An important concern in the information age is the security, protection, and integrity of electronic information, including communications, electronic funds transfer, power system control, transportation systems, and military and law enforcement information. Modern cryptography, in applied mathematics, is concerned not only with the design and exploration of encryption schemes (classical cryptography) but also with the rigorous analysis of any system that is designed to withstand malicious attempts to tamper with, disturb, or destroy it. This course introduces and surveys the ?eld of modern cryptography and will explore the following topics in the field: foundations of cryptography, public key cryptography, probabilistic proof systems, pseudorandom generators, elliptic curve cryptography, and fundamental limits to information operations. Mathematical preliminaries from probability theory, algebra, computational complexity, and number theory will also be covered.
Course Prerequisite(s)
Linear algebra and an introductory course in probability and statistics such as EN.625.603 Statistical Methods and Data Analysis.
Course Offerings
There are no sections currently offered, however you can view a sample syllabus from a prior section of this course.