Hello everyone, We are interested in organizing the third meetup of the Papers We Love Chennai Chapter on Saturday, 19 January 2019. “Papers We Love” is a group for reading and discussing Computer Science research papers. The meetup will happen from 3pm to 4.30pm at the office of Viasat India <https://www.viasat.com/locations/india-%E2%80%93-chennai> in SP Infocity campus (Google Maps <https://goo.gl/maps/XtXuwA6fF8H2>).
Abhirath Mahipal <https://csjourney.com/about> is going to present on this paper: *"Vuvuzela: Scalable Private Messaging Resistant to Traffic Analysis <https://vuvuzela.io/research>." *Jelle van den Hooff, David Lazar, Matei Zaharia, and Nickolai Zeldovich*. SOSP 2015. *PDF <https://vuvuzela.io/static/vuvuzela.pdf>*.* *How it works:* Someone proposes a research paper that they want to present at the next meeting. At the meeting, the presentation happens for 30-60 minutes followed by a discussion with the audience. The meetings are open for all to attend. Refreshments will be served. *Pre-requisites for meetup on Saturday:* We received permission to use Viasat SP Infocity campus as a venue. Due to security policies, any outside visitors will have to RSVP before attending the event. *Please email your name and contact number before 9AM of the day of the meetup*. We will send you an SMS that can be shown to the security persons to allow you entry inside the campus. The exact address is Viasat India Private Limited Module 1 & 2, 5th Floor, Block C, SP Infocity, No 40, MGR Salai, Kandanchavadi, Perungudi, Chennai 600096. If you are coming by public transport, there are two options: 1. Chennai MRTS Chennai Beach to Velachery Line: Get down at Taramani MRTS Railway Station and take an auto to SP Infocity Main Gate. Auto shouldn't cost Rs.30-40.and you will reach in 5 minutes. 2. Get down at Kandanchavadi bus stand and walk for 10 minutes on Anna Nedun Salai Road. Please come to the Main Gate. *Benefits* - It is possible to develop a principled understanding of technical problems when you explore the research literature. For example, the Meltdown <https://meltdownattack.com/meltdown.pdf> and Spectre processor vulnerabilities were first published as research papers. - Research papers are more trust-worthy since most of them are peer-reviewed i.e., they are published after their claims are reviewed by other experts in that area. In contrast to this, blogs and news websites are incentivized to hype recent advances and promote click-bait content <http://approximatelycorrect.com/2017/03/28/the-ai-misinformation-epidemic/> . - You might step out of your comfort zone (research ideas are sometimes complex) and meet interesting people. - Computer Science is advancing at a tremendous pace. If you engage with the research community, your knowledge will grow and compound over time. This knowledge can help you solve challenging business problems <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eRx5Wo3xYA>. - “When I talk to researchers, when I talk to people wanting to engage in entrepreneurship, I tell them that if you read research papers consistently, if you seriously study half a dozen papers a week and you do that for two years, after those two years you will have learned a lot. This is a fantastic investment in your own long term development” – Andrew Ng <https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/13/andrew-ng_n_7267682.html> (Co-founder of Coursera, among other things) We look forward to seeing you there. Thank you. Ganesh Srinivas Organizer, Papers We Love Chennai Software Engineer, Viasat
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