Dear all,
The next talk in the IARCS Verification Seminar Series will be given by
Supratik Chakraborty, Bajaj Group Chair Professor in the Department of
Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay. The talk is scheduled on
Thursday, Sept. 14, at 1900 hrs IST (add to Google calendar
<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=MzVzdnQxMj…>
).
The details of the talk can be found on our webpage (
https://fmindia.cmi.ac.in/vss/), and also appended to the body of this
email.
The Verification Seminar Series, an initiative by the Indian Association
for Research in Computing Science (IARCS), is a monthly, online
talk-series, broadly in the area of Formal Methods and Programming
Languages, with applications in Verification and Synthesis. The aim of this
talk-series is to provide a platform for Formal Methods researchers to
interact regularly. In addition, we hope that it will make it easier for
researchers to explore newer problems/areas and collaborate on them, and
for younger researchers to start working in these areas.
All are welcome to join.
Best regards,
Akash, Deepak, Madhukar, Srivathsan
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Title: Synthesizing Pareto-Optimal Interpretations for Black-Box ML Models
Meeting Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89164094870?pwd=eUFNRWp0bHYxRVpwVVNoVUdHU0djQT09
(Meeting ID: 891 6409 4870, Passcode: 082194)
Abstract:
We present a new multi-objective optimization approach for synthesizing
interpretations that "explain" the behavior of black-box machine learning
models. Constructing human-understandable interpretations for black-box
models often requires balancing conflicting objectives. A simple
interpretation may be easier to understand for humans while being less
precise in its predictions vis-a-vis a complex interpretation. Existing
methods for synthesizing interpretations use a single objective function
and are often optimized for a single class of interpretations. In contrast,
we provide a more general and multi-objective synthesis framework that
allows users to choose (1) the class of syntactic templates from which an
interpretation should be synthesized, and (2) quantitative measures on both
the correctness and explainability (or other suitable measure) of an
interpretation. For a given black-box, our approach yields a set of
Pareto-optimal interpretations with respect to the correctness and
explainability measures. We show that the underlying multi-objective
optimization problem can be solved via a reduction to quantitative
constraint solving, such as weighted maximum satisfiability. To demonstrate
the benefits of our approach, we have applied it to synthesize
interpretations for black-box neural-network classifiers. Our experiments
show that there often exists a rich and varied set of choices for
interpretations that are missed by existing approaches.
This is joint work with Hazem Torfah, Shetal Shah, S. Akshay and Sanjit
Seshia.
Bio: Supratik Chakraborty is Bajaj Group Chair Professor in the Department
of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay. His current research
interests include constrained sampling and counting, automated synthesis,
formal verification, automata theory and logic. He is particularly
interested in the development of scalable algorithmic techniques with
strong guarantees for reasoning about different computational models.
Supratik is a Distinguished Member of ACM, a Fellow of Indian National
Academy of Engineering and a Distinguished Alumnus Awardee of IIT Kharagpur.
Dear all,
The next talk in the IARCS Verification Seminar Series will be given by
Supratik Chakraborty, Bajaj Group Chair Professor in the Department of
Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay. The talk is scheduled on
Thursday, Sept. 14, at 1900 hrs IST (add to Google calendar
<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=MzVzdnQxMj…>
).
The details of the talk can be found on our webpage (
https://fmindia.cmi.ac.in/vss/), and also appended to the body of this
email.
The Verification Seminar Series, an initiative by the Indian Association
for Research in Computing Science (IARCS), is a monthly, online
talk-series, broadly in the area of Formal Methods and Programming
Languages, with applications in Verification and Synthesis. The aim of this
talk-series is to provide a platform for Formal Methods researchers to
interact regularly. In addition, we hope that it will make it easier for
researchers to explore newer problems/areas and collaborate on them, and
for younger researchers to start working in these areas.
All are welcome to join.
