This document provides an overview of a course being taught by Ben Livshits of Microsoft Research. The course will introduce security and compilers before lunch. After lunch, Livshits will present on recent research projects including Nozzle and Gatekeeper to give students a sense of current topics and what is required to publish in the field. The goal is to understand students' backgrounds, provide lunch for discussion, and showcase Microsoft research.

1. Course Overview Ben Livshits

2. Ben Livshits Microsoft Research Redmond, Washington http://research.microsoft.com/~livshits/

3. Microsoft Research Microsoft Research Redmond, WA Организация Microsoft Research 300-400 исследователей и ученых Исследования в computer science …с двумя основными целями: академическое влияние и публикации исследования, отражающиеся в продуктах Microsoft’ав следующие 5-10 лет

4. Goals Before lunch: Figuring out students’ background Making sure that everyone is on the same page Lunch Free-form discussion Feeding time ;-) After lunch Show some of the current research Will give several conference talks that appeared in the last 2 years Will give a sense of what the research community is interested in Will give a sense of the flavor of work that is being done and what it takes to get a paper published Will answer questions 4

5. Course Outline 11:15-12:50: Introduction to security 13:00-14:35: Introduction to compilers 14:35-15:35: Lunch 15:35-17:10: Connecting the two topics Recent research 15:35-16:30: Nozzle 16:30-17:10 Gatekeeper Before lunch: Figuring out students’ background Making sure that everyone is on the same page Lunch Free-form discussion Feeding time ;-) After lunch Show some of the current research Will give several conference talks that appeared in the last 2 years Will give a sense of what the research community is interested in Will give a sense of the flavor of work that is being done and what it takes to get a paper published Will answer questions