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Seminar on Systems Security

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Last Updated: 2026-07-21 00:35:21

Abstract

The seminar focuses on critical thinking and critique of fundamental as well as recent advances in systems security.

Objective

The learning objective is to analyze selected research papers published at top systems+security venues and then identify open problems in this space. The seminar will achieve this via several components: reading papers, technical presentations, class discussions, and exploring potential research topics.

Content

Each student will pick one paper from the selected list, present it in the class, and lead the discussion for that paper.

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