FI:PA168 IT security and cryptography - Course Information
PA168 Postgraduate seminar on IT security and cryptography
Faculty of InformaticsAutumn 2009
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Václav Matyáš, M.Sc., Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Jan Staudek, CSc. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Václav Matyáš, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics - Timetable
- Mon 16:00–17:50 B011
- Prerequisites
- SOUHLAS
Intermediate knowledge of IT security principles, cryptography principles. Explicit approval of the seminar supervisor must be requested in order to register this course. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 25 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- Graduates of this course shall be able to:
analyze security problems and solutions with a critical mind;
review and interpret a security solution or analysis presented in an advanced technical paper from a world-class conference;
evaluate IT system security and relevant functional and ethical requirements and demands;
reflect the above in their proposal for security of IT systems;
create slides and present their own research project;
prepare and present their view of most important developments in the area of security and cryptography during the past 1-2 weeks. - Syllabus
- The seminar participants will discuss a broad range of topics in IT security and cryptography in a greater depth. PhD and Master's students undertaking research in these and closely related areas are expected to report on their work, and frequent participants from other institutions will also take part in this seminar.
- Literature
- http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram.html
- http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/csdl
- http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm
- Teaching methods
- presentation of own research and of a reviewed paper, followed by a discussion with the seminar leader and other students and lecturers
- Assessment methods
- 3 presentations and discussions of those.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2009, recent)
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