Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois Chicago

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We've started the process of putting together the Program Committee for ACM CCS 2024 @acm_ccs, and have opened the (self) nomination form. I'm chairing the Web Security track. If you or someone you know would be a good fit, please fill out the form: forms.gle/ciTjchg75CM3sTDW6

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MADWeb 2025 will be co-chaired by the awesome team of @blueminimal, Limin Jia, and Yinzhi Cao. Send them your papers! #websecurity #webprivacy
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After several success iterations of SecWeb, @stecalzavara and I have decided that it's best for the Web community to merge with MADWeb, as we want to avoid fragmenting the community. So, please consider submitting to madweb.work/ (weather is nicer in San Diego ;-))
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It's a wrap! Thanks to all the participants, authors, PC members, session chairs, our awesome keynote speakers, and my co-chair @jpolakis for making this #secweb edition so special. See you in 2025! πŸ‘‹πŸŒ @IEEESSP #ieeesp2024
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And the #secweb best paper award goes to "Manufactured Narratives: On the Potential of Manipulating Social Media to Politicize World Events" by Chris Tsoukaladelis (@_Uticensis) and Nick Nikiforakis (@nicknikiforakis) from @stonybrooku ! Congrats to the authors! πŸŽ‰ CC @jpolakis
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The second and last keynote of #secweb is by Alexandros Kapravelos (@kapravel) on "Unveiling Web Threats: Insights from JavaScript Behavior". A journey started in 2019 with VisibleV8 that continues today! "It's like strace for the Web" github.com/wspr-ncsu/visible… CC @jpolakis
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Last paper of the workshop before the second keynote and the best paper award ceremony is "Exploring the Capabilities and Limitations of Video Stream Fingerprinting" by Timothy Walsh! #secweb CC @jpolakis
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Next is "Manufactured Narratives: On the Potential of Manipulating Social Media to Politicize World Events" by @_Uticensis #secweb CC @jpolakis
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We are resuming operations after the lunch break! First paper of the afternoon session is "User Verification System using Location-based Dynamic Questions for Account Recovery" by @YamaGutsu #secweb Session moderated by @jannis_r CC @jpolakis
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Next is @roongta_ritik with a paper on breakage caused by Adblockers "From Blocking to Breaking: Evaluating the Impact of Adblockers on Web Usability" #secweb CC @jpolakis
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A fundamental supplement in the cookie-free diet is the Topics API. Yohan Beugin is now presenting "A Public and Reproducible Assessment of the Topics API on Real Data"! #secweb Session moderated by David Klein @tuBraunschweig CC @jpolakis
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In our first keynote for today, @tomvangoethem takes us on a "Journey towards a Cookie-free Diet" πŸͺ #secweb secweb.work CC @jpolakis
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The main conference is over, but we are just starting! The 5th edition of the SecWeb workshop will begin in less than 1h. Come to Plaza A at 9 am if you are at @IEEESSP or follow us on this space. Program at secweb.work/ #secweb CC @jpolakis
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Our second keynote speaker for #SecWeb2024 will be Prof. Alexandros Kapravelos @kapravel from NC State! He will present "Unveiling Web Threats: Insights from JavaScript Behavior". See you in San Francisco on May 23rd! @IEEESSP @blueminimal
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We are excited to announce the first keynote speaker of SecWeb 2024! Dr. Tom Van Goethem @tomvangoethem from Google & KU Leuven will talk about "The Journey towards a Cookie-free Diet". Be there! #SecWeb2024 @IEEESSP @blueminimal
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We have extended the #SecWeb deadline to Monday (Feb. 26), so authors have additional time to complete their submissions! #SecWeb will be co-located with @IEEESSP, and will take place on May 23rd! cc @blueminimal
The #SecWeb deadline is less than 3 days away. Now is the time to finalize and submit your exciting and provocative web security and privacy research! secweb.work/2024.html cc @blueminimal
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Besides standard submissions, remember that it's also possible to opt out of the proceedings in case of work-in-progress research! Take the chance to refine your idea and get constructive feedback from our community! #SecWeb πŸ”— secweb.work/ πŸ“œ secweb24.secpriv.tuwien.ac.a…

The #SecWeb deadline is less than 3 days away. Now is the time to finalize and submit your exciting and provocative web security and privacy research! secweb.work/2024.html cc @blueminimal
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The #SecWeb deadline is less than 3 days away. Now is the time to finalize and submit your exciting and provocative web security and privacy research! secweb.work/2024.html cc @blueminimal

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Do you have any interesting work in progress in systems security? Negative results? Cool student projects? EuroSec is the perfect place to present it, and offers an excuse to visit Athens and attend EuroSys. Deadline February 14. secopera.eu/eurosec-2024/

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The submission site for #SecWeb '24 is now live at secweb24.secpriv.tuwien.ac.a…. The deadline is on Feb 22, just 2 weeks from now! It's time to get your papers ready, we are looking forward to your submissions! πŸŒπŸ“œ secweb.work/ CC @jpolakis

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If you've been doing any cool web security research lately, submit it to SecWeb (secweb.work/2024.html)! The workshop is collocated with IEEE S&P and will take place on May 23rd, 2024 in SF. Submission deadline: February 22.

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