Best regards,
Akash, Deepak, Madhukar, Srivathsan
=============================================================
Title: Synthesizing Pareto-Optimal Interpretations for Black-Box ML Models
Meeting Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89164094870?pwd=eUFNRWp0bHYxRVpwVVNoVUdHU0djQT09
(Meeting ID: 891 6409 4870, Passcode: 082194)
Abstract:
We present a new multi-objective optimization approach for synthesizing
interpretations that "explain" the behavior of black-box machine learning
models. Constructing human-understandable interpretations for black-box
models often requires balancing conflicting objectives. A simple
interpretation may be easier to understand for humans while being less
precise in its predictions vis-a-vis a complex interpretation. Existing
methods for synthesizing interpretations use a single objective function
and are often optimized for a single class of interpretations. In contrast,
we provide a more general and multi-objective synthesis framework that
allows users to choose (1) the class of syntactic templates from which an
interpretation should be synthesized, and (2) quantitative measures on both
the correctness and explainability (or other suitable measure) of an
interpretation. For a given black-box, our approach yields a set of
Pareto-optimal interpretations with respect to the correctness and
explainability measures. We show that the underlying multi-objective
optimization problem can be solved via a reduction to quantitative
constraint solving, such as weighted maximum satisfiability. To demonstrate
the benefits of our approach, we have applied it to synthesize
interpretations for black-box neural-network classifiers. Our experiments
show that there often exists a rich and varied set of choices for
interpretations that are missed by existing approaches.
This is joint work with Hazem Torfah, Shetal Shah, S. Akshay and Sanjit
Seshia.
Bio: Supratik Chakraborty is Bajaj Group Chair Professor in the Department
of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay. His current research
interests include constrained sampling and counting, automated synthesis,
formal verification, automata theory and logic. He is particularly
interested in the development of scalable algorithmic techniques with
strong guarantees for reasoning about different computational models.
Supratik is a Distinguished Member of ACM, a Fellow of Indian National
Academy of Engineering and a Distinguished Alumnus Awardee of IIT Kharagpur.
Dear colleague,
The deadline for RHPL@FSTTCS has been extended to September 25, 2023 (AOE).
The CFP for the workshop is included below. We look forward to receiving your talk proposals.
Best regards,
RHPL@FSTTCS organizing committee
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Dear colleague,
As you may know, FSTTCS 2023 is the 43rd conference on Foundations of Software Technology
and Theoretical Computer Science. It is organised by IARCS, the Indian Association for
Research in Computing Science in association with ACM India. It is a very visible forum
for presenting original results in foundational aspects of Computer Science and Software
Technology.
This year, co-located with the main FSTTCS conference, IARCS is also organizing the
Workshop on Research Highlights in Programming Languages (RHPL@FSTTCS), whose inaugural
edition was held in 2020. The focus of the workshop will be on all areas of Programming
Languages, including but not limited to Program Analysis and Verification, Applied Formal
Methods, and Compilers.
The objective of the workshop is to foster interactions between the attendees of the
workshop, and more broadly between researchers working on Programming Languages and the
traditional FSTTCS community of researchers working on Theoretical Computer Science and
Formal Methods.
We solicit talk proposals for recent work that has been published in good venues, or is
mature in terms of approach and evaluation. More information about the workshop and about
submitting talk proposals is available here:
https://fmindia.cmi.ac.in/rhpl/index.html
We look forward to receiving your talk proposals to this workshop.
