433-448 Applied Cryptography and Coding

Study at the third-year level in at least four of the following areas: artificial intelligence, computer design, database systems, graphics, interactive system design, networks and communications, operating systems, programming languages, software engineering, and theory of computation.

The objectives of this subject are for students to understand the fundamentals of cryptographic and coding principles, to be able to implement cryptographic algorithms, and to be familiar with various coding schemes in communications and computers.

Topics covered include public key systems, stream ciphers, discrete logarithms based schemes, digital signatures, error correcting and detecting codes, and Hamming and BCH codes.

A half-hour mid-semester test (10%); two assignments (20%); one term project (35%); and a 2-hour end-of-semester written examination (35%). To pass the subject, students must obtain at least 50% overall, 10/20 in the assignments, 17.5/35 in the term project, and 17.5/35 in the written examination.