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CSE 5351: Introduction to Cryptography. Ten H. Lai Spring 2014 MW 15:55-17:15, DL369 . Syllabus. Instructor: Ten H. Lai Office: DL 581 Office hours: MWF 1:00-1:40 pm Email: lai.1@osu.edu Home page: www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~lai. Textbooks. (Required) Jonathan Katz & Yehuda Lindell
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CSE 5351:Introduction to Cryptography Ten H. Lai Spring 2014 MW 15:55-17:15, DL369
Syllabus • Instructor: Ten H. Lai • Office: DL 581 • Office hours: MWF 1:00-1:40 pm • Email: lai.1@osu.edu • Home page: www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~lai
Textbooks • (Required) Jonathan Katz & Yehuda Lindell Introduction to Modern Cryptography Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2008 • (Reference) Hans Delfs & Helmut Knebl Introduction to Cryptography (2nd edition) Springer, 2007
Grading plan • Homework (20%) • Midterm exam (35%) • Final exam (35%) • Attendance (10%) • Midterm: Wednesday, February 26 • Final exam: Monday April 28 4:00pm-5:45pm
Class attendance • Class attendance is ESSENTIAL for understanding the materials --- and you earn credit! • Attendance will be taken on random dates. • If you have to miss a class for a legitimate reason, please email me in advance. • Please be on time for class!
This course is about … • Theory/principle and some practical constructions of various cryptographic primitives and protocols. • Chapter 1-4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12 of Katz & Lindel • Part of Chapter 4 of Delfs & Knebl
Prerequsites • Stat 3460 or Stat 3470 or Stat 427 • CSE 2331 or CSE 5331 or CSE 680 or Math 4573 or Math 573 or Math 4580 or Math 580 • Some maturity in mathematical reasoning
Mathematics background • Basic Probability (important for understanding the concepts) • Modular arithmetic (absolutely needed) • Algebra (basic concept of group theory)