CS 507

Credit: 4 hours.

Modern cryptography helps realize a variety of tasks: from computations on and proofs about secret data, to verifiably offloading computation to untrusted clients, to making programs unintelligible while preserving functionality, to testing untrusted quantum devices. Covers a selection of such cutting-edge topics in cryptography. We will understand how any adversary that counters the security of modern protocols can be transformed into an adversary that contradicts basic mathematical assumptions. We will understand key ideas in recent cryptography research and identify new directions and problems for the future.

4 graduate hours. No professional credit. May be repeated, up to 8 hours in a single term, to a total of 16 graduate hours, if topics vary. Credit is not given towards a degree from multiple offerings of this course if those offerings have significant overlap, as determined by the CS department. Prerequisite: Offerings in separate semesters may specify additional prerequisites each term, depending on the specific topic offered. See section information for additional details.