[Acmsmajors] EE 418 Autumn 2022

[Math & ACMS Student Services Office]

EE 418   Autumn 2022

Coordinator: Radha Poovendran, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

E-mail: rp3 at uw.edu<mailto:rp3 at uw.edu>


Goals: To understand the fundamental principles of cryptography and its application to network and communication security. This course will introduce the fundamental tools in cryptography and the protocols that enable its application to network and communication security. This course introduces the basic theory and practice of cryptographic techniques used in computer security. We will cover topics including encryption (secret-key and public-key), digital signatures, secure authentication, key management, cryptographic hashing, public key infrastructure, ethics, and challenges associated with the use of computer security in a vulnerable world.


Learning Objectives: At the end of this course, students will be able to:


  1.  Describe the basic cryptographic primitives, authentication protocols, why they work, and the common design errors.
  2.  Design, implement and analyze some basic algorithms covered in class using Python (or other languages such as MATLAB and Mathematica).
  3.  Design algorithms using block ciphers and relate them to the modern symmetric key encryption standards.
  4.  Design and analyze Hash functions for checking message integrity under transmission.
  5.  Design and analyze Message Authentication Codes (MAC)
  6.  Analyze the strength of a given cryptosystem using classical and modern cryptanalysis tools to be presented in class.
  7.  Describe and analyze authenticated session establishment protocols used in Internet Communication
  8.  Describe the ethical issues related to the misuse of computer security.


Textbook: D. Stinson, Cryptography Theory and Practice, 4th edition, Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2019.



Best Regards,

Math & ACMS Advising
Department of Mathematics
University of Washington
Drop-in Advising Hours: click here<https://math.washington.edu/advising-academic-support#ZoomDrop-in>
Padelford C-36
206-543-6830    math.washington.edu<http://math.washington.edu/>    acms.washington.edu<http://acms.washington.edu/>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/acmsmajors/attachments/20220922/02a443c9/attachment.html>