FI:PA168 IT security and cryptography - Course Information

PA168 Postgraduate seminar on IT security and cryptography

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 B003

Prerequisites

SOUHLAS
IT security principles, cryptography principles

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

• Applied Informatics (programme FI, N-AP)
• Information Technology Security (programme FI, N-IN)
• Bioinformatics (programme FI, N-AP)
• Information Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Informatics (programme FI, M-IN)
• Informatics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Parallel and Distributed Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Graphics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Networks and Communication (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Embedded Systems (eng.) (programme FI, N-IN)
• Theoretical Informatics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-SS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-TV)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, N-SS) (2)
• Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (programme FI, N-IN)
• Image Processing (programme FI, N-AP)

Course objectives

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. Registration for this seminar must always be approved by the seminar leader.

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://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm
• http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/csdl
• http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram.html

Assessment methods

3 presentations and discussions of those.

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.

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