USENIX Security & SOUPS
Facebook at the USENIX Security Symposium and Symposium on Usable Privacy & Security
Facebook researchers in security and privacy are virtually attending the USENIX Security Symposium (August 12–14) and the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS; August 9–11). Learn more about USENIX Security and SOUPS on their websites.
Internet Defense Prize
Since 2014, Facebook has sponsored the Internet Defense Prize, a program that awards researchers who are working towards making the internet more secure. The 2020 winners will be announced on Thursday, August 13 at 1:00 p.m. PST as part of the USENIX Security Symposium program.
Facebook Research at USENIX Security 2020
Facebook authors are in bold.
Wednesday, August 12
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST
Track 2 (Web Security & Privacy)
- Shim Shimmeny: Evaluating the Security and Privacy Contributions of Link Shimming in the Modern Web by Frank Li
Thursday, August 13
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. PST
Track 2 (Privacy Enhancing Technologies)
- DELF: Safeguarding Deletion Correctness in Online Social Networks by Katriel Cohn-Gordon, Georgios Damaskinos, Divino Neto, Joshi Cordova, Benoît Reitz, Benjamin Strahs, Daniel Obenshain, and Paul Pearce
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. PST
Track 3 (Software Security)
- Automatic Techniques to Systematically Discover New Heap Exploitation Primitives by Insu Yun, Dhaval Kapil, and Taesoo Kim
New research award opportunity
We are pleased to announce a new research award opportunity for academic faculty at SOUPS 2020: the People’s Expectations & Experiences with Digital Privacy RFP. Following the Privacy Preserving Technologies (launched at CCS 2019) and Role of Applied Cryptography in a Privacy-Focused Advertising Ecosystem (launched at RWC 2020), this third opportunity is focused on solving UX privacy challenges.
For more information about this RFP and our commitment to advancing privacy research, visit our blog.
Meet Our Team at USENIX Security & SOUPS

Sharon Ayalde
Program Manager
Academic Programs

Katriel Cohn-Gordon
Research Scientist
Security & Privacy, Systems & Infrastructure

Nadah Feteih
Software Engineer
Security & Privacy

David Freeman
Research Scientist/Engineer
Machine Learning, Security & Privacy

Subodh Iyengar
Software Engineer
Security & Privacy, Systems & Infrastructure

Atyansh Jaiswal
Software Engineer
Security & Privacy, Systems & Infrastructure

Liz Keneski
Research Manager
Human Computer Interaction & UX, Security & Privacy

David Molnar
Engineering Manager
Security & Privacy, Systems & Infrastructure

Divino Neto
Software Engineer
Security & Privacy, Systems & Infrastructure
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