Kursinformation

Instructors: Prof. Ph.D. Sebastian Faust

Event type: Seminar

Org-unit: Dept. 20 - Computer Science

Displayed in the timetable as: Sem-Crypto

Hours per week: 2

Language of instruction: Englisch

Course Contents:

In this seminar, we will introduce recent research trends in cryptography. The students will learn how to read/understand research papers and present them to others. We will focus on topics that were presented at recent conferences for cryptographic research. A selection of possible topics is given below:

1. Distributed cryptography, where the cryptographic task (e.g., signing or encryption) is distributed among a large number of machines.
2. Post-quantum cryptography that protects cryptographic schemes against quantum adversaries.

We will present a short introduction to these topics during the kick-off meeting, and provide the students with a list of possible research papers. We will also give some guidelines on how to structure your presentation and provide close guidance in understanding the material of the papers.

At the end of this course, you will be able to understand a complex research topic in cryptography and present the content of the paper to other students. This is good preparation for a Master thesis/Ph.D. in cryptography and provides you with a first insight into the scientific work at the university.

Preconditions:

Introduction to Cryptography (mandatory), ideally additionally some other courses on cryptography (desirable).