Current Topics in Information Security

Overview

Lecturer:
Prof. David Basin, Prof, Prof. Srdjan Capkun, Prof. Bernhard Plattner

Lectures:
Mondays, 13-16h (starting September 22, at 14:15h) in CAB G 57

Credits: 2 ECTS (2S)

Language: English

Announcements

• 30.09.2014: The schedule is now available. Note that the seminar starts at 13.15 or 14.15, so check the calendar carefully.
• 18.09.2014: Due to the large amount of students this year, we had to extend the seminar to Mondays 13-16 to accommodate everyone. However, the introductory session on Monday, September 22nd, will start at 14:15.
• 05.09.2014: The papers will be presented and assigned in the first session on Sep 22. For the first session, please make sure to check out the list of available papers in advance and to select at least 4 papers that you are interested in.
• This course will start on September 22.

Course Description

The seminar covers a wide range of topics in information security including security protocols (models, properties, and verification), electronic voting, e-cash, service composition, device identification, privacy & smartphones, e-health, wireless security, anomaly detection.

The participants are expected to read a scientific paper and present it in a 35-40 min talk.

The main goals of the seminar are the independent study of scientific literature and assessment of its contributions as well as learning and practicing presentation techniques.

Prerequisites

at least one of:

• Information Security (Basin / Capkun)
• Cryptographic Protocols (Maurer / Hirt)
• System Security (Capkun / Perrig)

Course Material

The lecture notes, exercises, slides, and other resources is available in our protected page secured area (login with your nethz credentials).