Current Topics in Information Security

Overview

Lecturer:
Prof. Srdjan Capkun, Prof. Adrian Perrig, Prof. Shweta Shinde

Assistant(s):

Dr. Daniele Lain, Dr. Jonghoon Kwon, Mark Kuhne

Sessions: Mondays 14-​16 in CAB G57 (Track 1) and H53 (Track 2)

Credits: 2 ECTS (2S)

Language: English

Course contact address: 

Announcements

• The first session of the course will be on Monday, 21 September 2026, at CAB G57.
• The first presentation of the course will be on Monday, 5 October 2026.

Course Description

The participants of this seminar course are expected to read a scientific paper and present it in a 30-min talk and then answer questions from the audience.

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.

This seminar covers a wide range of topics in information security including security protocols, authentication, applied cryptography, privacy, secure systems, trusted computing, wireless security, network security and Internet security.

Prerequisites

At least one of:

• Information Security (Basin / Capkun)
• Cryptographic Protocols (Maurer / Hirt)
• System Security (Capkun / Shinde)
• Secure & Trustworthy System (Shinde)

Course material

• Download Course introduction (PDF, 298 KB) by Daniele Lain, Mark Kuhne.
• Download Small Guide to Giving Presentations (PDF, 5.1 MB) by Markus Püschel.

Schedule and grading

• protected page Schedule of the seminar.
• Criteria for determining grades.