CS 297, CS 197: Security and Programming Languages

Course requirements and schedule

• Course requirements:
  • Paper presentations (60 points). You will make two presentations (each 35-40 minutes). Each presentation will cover one or two papers from the list of papers. You should not simply dump the paper's contents onto powerpoint slides and talk through them, but should instead explain the papers' contents. Points will be awarded for effectivness in presentation, creativity and willingness to "go the extra mile" in explaining.
  • Discussion (25 points). Each presentation will be followed by a short 10-15 discussion, conducted and led by students. You will sign up as "lead discusser" for two presentations other than their own presentations. You will also sign up as "discusser" for six additional presentations (not counting their own presentations or the ones as "lead").
  • Final presentation and paper (15 points). You will take up a sub-topic, and will identify software tools relevant to this topic not already covered in class. Then, download the tool, get it working with a few examples that demonstrate its use. Then, you will submit a well-written 2-page summary of your findings and make a 5-minute presentation of your findings in class on June 30th. Your findings should include the examples, and a list of advantages/disadvantages of the tool.
  • Exceptions. Because we may not have exactly as many students as presentation slots, we will need to adjust course requirements for some students. Presentation slots will be allocated first-come-first-served. Students with fewer presentation slots will have higher expectations (and points) on their final paper.

• Schedule:
  • Tue, May 24: Introduction (Simha)

  • Thu, May 26:
    1. First presentation: Group A papers 1-3 (A1, A2, A3).
       Presenter: Peter Wihl ( PPT slides)
       Lead discusser:
       Other discussers: Stuart Pickard, Ravjot Pasricha
    2. Second presentation: A4, A5
       Presenter: Chris Durham ( PPT slides) ( sample Java program)
       Lead discusser: Parm Aulakh
       Other discussers: Stuart Pickard, Yu-Hao Hu

  • Tue, May 31:
    1. Second presentation: B1, B2
       Presenter: David Hill ( PPT slides)
       Lead discusser: Stuart Pickard
       Other discussers: Ben Watson, Peter Wihl

  • Thu, June 2:
    1. First presentation: C1, C2
       Presenter: Ben Watson ( PPT slides)
       Lead discusser: Chris Durham
       Other discussers: Ravjot Pasricha, Peter Wihl
    2. Second presentation: D1, D2
       Presenter: Stuart Pickard ( PPT slides)
       Lead discusser: Laura
       Other discussers: Yu-Hao Hu, Ben Watson, Laura Hauser

  • Tue, June 7:
    1. First presentation: E1, E2
       Presenter: Laura Hauser ( PPT slides)
       Lead discusser: David Hill
       Other discussers: Stuart Pickard, Ravjot Pasricha, Parm Aulakh
    2. Second presentation: E3, E4
       Presenter: Richard Mancusi ( PPT slides)
       Lead discusser: Ben Watson
       Other discussers: Ravjot Pasricha, David Hill, Parm Aulakh

  • Thu, June 9:
    1. First presentation: E5, E6, E7 ( PPT slides)
       Presenter: Ben Watson
       Lead discusser: Richard Mancusi
       Other discussers: David Hill, Laura Hauser, Peter Wihl
    2. Second presentation: E8, E9
       Presenter: Ravjot Pasricha
       Lead discusser: David Hill
       Other discussers: Ben Watson, Chris Durham, Richard Mancusi

  • Tue, June 14:
    1. First presentation: F1, F2, F3
       Presenter: Yu-Hao Hu ( PPT slides)
       Lead discusser: Stuart Pickard
       Other discussers: Ben Watson, Chris Durham, Richard Mancusi
    2. Second presentation: G1, G2, G3
       Presenter: Stuart Pickard ( PPT slides)
       Lead discusser: Chris Durham
       Other discussers: Ravjot Pasricha, Yu-Hao Hu, Richard Mancusi
    3. Third presentation: I3
       Presenter: Brad Herrup ( PPT slides)
       Lead discusser: Laura Hauser
       Other discussers: Peter Wihl, David Hill, Parm Aulakh

  • Thu, June 16:
    1. First presentation: H1, H2, H3
       Presenter: Yu-Hao Hu ( PPT slides)
       Lead discusser: Peter Wihl
       Other discussers: Chris Durham, Richard Mancusi, David Hill
    2. Second presentation: H4, H5
       Presenter: Parminder Aulakh ( PPT slides)
       Lead discusser: Ravjot Pasricha
       Other discussers: Stuart Pickard, Laura Hauser, Brad Herrup
    3. Third presentation: I4
       Presenter: Chris Durham ( PPT slides)
       Lead discusser: Brad Herrup
       Other discussers: David Hill, Parm Aulakh,

  • Tue, June 21:
    1. First presentation: H6, H7
       Presenter: Ravjot Pasricha
       Lead discusser: Yu-Hao Hu
       Other discussers: Stuart Pickard, Ben Watson, Richard Mancusi
    2. Second presentation: H8, H9, H10
       Presenter: Peter Wihl ( PPT slides)
       Lead discusser: Richard Mancusi
       Other discussers: Chris Durham, Ben Watson, Brad Herrup

  • Thu, June 23:
    1. First presentation: H11, H12
       Presenter: Laura Hauser ( PPT slides)
       Lead discusser: Ravjot Pasricha
       Other discussers: Brad Herrup, Yu-Hao Hu, Richard Mancusi
    2. Second presentation: H13, H14
       Presenter: Brad Herrup ( PPT slides)
       Lead discusser: Ben Watson
       Other discussers: Stuart Pickard, Chris Durham, Yu-Hao Hu

  • Tue, June 28:
    1. First presentation: I1
       Presenter: Richard Mancusi ( PPT slides)
       Lead discusser: Parm Aulakh
       Other discussers: David Hill, Laura Hauser, Brad Herrup
    2. Second presentation: I5
       Presenter: David Hill ( PPT slides)
       Lead discusser: Yu-Hao Hu
       Other discussers:Peter Wihl, Laura Hauser, Chris Durham

  • Thu, June 30:
    1. First presentation: I6
       Presenter: Parminder Aulakh
       Lead discusser: Peter Wihl
       Other discussers: Laura Hauser, David Hill, Brad Herrup

• Final papers/presentations:
  • Parm Aulakh: AIDE (Paper, Presentation)
  • YuHao Hu: (Paper, Presentation)
  • Ben Watson: FxCop (Paper, Presentation)
  • Laura Hauser: Obfuscation (Paper, Presentation)
  • Richard Mancusi: UNO (Paper, Presentation)
  • David Hill: SE-Linux (Paper, Presentation)
  • Ravjot Pasricha: Splint (Paper, Presentation)
  • Stuart Pickard: ITS (Paper, Presentation)
  • Brad Herrup: SLAM (Paper, Presentation)
  • Peter Wihl: (Paper, Presentation)
  • Chris Durham: FlawFinder (Paper, Presentation)