On Behalf of the RHPL@FSTTCS workshop organizing committee:
Deepak D'Souza (IISc Bangalore)
Uday Khedker (IIT Bombay)
Kumar Madhukar (IIT Delhi) (Organizing Co-Chair, RHPL 2023)
Kartik Nagar (IIT Madras) (Organizing Co-Chair, RHPL 2023)
Ganesan Ramalingam (Microsoft)
Aseem Rastogi (Microsoft Research, Bangalore)
Abhik Roychoudhury (National University of Singapore)
Abhisekh Sankaran (Tata Consultancy Services Research, Pune)
----- Forwarded message -----
From: IMT2019057 Nandakishore S Menon <Nandakishore.Menon(a)iiitb.ac.in>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2023 08:17:34 +0000
17th Innovations in Software Engineering Conference (ISEC 2024)
22-24 February 2024, Bangalore
https://lnkd.in/gAXwhT6U
Innovations in Software Engineering Conference, ISEC (Formerly known as India Software Engineering Conference) is the annual conference of iSOFT, the India chapter of ACM SIGSOFT (isoft.acm.org<http://isoft.acm.org/>) under the umbrella of ACM India. The 17th edition of the conference will be held in International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore, India. ISEC will bring together researchers and practitioners from across the world to share the results of their work.
The goal of the conference is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry to meet and share cutting-edge advancements in the field of software engineering.
Call for Contributions
The conference has a number of tracks, to which contributions are invited. The Call for Papers for the Research track and the Workshop and Tutorial track are already out, and those for the other tracks will be published soon.
Track: Research track
URL: https://lnkd.in/gtTDQn2w
Submission deadline: Fri 29 Sep 2023
Track: Workshop and Tutorials
URL: https://lnkd.in/gQ7eGfWr
Submission deadline: Sun 10 Sep 2023
Track: PhD Symposium
URL: https://lnkd.in/gHzpbFTC
Submission deadline: TBD
Track: Software Engineering in Practice
URL: https://lnkd.in/gxY-GU-B
Submission deadline: TBD
Organising Team
General Chair
Sujit Kumar Chakrabarti (IIIT Bangalore)
Organising Co-Chairs
Raghavan Komondoor (IISc, Bangalore)
Raveendra Kumar Medicherla (TCS Research)
Program Co-Chairs (Research Track)
Sudipto Ghosh (Colorado State University, USA)
Aseem Rastogi (Microsoft Research, India)
Workshops and Tutorial Track Co-Chairs
Manas Thakur (IIT Bombay, India)
Sruti Srinivasa Ragavan (IIT Kanpur, India)
Software Engineering in Practice Co-Chairs
Manoj Dixit (MathWorks, India)
Tukaram Muske (Synopsis, India)
PhD Symposium Chair
Subhajit Roy (IIT Kanpur, India)
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We are writing to announce a new 4 year research program "Fuzz Testing"
which will run 1 July 2023 - 30 June 2027. The research program is
funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF) Singapore. The
research program is in the area of fuzz testing for effectively
detecting software vulnerabilities.
Details of the research program can be obtained from this webpage
*https://nus-tss.github.io/fuzzing/*
We have open positions for post-doc. You are welcome to apply with your
CV to /neocy(a)nus.edu.sg/ or simply get in touch with any of the
Principal Investigators --
Zhenkai Liang, Umang Mathur, Manuel Rigger, and Abhik Roychoudhury (Lead
Principal Investigator).
NUS provides an engaging work environment, with stimulating colleagues,
lot of visitors, and good work-life balance. Salaries for the positions
are also very competitive. Applicants who have submitted their PhD
thesis but have not received the degree yet, are also eligible to be
appointed as post doc. Hence any applicants with relevant research
background, who are close to submitting their PhD thesis, are eligible
to apply.
Kind regards
//
--
-Abhik Roychoudhury
School of Computing
National University of Singapore
https://abhikrc.com
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Open PhD and Postdoc positions in Formal Analysis of
Autonomous Systems at Chalmers University
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 12:58:12 +0200
From: Hazem Torfah <torfah(a)berkeley.edu>
Dear colleagues,
The group for Safe and Trustworthy Autonomous Reasoning at Chalmers
University has openings for two PhD positions and a PostDoc position in
Formal Analysis of Autonomous Systems. We are looking for candidates
interested in developing formal techniques and tools for the
construction of provably-safe and -reliable learning-enabled autonomous
systems.
