Advanced Applied Cryptography

This‬ course‬ targets‬ building‬ advanced‬ knowledge‬ and‬ experience‬ in‬ the‬ applied‬ domains‬ of‬ cryptography‬ and‬ its‬ future‬ trends‬ and‬ algorithms.‬ The‬ course‬ should‬ span‬ deeply‬ the‬ most‬ popular‬ crypt analytic ‬techniques.‬ Students ‬must ‬build‬ experience ‬and‬ gain‬ understanding ‬of ‬the‬ practical‬ and‬ applied‬ aspects‬ of‬ the‬ cryptographic‬ engineering‬ techniques‬ and‬ algorithms.‬ The‬ course‬ goes‬ deeply‬ with‬ the ‬relevant‬ and‬ required‬ mathematical‬ and ‬algebraic‬ backgrounds ‬such‬ as‬ discrete‬ logarithm-based‬ cryptosystems‬ and‬ signatures,‬ digital‬ watermarking,‬ digital‬ fingerprinting,‬ steganography,‬ blockchain‬ technologies,‬ quantum‬ computing,‬ and‬ quantum‬ cryptography,‬ communication‬ protocol‬ design‬ and‬ analysis,‬ digital‬ signatures,‬ anonymous‬ communication, ‬cryptographic ‬backdoors,‬ security‬ proofs.‬ The ‬impact‬ of ‬crypto graphic ‬issues ‬on‬ real ‬systems,‬ while‬ maintaining‬ an ‬appreciation‬ for‬ grounding ‬the‬ work ‬in ‬fundamental‬ science.‬