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Next PINE Meeting and Presentations

Written on 14.05.26 by Thorsten Eisenhofer

Dear Students,

Congratulations on your fantastic efforts so far! As this wave comes to a close, we would like to remind you about our next meeting on Wednesday, 20.05 at 14:15 in room C0.01.

For this meeting, we would ideally like 4-5 students to present their solutions to one of the challenges.… Read more

Dear Students,

Congratulations on your fantastic efforts so far! As this wave comes to a close, we would like to remind you about our next meeting on Wednesday, 20.05 at 14:15 in room C0.01.

For this meeting, we would ideally like 4-5 students to present their solutions to one of the challenges. If you are interested in sharing your work, please register here:
https://terminplaner6.dfn.de/b/84f32bd35213948e5b05370e6f01cdd7-1716116

Please note that, by the end of the semester, each student is expected to have given one presentation, as this is part of your final grade.

As a reminder, your presentations should be about 10 minutes and self-contained. This means that you should:
- Briefly explain the problem the challenge addresses
- Explain how your method work
- Describe what alternatives or iterations you tried
- Present some of results how your solution performs

Happy hacking,
The PINE Team

Friendly Reminder: LSF Registration Deadline

Written on 11.05.26 by Thorsten Eisenhofer

Dear Students,

just a quick reminder that the LSF registration deadline is approaching quickly. Please make sure to register by May 13 if you would like to participate in the course.

If you no longer plan to participate, we would appreciate a short email so we can keep track of the… Read more

Dear Students,

just a quick reminder that the LSF registration deadline is approaching quickly. Please make sure to register by May 13 if you would like to participate in the course.

If you no longer plan to participate, we would appreciate a short email so we can keep track of the numbers.

Happy hacking,
The PINE Team

Connecting from the university network

Written on 06.05.26 by Thorsten Eisenhofer

Dear Students,

Some of you ran into issues connecting to the servers from the university network. We checked this with our IT and found a routing issue that was likely causing the problem. It should now be fixed.

Happy hacking,
The PINE Team

P.S. Congrats to all the teams that made it into… Read more

Dear Students,

Some of you ran into issues connecting to the servers from the university network. We checked this with our IT and found a routing issue that was likely causing the problem. It should now be fixed.

Happy hacking,
The PINE Team

P.S. Congrats to all the teams that made it into the global top 5 ranking at raid-international.org ! 📈

Report template

Written on 01.05.26 by Thorsten Eisenhofer

Dear Students,

The report template is now available at:
https://cms.cispa.saarland/pine26/materials/

If you have any questions about the report or are facing problems connecting to the challenges, please reach out to us.

Happy hacking,
The PINE Team

LSF Registration

Written on 29.04.26 by Thorsten Eisenhofer

Dear Students,

LSF registration is now open. If you would like to participate in the course, please make sure to register by May 13.

The course is listed as:
12221 Research Problems in Machine Learning and Security - Seminar

Best regards,
The PINE Team

First Wave

Written on 24.04.26 by Thorsten Eisenhofer

Dear Students,

The wait is over: the first wave of challenges is live, and you can already connect to the first two challenges of the semester:
- ssh snicket@pine
- ssh cheetah@pine

Now is the perfect time to get started, explore the challenges, and claim your first points.

If you run into… Read more

Dear Students,

The wait is over: the first wave of challenges is live, and you can already connect to the first two challenges of the semester:
- ssh snicket@pine
- ssh cheetah@pine

Now is the perfect time to get started, explore the challenges, and claim your first points.

If you run into any connection issues, please let us know - we'll do our best to help you get up and running quickly. We are aware of one issue that sometimes connections from within the university network may fail. We are currently looking into this to see if this can be fixed. In the meantime, using a VPN while on campus should solve the problem.

Once you submit your first solution, you'll appear on the scoreboard at pine-aisec.org, as well as on the shared scoreboard with our friends in Vienna, Berlin, and Hamburg at raid-international.org.

Remember: points are awarded continuously, so getting started early gives you more time to climb the scoreboard!

Good luck, have fun, and happy hacking!  
The PINE Team

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