Definition
Plain language
A major annual computer-security research conference.
As stated in the literature
The USENIX Security Symposium, a top-tier computer-security venue; one of four proceedings audited in the Phantom References citation-fabrication study.
Why it matters: As a top security venue, the work it publishes shapes how the field defends real systems, making the integrity of its papers important.
For example, a team that discovers a new way to break a widely used encryption tool might present it at USENIX Security.
Heard on the show
“They audited about forty-eight thousand accepted papers and over two and a half million references across ICLR, ICML, NeurIPS, and USENIX Security.”Episode 201 — One in Four NeurIPS Papers Cites a Reference That Doesn't Exist