Aastha Mehta

Assistant Professor, UBC CS, | Past associations @mpi_sws, NetApp, @bitspilaniindia

[Aastha Mehta @aasthakm]

Four papers and multiple posters from the Security and Privacy Group (@NP_tokumei @tfjmp and me) @UBC_CS at #usesec25. Come chat with us if you are at the conference.
https://t.co/IgiB1j4yL0

https://t.co/y1rzeriESJ

@UBC_Systopia

[UBC Computer Science @UBC_CS]

Curious about graduate programs at UBC Computer Science? Join our virtual Q&A sessions about admissions to our MSc, PhD-track and PhD program on Wed Dec 3! Register here: https://t.co/wkjg0xg5zs

[UBC Computer Science @UBC_CS]

UBC Computer Science invites applications for up to two full-time tenure-track positions with the following priority areas: visualization, robotics, reinforcement learning, data management, and data mining. Applications are due Wed Dec 10, 2025. https://t.co/ARgHUbnGny

[Harsh Goenka @hvgoenka]

All the musical greats get together very recently to sing ‘Abhi na jao chod kar’- a mesmerising medley! The best music I’ve heard in 2024!

[UBC Computer Science @UBC_CS]

Congrats to Drs. Aastha Mehta and Karthik Pattabiraman for their successful funding proposal to the National Cybersecurity Consortium about ICS security in the age of industry
https://t.co/b7mF4RK9M0
#Cybersecurity #ResearchExcellence
@aasthakm @UBCScience @ECEUBC

[UBC Computer Science @UBC_CS]

Advance your #ComputerScience studies in a fully-funded #MSc research program (2 yrs), #PhD program, or PhD Track program (no Master’s required!). 24 different research groups across all areas of CS!
Info session Dec. 5. Apply by Dec. 15
https://t.co/wsROesGzMQ
#GradSchool

[UBC Science @ubcscience]

.@UBC_CS computer scientist Dr. Arpan Gujarati (@arpanbg) designs real time safety-critical software systems—air bags, airplanes, drones, robots, etc.—where failure is not an option.

[Aastha Mehta @aasthakm]

🎓PhD opportunities alert!🎓

Passionate about building cutting-edge systems or security solutions for #cloud, #datacenter, or #industrialcontrolsystems? Join my group at UBC CS.

🗓️Deadline: Dec 15
🔗Apply here: https://t.co/lnikjThqPE

#PhD #hiring

[Stratis Tsirtsis @stratis_]

👋I am on the academic job market, looking for tenure-track positions. I work on machine learning, decision making, and social aspects of AI. Let's get in touch if your institution is hiring!
💻https://t.co/AVz2RULpMc
😀Shares are very much appreciated!

[𝓟𝓱𝓸𝓷𝓰 @NP_tokumei]

I also would like to bring to your attention that our Security & Privacy Group @UBC_CS is hiring! We are looking for talented students to join our team. If you are interested in working on cutting-edge research in security and privacy, please don't hesitate to reach out.

@aasthakm and I are @USENIXSecurity in person, but the rest of our team would love to hear from you and discuss potential opportunities! We're a diverse group of people working on topics related to systems security, cloud security, network security, privacy, ML, and software engineering.

https://t.co/lZzCM1xi5m

[Aastha Mehta @aasthakm]

It's @USENIXSecurity time.

@rutvora will be presenting NetShaper on Thursday, Aug 15 at 2:15pm. Check out the paper (https://t.co/FLxqhGGfLW) and our artifact (https://t.co/uG7mxSG3MR).

Come find us at #usesec24 to know more about the work.

[Aastha Mehta @aasthakm]

Happy to share that our paper NetShaper with @Amir__Sabzi, @rutvora, Swati, @margo_seltzer and @mathias_lecuyer will appear at @USENIXSecurity '24. We present a novel differentially private traffic shaping solution to mitigate network side channel leaks in Internet apps.

[UBC Computer Science @UBC_CS]

Our own Thomas Pasquier received an Amazon Research Award. Learn more about the program on the Amazon Science website: https://t.co/tP2ZgIZupI
#AmazonResearchAwards
@tfjmp @UBCScience

[Thomas Pasquier @tfjmp]

With my student @Squiffyee and colleagues, we put out a survey on kernel compartmentalization techniques. Please do not hesitate to send feedback our way so we can improve the final version. Did we miss something? Do we present all work accurately?

https://t.co/Mjf6IMmCcV

[Aastha Mehta @aasthakm]

@vj_chidambaram There will also be an International ML Olympiad.

[Rua M. Williams @FractalEcho]

The racism behind chatGPT that we aren't talking about...

This year, I learned that students use chatGPT because they believe it helps them sound more respectable. And I learned that it absolutely does not work. A thread. 🧵

[Manu Awasthi @mnwsth]

Advisor to phd students during every weekly update meeting

[Helge Rhodin @HelgeRhodin]

I'm excited to share that I'll be starting as full professor at Bielefeld University, Germany in March 2024. There will be four PhD openings, the first one on privacy-preserving computer vision is linked below! Apply by Dec. 21:
https://t.co/4rVIC4v6cg

[Systopia Lab @UBC_Systopia]

@tjfmp is an assistant professor at UBC. He is part of Systopia (https://t.co/U0sMkYrmzb) and Security and Privacy
(https://t.co/em5iK2UCJn) groups. He is looking for PhD and MSc students working on OS, Linux Kernel Security, Intrusion Detection, and ML for Systems.

[Systopia Lab @UBC_Systopia]

Arpan @arpanbg is the newest faculty in the lab who works on distributed and real time systems and is looking to hire multiple PhD students!

[Aastha Mehta @aasthakm]

Also @Amir__Sabzi, who is the first author on this paper, is applying for a PhD. Watch out for his application.

[Aastha Mehta @aasthakm]

If you are interested in doing research in systems or security, apply for a PhD at @UBC_CS.