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Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · 23d

Interested in joining my group as a visiting PhD student?

Working on a topic closely related to my research, reach out!

Details on visiting UBC: goglobal.ubc.ca/go-global/c...

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Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · 23d

I’m recruiting funded PhD students to work on intrusion detection at the intersection of machine learning, systems, and security. Deadline is Dec 15.

Learn about our group at UBC: spg.cs.ubc.ca/
Some information about the application process: tfjmp.org/#phd

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Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Aug 28

Our USENIX login; article presenting our two recent articles at USENIX Security is out:
www.usenix.org/publication...

Toward Practical and Usable Provenance-based Intrusion Detection Systems

www.usenix.org

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Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Aug 15

Our two papers are being presented today at USENIX Security.

Paper 1: www.usenix.org/conference/...
Paper 2: www.usenix.org/conference/...

A big thanks to the two fantastic graduate students Baoxiang and Tristan who are presenting!

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Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Jul 30

Our paper is being presented today at ACM REP (acm-rep.github.io/2025/).

You can the pre-print online here: tfjmp.org/publication...

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Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Jul 28

I am pleased to announce that our paper, which attempts to reproduce provenance-based intrusion detection, has been accepted at ACM REP 2025.

This is a collaboration spearheaded by Ashish Gehani from SRI!

Paper: tfjmp.org/publication...

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Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Jul 17

The Security & Privacy Group will be hiring multiple fully-funded Master's and PhD students next year.

For more information about funding: www.cs.ubc.ca/students/gr...

To apply: www.cs.ubc.ca/students/gr...

Explore our latest publications: spg.cs.ubc.ca/publication/

Publications | UBC Security & Privacy Group

UBC Security & Privacy Group

spg.cs.ubc.ca

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Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Jul 14

Joyeuse fête nationale à tous!

Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Jul 1

Happy Canada Day everyone!

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Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Jun 30

The agenda for the ACM Conference on Reproducibility and Replicability is online! Join us in Vancouver on July 29-31!

Agenda: acm-rep.github.io/2025/agenda/
Keynotes: acm-rep.github.io/2025/keynotes/

Featured Keynote Speakers | ACM REP 2025

acm-rep.github.io

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Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Jun 26

We have three fantastic keynote speakers lined up for the ACM Conference on Reproducibility and Replicability (Jul 29-31):

- Edward Miguel from UC Berkeley
- Etienne Roesch from the University of Reading
- Margo Seltzer from UBC

Find out more online: acm-rep.github.io/2025/keynotes/

Featured Keynote Speakers | ACM REP 2025

acm-rep.github.io

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Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Jun 20

I am honored to share (a bit late) that I have received a teaching award from UBC CS department! A big "thank you" to the fantastic TAs and students.

The course covers advanced topics in operating systems.

Website: tfjmp.org/UBC-CPSC-436A/

CPSC 436A 2024

4th year Operating Systems Design and Implementation course at UBC.

tfjmp.org

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Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Jun 19

The ACM Conference on Reproducibility and Replicability will take place at UBC on July 29-31 (acm-rep.github.io/2025/).

Early conference registration is open until July 7: acm-rep.github.io/2025/regist...

Discounted accommodation is available until June 27: reserve.suitesatubc.com/vancouver/a...

Registration | ACM REP 2025

Registrations will be online only and will close on July 25, 2025. On-site registrations will not be available. Register Registration fees ACM Full member: 500 USD (late: 600 USD) ACM Student Member: 250 USD (late: 300 USD) Full Non-member: 600 USD (late: 720 USD) Student Non-member: 300 USD (late: 360 USD) Dinner reception: 90 USD (late: 110 USD) In-person registration includes: access to all sessions and tutorials, breaks and lunches on each day.

acm-rep.github.io

Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Jun 16

3/3 We plan to support the inclusion of more systems in the framework. We welcome pull requests and GitHub issues!

Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Jun 16

2/3 The framework includes the reimplementation of seven systems from the literature (ThreaTrace, NodLink, Magic, Kairos, Flash, R-CAID, and Orthrus) in addition to the baseline introduced in the paper.

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Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Jun 16

1/3 Along with our latest paper, accepted at USENIX Security, we have released an open-source framework to facilitate the evaluation of provenance-based intrusion detection systems.

Paper: tfjmp.org/publication...
Framework: github.com/ubc-provena...

GitHub - ubc-provenance/PIDSMaker: An ML framework for building provenance-based intrusion detection systems (USENIX Sec'25)

An ML framework for building provenance-based intrusion detection systems (USENIX Sec'25) - ubc-provenance/PIDSMaker

github.com

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Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Jun 11

The Privacy & Security Group at @cs.ubc.ca will be recruiting fully funded graduate students again next year!

We welcome Canadian and International students from all backgrounds!

More information on our website: spg.cs.ubc.ca/

Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Jun 9

I am pleased to announce that our second paper got accepted at #USENIX Security 2025!

Two fantastic visiting students conducted the work
Tristan Bilot and Baoxiang Jiang at ‪@cs.ubc.ca‬ with the help of Zefeng Li.

Paper: tfjmp.org/publication...
Code: github.com/ubc-provena...

Screenshot of the abstract for the paper "Sometimes Simpler is Better: A Comprehensive Analysis of State-of-the-Art Provenance-Based Intrusion Detection Systems".

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Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Jun 6

International students, look out for the fantastic opportunities offered by @mitacs.bsky.social across Canada's higher education!

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Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Jun 6

She first came to UBC through a @mitacs.bsky.social‬ Globalink Research Internship and returned for her thesis supervision, supported by a @mitacs.bsky.social‬ Globalink Research Award.

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Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Jun 6

It is my pleasure to announce that Anastasiia Beheni successfully defended her Bachelor's thesis on memory management at the
Ukrainian Catholic University. It was a great pleasure and honor to be her thesis advisor.

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Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Jan 30

Thanks to the two visiting students, Baoxiang Jiang and Tristan Bilot, for their fantastic work on this project!

To find more information about the visiting student status at
@cs.ubc.ca , check here: goglobal.ubc.ca/go-global/co...

Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Jan 30

Our paper on provenance-based intrusion detection has been accepted at USENIX Security 2025!

📄 Preprint: tfjmp.org/publications...
🛠️ Artifact: github.com/ubc-provenan...

Check it out! #CyberSecurity #IntrusionDetection #USENIXSecurity @cs.ubc.ca

Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp.bsky.social · Jan 30

Our paper on provenance-based intrusion detection has been accepted at USENIX Security 2025!

📄 Preprint: tfjmp.org/publications...
🛠️ Artifact: github.com/ubc-provenan...

Check it out! #CyberSecurity #IntrusionDetection #USENIXSecurity @cs.ubc.ca

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