The objective of this course is to familiarize the students with a foundational background in cryptography. Topics will include foundations, public key cryptography, secure formalization, symmetric key cryptography and zero knowledge proofs.
Key components of this course are understanding how to precisely formulate security definitions and how to rigoursly prove theorems. This course is designed to be a challenging theory course.
Class Time: M,W 11-12:30
Class Location: RLM 5.120
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A set of course notes were taken by in 2009. The material and the way it is presented has naturally evolved over time, however, much of it is similar and these can serve as a supplement to a student's own notes.