Please pass this information on to potential candidates. It would be
great if you could also share this information within your network. The
announcements for the positions are linked below:
https://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/work-with-us/vacancies/?rmpage=jo…
<https://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/work-with-us/vacancies/?rmpage=jo…>
https://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/work-with-us/vacancies/?rmpage=jo…
<https://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/work-with-us/vacancies/?rmpage=jo…>
Application deadline: Sep 1, 2023
Many thanks!
Kindest regards,
Hazem Torfah
--
Hazem Torfah
Assistant Professor
Computing Science Division
Chalmers University of Technology
412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
----- Forwarded message from Mandayam Srivas <mksrivas(a)hotmail.com> -----
From: Cristina David <cristina.david(a)gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2023 1:13 PM
To: Mandayam Srivas <mksrivas(a)hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Lecturer in Programming Languages at Bristol
Dear Srivas,
It was very nice seeing you at CAV!
I'm not sure whether I mentioned this at the conference, but we are recruiting a new lecturer in the Programming Languages group (https://www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details/?jobId=316176&jobTitle=Lecturer…).
This is the ad (unfortunately, the deadline is very soon):
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details/?jobId=316176&jobTitle=Lecturer…
I'd really appreciate it if you could send it to anyone that might be interested.
Thank you,
Cristina
----- End forwarded message -----
----- Forwarded message from Vishwas Patil <vishwasp(a)cse.iitb.ac.in> -----
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2023 03:56:18 +0530
From: Vishwas Patil <vishwasp(a)cse.iitb.ac.in>
Due to several requests for a deadline extension, we have extended the
submission deadline to August 10 (the final deadline).
Please consider submitting your security research to ICISS 2023.
Key highlights:
- Double-blind review
- Notification of results: September 20, 2023
- One best paper award
- 2 Keynotes, 1 invited talk (Sanjam Garg - UC Berkeley, Nishanth Chandran -
MS Research, Thomas Silkjaer - XRP Ledger Foundation)
- Proceedings by Springer LNCS
- the possibility of an invitation to publish extended versions in the Sadhana
journal
______________________________________________________________________
CALL FOR PAPERS
ICISS 2023
19th International Conference on Information Systems Security
(December 16 - 20, 2023)
NIT Raipur, India
https://iciss.isrdc.in
@IcissConf
Submission Deadline: August 10, 2023 (final deadline)
______________________________________________________________________
The 19th ICISS will be held at the National Institute of Technology
(NIT) Raipur between December 16 and 20, 2023. This annual conference
provides a forum for researchers and industry practitioners of
security to present their cutting-edge research and use case
experiences. We solicit previously unpublished technical papers in the
field of Security & Privacy. Papers that involve innovative solutions,
usability studies, longitudinal studies, industrial use cases, and SoK
are welcome.
This year, we will also accept PoCs of security applications under a
separate demo track and allow submission of artefacts; a separate call
is announced on the conference website. A broad but non-exhaustive
list of topics of interest is as below:
SYSTEMS SECURITY
OS, VM, containers, cloud
Network: SDN, NFV, SD-WAN
IoT, RFID, SCADA systems
Communication Protocols
IDS, IPS, SIEM, XDR, etc
Honeypot, Botnet, etc
ACCESS CONTROL
Authentication, MFA
Authorization model/policy
PKI & Trust management
Information flow control
APPLICATION SECURITY
Vulnerabilities, DevSecOps
API security, WAF, OWASP
Static/Binary analysis, Zero trust
Malware, Ransomware, APTs
SECURITY IN AI/ML
Adversarial learning/inputs
Bias, fairness, explainability
Model stealing, poisoning
Trustworthiness
Deep fakes, misinformation
HARDWARE SECURITY
Remote attestation, PUFs
Trojans, Backdoors, FPGA
TEE, TRNG, 2FA, wallets
PRIVACY
PETs, anonymization tech
Deidentification attacks
Surveillance & Censorship
Inference, correlation
BLOCKCHAIN
Cryptocurrency, stablecoins
Interoperability, scalability
Smart contracts, concurrency
DIDs, NFTs, CBDCs, AML
EMERGING TECH/STANDARDS
ChatGPT, LaMDA, Dall-E 2, et al
Security-by-design, SBOM
Privacy-by-design, STIX/TAXII
S&P USE CASES
e-voting, e-gov, smart cities
COVID-19 contact tracing
OSINT et al
Submissions must be written in English and should not exceed 20 pages;
including the bibliography and appendices. Authors must use the LNCS
template to create the manuscript. A DOUBLE-BLIND review process will be
followed, therefore the manuscripts should not have author names,
affiliations, acknowledgements, self-references or any indirect
information related to the authors of the manuscript. Please read the
submission guidelines carefully before submitting to ICISS. The
extended versions of a select few accepted papers will be invited for
publication in the Indian Academy of Sciences' journal
Sadhana. Further details will be made available on the conference
website in due course of time.
