ENEE459E/CMSC498R Introduction to Cryptology
Spring 2016
Syllabus (includes grading policy) | Lecture Summaries
| Homeworks |
Readings |
Textbook | Office Hours
Announcements
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The final review session will be held on Wednesday, May 11 from 7pm-9pm in AVW 114.
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Final review sheet is now posted here.
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Homework 11 now up under Homeworks.
Due by 4:30pm on Thursday, 5/12.
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Lecture notes from 4/28, 5/3, 5/5 are now up under Lecture
Summaries.
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Readings for upcoming classes (mainly from Katz/Lindell textbook)
are now up under Readings.
Course Description
Over the past two decades, cryptography has become a highly relevant field: In addition to military and
national security applications, cryptography is currently being used in critical financial, legal, and
social applications. The aim of cryptography is to construct efficient schemes that allow parties to
interact to implement some functionality, even when some subset of parties are malicious and behave
adversarially. In contrast to the classical approach based on heuristics and ad-hoc solutions, modern
cryptography aims for specific, rigorous security guarantees based on precise mathematical definitions
and provably secure protocols.
General Information
- This course meets on TuTh 12:30pm-1:45pm in CSI 2107.
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The prerequisites for this course are:
Any two 400-level MATH courses; or (CMSC351 and CMSC330); or (ENEE322 and ENEE380).
- Tentative midterm exams date/time: In class on March 10.
- Final exam date/time/place: May 17 from 1:30-3:30pm in our regular classroom.
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The TA for this course is Mukul Kulkarni (email: mukul (at) umd (dot) edu ).
Textbook
"Introduction to Modern Cryptography, 2nd Edition" by Katz and Lindell, Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2014.
Office Hours
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Instructor office hours: T 2:30-3:30pm, R 3:30-4:30pm 3407 A.V. Williams
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TA office hours: R 5-7pm in 3412 A.V. Williams.
See map.
All students are presumed to be aware of the UMD policy on academic integrity.