| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Security Mechanisms and Principles | Problem set 1 Out |
| 3 | Encryption, Perfect Secrecy, One-Time Pad | |
| 4 | Cryptographic Hash Functions | |
| 5 | Hashing Applications and Constructions | |
| 6 | Bitcoin | Problem set 1 Due, Problem set 2 Out |
| 7 | Secret Sharing | |
| 8 | Block Ciphers | |
| 9 | Block Cipher Modes | |
| 10 | Message Authentication Codes | Problem set 2 Due, Project Ideas Due, Problem set 3 Out |
| 11 | Prime Finding and other "Crypto" Math | |
| 12 | Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange and Crypto Groups | |
| 13 | Pedersen Commitment, PK Encryption, DDH | Project Draft Due |
| 14 | Malleability of El Gamal, IND-CCA2 | Problem set 3 Due, Problem set 4 Out |
| 15 | Digital Signatures | |
| 16 | DSA, Gap Groups | Project Progress Review |
| 17 | Gap Groups, Bilinear Maps, and Applications | |
| 18 | Zero-Knowledge Proofs | Problem set 4 Due |
| 19 | No Lecture (Quiz) | Quiz |
| 20 | Security of Voting | Problem set 5 Out, Project Progress Review |
| 21 | Security of Voting (cont.) | |
| 22 | Project Presentations | |
| 23 | Project Presentations (cont.) | Problem set 5 Due |
| 24 | Project Presentations (cont.) | |
| 25 | Project Presentations (cont.) | |
| 26 | No Class | Final Project Due |