Submission Link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iciss20231
*** The BEST PAPER award is sponsored by IDRBT Hyderabad. ***
Important Dates (in AoE):
Submission deadline: Aug 10 (final deadline)
Acceptance notification: Sep 20
Camera-ready deadline: Sep 30
Steering Committee:
Venu Govindaraju, University of Buffalo
Sushil Jajodia, George Mason University
Somesh Jha, University of Wisconsin
Atul Prakash, University of Michigan
Pierangela Samarati, University of Milan
RK Shyamasundar, IIT Bombay
General Chair:
R.K. Shyamasundar, IIT Bombay
Program Chairs:
Vallipuram Muthukkumarasamy, Griffith University
Sithu D Sudarsan, CDAC Bangalore
Related Links:
Conference Website: https://iciss.isrdc.in
Past Proceedings: https://dblp.org/db/conf/iciss
Call for Papers/Tutorials/PhD Forum
https://iciss.isrdc.in/cfps/https://iciss.isrdc.in/tutorials/https://iciss.isrdc.in/phd-forum/
Submission Guidelines
https://iciss.isrdc.in/submission-guidelines/
Proceedings will be published by Springer as LNCS.
______________________________________________________________________
----- End forwarded message -----
Dear colleague,
As you may know, FSTTCS 2023 is the 43rd conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science. It is organised by IARCS, the Indian Association for Research in Computing Science in association with ACM India. It is a very visible forum for presenting original results in foundational aspects of Computer Science and Software Technology.
This year, co-located with the main FSTTCS conference, IARCS is also organizing the Workshop on Research Highlights in Programming Languages (RHPL@FSTTCS), whose inaugural edition was held in 2020. The focus of the workshop will be on all areas of Programming Languages, including but not limited to Program Analysis and Verification, Applied Formal Methods, and Compilers.
The objective of the workshop is to foster interactions between the attendees of the workshop, and more broadly between researchers working on Programming Languages and the traditional FSTTCS community of researchers working on Theoretical Computer Science and Formal Methods.
We solicit talk proposals for recent work that has been published in good venues, or is mature in terms of approach and evaluation. More information about the workshop and about submitting talk proposals is available here:
https://fmindia.cmi.ac.in/rhpl/index.html
We look forward to receiving your talk proposals to this workshop.
On Behalf of the RHPL@FSTTCS workshop organizing committee:
Deepak D'Souza (IISc Bangalore)
Uday Khedker (IIT Bombay)
Kumar Madhukar (IIT Delhi) (Organizing Co-Chair, RHPL 2023)
Kartik Nagar (IIT Madras) (Organizing Co-Chair, RHPL 2023)
Ganesan Ramalingam (Microsoft)
Aseem Rastogi (Microsoft Research, Bangalore)
Abhik Roychoudhury (National University of Singapore)
Abhisekh Sankaran (Tata Consultancy Services Research, Pune)