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Spring 2022 Computer Science W4261 section 001 INTRO TO CRYPTOGRAPHY | |
Call Number | 12438 |
Day & Time Location |
TR 10:10am-11:25am 633 Seeley W. Mudd Building |
Points | 3 |
Grading Mode | Standard |
Approvals Required | None |
Instructor | Tal Malkin |
Type | LECTURE |
Method of Instruction | In-Person |
Course Description | Prerequisites: Comfort with basic discrete math and probability. Recommended: COMS W3261 or CSOR W4231. An introduction to modern cryptography, focusing on the complexity-theoretic foundations of secure computation and communication in adversarial environments; a rigorous approach, based on precise definitions and provably secure protocols. Topics include private and public key encryption schemes, digital signatures, authentication, pseudorandom generators and functions, one-way functions, trapdoor functions, number theory and computational hardness, identification and zero knowledge protocols. |
Web Site | Vergil |
Department | Computer Science |
Enrollment | 64 students (70 max) as of 3:13PM Friday, May 20, 2022 |
Subject | Computer Science |
Number | W4261 |
Section | 001 |
Division | Interfaculty |
Campus | Morningside |
Section key | 20221COMS4261W001 |
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