Classes

Welcome to ECE 409 Cryptography and System Security! In this course, starting by introducing  some known attacks, we’ll dive into core concepts like cryptographic algorithms, trust and threat models, and types of attacks. You’ll gain hands-on knowledge of symmetric- and public-key cryptography, understand how pseudorandomness and computational security are used   in the design of cryptographic algorithms, and learn to think adversarially  about modern cyber systems. This course is designed to help you see how theoretical concepts translate into real-world applications...

This course focuses on the  fundamental principles of how to  secure computer networks. The topics to be covered include applied cryptography, encryption and authentication, semantic security, attack analysis, network security protocols, wireless  security, implementations and side-channel attacks,    trusted platform, advanced cryptographic algorithms, and applications of IoT, blockchain, and privacy preserving machining learning.

Taught in 2015, 2019

This is a undergraduate course in Wireless Communications. The course aims to survey many topics of interest in wireless communications at the physical layer and to a limited extent, at the medium access control (MAC) layer. 

Taught in 2016, 2017

Offer: 2020, 2022

This is an advanced course for communication security. The topics to be covered  include semantic security, attack analysis, network security protocols, network access authentication, wireless security, broadcast and multicast key distribution, system security, trusted platform, IoT security and privacy, physical layer security, anti-jamming,  advanced cryptography, multi-party computation, zero-knowledge proof system, and special topics on privacy of blockchain and smart contract, and securing machine learning.