ieeesp-topic-selection
Use when deciding whether a security or privacy project belongs at IEEE S&P (Oakland), including the threat-model test, SoK fit, routing among USENIX Security, CCS, NDSS, PETS, and CRYPTO, and whether the one-year resubmission embargo or the 40% overlap rule constrains the plan.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ieeesp-topic-selection --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# IEEE S&P Topic Selection Use this before any writing starts: is the project an Oakland paper, and if so, as a research paper or as an SoK? S&P has been the field's flagship since 1980 (first held at the Claremont Resort in the Oakland hills — hence the nickname), and its reviewer pool reads for adversarial rigor above topical fashion. ## The two-question fit test 1. **Is there a real adversary?** State who attacks, with what access, and what they win. If the paper has no defensible threat model — or the "attack" needs an adversary who could already do worse things more cheaply — Oakland reviewers will say so in round one. Papers where security is a motivating anecdote rather than the analyzed object usually belong at a systems, ML, or networking venue instead. 2. **Does the evidence close the loop?** An attack needs an end-to-end demonstration against a realistic target; a defense needs evaluation against an adaptive adversary who knows the defense exists; a measurement study needs a sampling story and an ethics story. A promising idea with simulation-only evidence is a workshop paper, not yet an S&P submission. ## SoK is a first-class lane Both the 2026 and 2027 CFPs solicit Sys
- The two-question fit test
- SoK is a first-class lane
- Routing among the security venues
- Embargo math changes the answer
- Quick self-interrogation
- Signals you are choosing S&P for the wrong reason
- Output format
What does the ieeesp-topic-selection skill do?
Use when deciding whether a security or privacy project belongs at IEEE S&P (Oakland), including the threat-model test, SoK fit, routing among USENIX Security, CCS, NDSS, PETS, and CRYPTO, and whether the one-year resubmission embargo or the 40% overlap rule constrains the plan.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ieeesp-topic-selection --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.