EE515/IS523: Security 101: Think Like an Adversary


Calendar (subject to change depending on schdule)

Useful Links for Reading Papers

9/3/2019

  • Topic: Course Introduction & Introduction to Security Engineering
  • Presenter: Yongdae Kim
  • Slides: ppt
  • Reading List: "What is Security Engineering?" by Ross Anderson

9/5/2019 (Start at 9:00 AM)

  • Topic: Cryptography in a Nutshell
  • There will be supplementary talks for additional one and a half hours
  • Presenter: Yongdae Kim
  • Slides: ppt
  • Reading List: "Overview of Cryptography" in Handbook of Applied Cryptography

9/10/2019

  • No Class

9/12/2019

  • No Class: Chuseok Holiday

9/17/2019

  • Topic: Access Control in a Nutshell (1)
  • Presenter: Yongdae Kim
  • Slides: ppt
  • Reading List: "Access Control" by Ross Anderson

9/19/2019

  • Topic: Access Control in a Nutshell (2)
  • Presenter: Yongdae Kim
  • Slides: ppt
  • Reading List: "Access Control" by Ross Anderson

9/24/2019

9/26/2019

10/1/2019

10/3/2019

  • No Class: Holiday

10/8/2019

10/10/2019

10/15/2019

10/17/2019

10/22/2019 (Midterm Exam Period)

  • No class

10/24/2019 (Midterm Exam Period)

  • Makeup Class
    • Topic: How to write top conference security papers (Slides)
    • Presenter: Yongdae Kim

10/29/2019

10/31/2019

11/5/2019

11/7/2019

11/12/2019

  • Work on Class Project (No Class)

11/14/2019

  • Work on Class Project (No Class)

11/19/2019

  • Work on Class Project (No Class)

11/21/2019

11/26/2019

11/28/2019

12/3/2019

12/5/2019 (Start at 10:00 AM)

12/10/2019

12/12/2019 (Start at 9:00 AM)(Project Final Presentation)

  • Topic: Project Final Presentation

12/17/2019 (Final Exam Period)

  • No Class: Final Exam

12/19/2019 (Final Exam Period)

  • No Class: Final Exam


Useful Links (Borrowed from Zhi-Li Zhang's 8211 web page)

You can also explore the CMU's Advice on Research and Writing webpage and Armando Fox's webpage on paper writing and presentations. Computer Research Association (CRA) also has a site for students with a lot of useful information.