1. 1 How to 0wn the Internet in Your Spare Time First paper in Internet worm research  Right after Code Red in July 2001, very important Showed that a simple differential equation can accurately model a complex process (worm)  Impressive magic of math model  Research rule: borrow mathematic/algorithm from other areas into your area could generate a very good paper Present an advanced worm  Scary news, but very good for publicity  Research rule (security):  Follow the news, so that people think your work is important  You can research on both defense and attack!

2. 2 Internet Quarantine: Requirements for Containing Self-Propagating Code Shortly after Code Red incident  Nobody knows how to defend Research from another angle:  What if we have a filter method, will it be effective for a fast spreading worm?  Research rule: assume you have something, conduct the following research  One paper is usually based on many assumptions Authors advantage: monitored data  Use the data to simulate, verify  Research rule: a real trace based simulation is much more convincing

3. 3 Presentation Tips Dry run before presentation  Test timing, familiarity. Feel confident. Create examples/figures to explain  May not in paper, create by yourself  Include some pictures, animations Emphasis (be focus)  Success if you pass the single central idea  Audience cannot understand everything in 30 minutes!  If you cannot explain a point clearly, skip it  Only use a sentence to say the name, results