Are you curious about what it means to get a PhD in Computer Science? Want to network with faculty from @UofMaryland, @Cornell, and @mpi_sws_ on a free weeklong trip to Germany? Then apply for the CMMRS program! Due Feb 15. Here's what you can expect 👇.

Please share this with any solid undergrad or masters student you think might be interested!.

Our overarching goal is for you all to make informed decisions as to whether or not to get a PhD. We're just as happy if you leave knowing you *don't* want one, so long as the decision is informed. But we think you'll leave excited about a future career in research!.

Demystify what getting a CS PhD entails. It's not 5 years more of classes! It won't cost you a dime! You spend most of your time working on *your* research and developing *your* passions. Learn about the kinds of careers that a CS PhD opens up.

Engage with CS faculty from UMD, Cornell, and MPI one-on-one and attend talks about their research. Meet like-minded students who will be your future research peers!.

On @Cloudflare Radar, you can now track various forms of traffic tampering around the world! This is the result of our collaboration between @UofMaryland and Cloudflare to develop passive ways of detecting when third parties tamper with user traffic. Stay tuned for a blog post!

RT @jjx: Researcher Erik Rye spoke at @BlackHatEvents then joined us for Ep. 27 of #PacketProtector 🎙️to dive into how Apple's WiFi Positi….

Do you ever get a blockpage from a country that neither you nor your destination's server are in? If so, DM me!.

The @ACM_IMC_2024 Internet Measurement Conference site is now open for submissions! Register by May 8th (aoe) and submit by May 15th. This is the largest IMC program committee to date; put us to work!

Congrats to Sadia Nourin for receiving one of only six NSF GRFPs in the field of cybersecurity! It's been a pleasure working with Sadia, and I'm excited to see what's in store for her in the PhD years to come!.

RT @UMDscience: Congrats to the 9 @NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recipients from CMNS this year!. Recipients include #ScienceTerp gradua….

RT @secparam: The UMD security group is hiring a postdoc. Want to work in applied cryptography and zk proofs with me or @gkaptchuk? Or usab….

What reminded me of this was watching the kids going to my kid's pre-k school. They were so excited and happy to be there. Do what you can to bring that kind of childlike joy and wonder to your work for you, your students, your employees.

Are you a UX developer? Do you want to work on something that *actually* makes the world a Better Place? Look no further than working with the wonderful OTF to help oppressed people around the world more freely communicate.

When I was in grad school, I had the pleasure of visiting @Pixar to give a tech demo. While waiting outside the security gate first thing in the morning, I watched employees drive in, and they were laughing and smiling. When was the last time you were giddy to go to work?.

RT @CollegeParkMC2: A groundbreaking study on circumventing China’s latest censorship system conducted by Dave Levin (@DistributedDave) and….

My colleague @Alan_Lau gave a great talk at #HotNets about applying LLMs to help automate internet incident investigation!

This month was the 18th anniversary of the TCP opt-ack attack discovered by @capveg, which can induce a server to DoS its own link. The opt-ack paper pitched a nice solution, but no solution's been adopted; the Internet remains vulnerable. Maybe next year!

I'm proud of my BS/MS student Sadia and all she's accomplished in such a short time! She's applying for PhD programs now so keep an eye out!.