2225. The paper is "Soteria: Automated IoT Safety and Security Analysis <https://www.usenix.org/conference/atc18/presentation/celik>". Pizza and seltzer will be provided. Please RSVP here <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11kmy8tZIhwx7FElJqHogwLl3y4S8HsOq9Rj…> . See you then! ~Jamie -- Jamie Davis PhD student, Computer Science, 2015-? Virginia Tech http://people.cs.vt.edu/~davisjam/

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[Sysreading] SRG for 9/19: ICSME'18 practice talks
by James Davis 12 Sep '18

12 Sep '18

Hey folks, Next week we will be hearing practice talks for ICSME'18 from two of Dr. Meng's students: Swapna Thorve and Ye Wang. *Location*: KW2 2225 *Time*: 11:30-12:30, Sept. 19. *Papers* 1. An Empirical Study of Flaky Tests in Android Apps 2. An Empirical Study of Multi-Entity Changes in Real Bug Fixes - Contact me and I will give you a print copy. Please sign up here <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AILjtKdRxACHyoHFtmxCO7Eht6XNRKbcPMv…> so I can buy enough food! ~Jamie -- Jamie Davis PhD student, Computer Science, 2015-? Virginia Tech http://people.cs.vt.edu/~davisjam/

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[Sysreading] SRG: 9-12: ATC'18 #1: Concurrent data structures
by James Davis 07 Sep '18

07 Sep '18

Hey folks, At the next meeting we will be reading a paper from USENIX ATC'18. *Paper*: Log-free concurrent data structures <https://www.usenix.org/conference/atc18/presentation/david> by David et al. *Presenter*: Xinwei *Location*: KW2 2225 *Time*: 11:30am-12:30pm *Food*: Pizza! Regards, ~Jamie -- Jamie Davis PhD student, Computer Science, 2015-? Virginia Tech http://people.cs.vt.edu/~davisjam/

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[Sysreading] SRG for Wed. Sept. 5th: Transducer Attacks
by James Davis 29 Aug '18

29 Aug '18

Hey folks, The next Systems Reading Group will be Wednesday, September 5th, 11:30 - 12:30. Pizza and seltzer will be provided. The paper is "Blue Note: How Intentional Acoustic Interference Damages Availability and Integrity in Hard Disk Drives and Operating Systems" (IEEE <https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8418653/>, pdf <https://spqr.eecs.umich.edu/papers/bolton-blue-note-IEEESSP-2018.pdf>). Please RSVP here <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E1BbmyvyekXJgRc2rEvB6t3FNMKSlGCcA2W…> . If you are interested in making the presentation, put your name in the box. First come first served. See you then! ~Jamie -- Jamie Davis PhD student, Computer Science, 2015-? Virginia Tech http://people.cs.vt.edu/~davisjam/

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[Sysreading] Fwd: [Gradstudents] Graduate Council Event -- Lightning Talks
by James Davis 29 Aug '18

29 Aug '18

Hey folks, For your awareness, this upcoming event may be of interest. ~Jamie ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ayaan--- via bburg-gradstudents <bburg-gradstudents(a)cs.vt.edu> Date: Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 11:07 AM Subject: [Gradstudents] Graduate Council Event -- Lightning Talks To: bburg-gradstudents(a)cs.vt.edu [image: Google Forms] Having trouble with viewing or submitting this form? Fill in using Google Forms <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6BCZWuMG4k1SctQk92BLvh-d0qK9LwNy…> Grad council is planning a Lightning Talks event! Details below: Lightning Talks <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6BCZWuMG4k1SctQk92BLvh-d0qK9LwNy…> Come hear 2-3 minute Lightning Talks on research and topics of interest from graduate students in the CS department! This will be a great opportunity to hear about different CS research happening at Tech, from the perspective of the students who do the work. Dinner will be provided. Place and time: GLC Room F 6:00 - 8:00pm on Thursday, September 6th For new students: This event will guide you in your selection of courses, advisor, and thesis/dissertation topic. You should come! For older graduate students: You are also welcome to come, whether or not you give a talk. For NOVA students: We will have a Zoom session for remote access. If you want to give a talk: - It should be 2-3 minutes. - Talk about your research or some other topic of interest to new graduate students like "Getting involved with international student organizations". - You can use a slide deck if you want. Your name * Will you be attending? * - Yes - Probably - Probably not Do you have any dietary restrictions? Would you like to give a talk? * - Yes - No If yes: What is the title of your talk? If yes: Who is your advisor? Never submit passwords through Google Forms. Powered by [image: Google Forms] <https://www.google.com/forms/about/?utm_source=product&utm_medium=forms_log…> This form was created inside of Virginia Tech. Report Abuse <https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6BCZWuMG4k1SctQk92BLvh-d0qK9…> - Terms of Service <http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS> - Additional Terms <http://www.google.com/google-d-s/terms.html> Create your own Google Form <https://docs.google.com/forms?usp=mail_form_link> _______________________________________________ bburg-gradstudents mailing list bburg-gradstudents(a)cs.vt.edu -- Jamie Davis PhD student, Computer Science, 2015-? Virginia Tech http://people.cs.vt.edu/~davisjam/

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[Sysreading] SRG for Fall 2018
by James Davis 27 Aug '18

27 Aug '18

Hello folks interested in the Systems Reading Group, We will be starting up for Fall 2018 *next week* (sometime in Aug. 27-31). Please fill out this survey <http://whenisgood.net/SRGFall18> with your availability if you are interested in attending. I am thinking it would be nice to meet over lunch with pizza this semester. And I am pondering a change in the format to reduce the reading load. Stay tuned! Regards, ~Jamie -- Jamie Davis PhD student, Computer Science, 2015-? Virginia Tech http://people.cs.vt.edu/~davisjam/

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[Sysreading] No more meetings this semester; summer leadership?
by James Davis 30 Apr '18

30 Apr '18

Hey all, Last Friday was the last systems reading group of the spring semester. *There is no meeting on Friday May 4.* *If anyone wants to organize the reading group over the summer, let me know.* (I will not be in Blacksburg) Otherwise, we will resume in the fall. If you have graduated, etc., this is a good time to remove yourself from the mailing list <https://mailman.cs.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sysreading>. ~Jamie -- Jamie Davis PhD student, Computer Science, 2015-? Virginia Tech http://people.cs.vt.edu/~davisjam/

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