Selected Topics in  Network Security/Privacy

Fall 2014

Instructor:        Claude Castelluccia (claude.castelluccia@inria.fr)

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Course Description

This course will introduce modern topics in network security and privacy. It will provide a thorough grounding in network security suitable for those interested in conducting research in this area, as well as students more broadly interested in real-world security. Topics will span (but not limited to):

• C1: Introduction to Wireless Security (rfid, wsn, authentication,...) (pdf)
  
• C2: WiFi security (pdf)
• C3: Smart Phone Security (pdf1, pdf2)
  
• C4: Data Privacy and Surveillance (tracking, profiling, data anonymization, ...) (pdf)
  

Textbook (s): There is no required textbook. All reading will be from research papers in top security conferences and journals.

Paper presentation:     100%

There is no mid-term or final exam.

Paper presentation:

You need to present it during the class.
The slides have to be sent to me 2 days prior to the corresponding lecture.
Here are good advices to prepare your talk (click here).

• Problem domain: background, motivation, why this problem is important/novel/interesting
• Summary of the  paper:
  
• assumption, main techniques, results
• Possible future work/direction
• Pros, cons of the paper (your conclusion)
• What can we do based on this work: lesson learned from this work? stimulate new related problem? flawed assumption/technique can be improved/extended? technique can be used to other (maybe your own dedicated) domain to solve other problem? what extension can we do for further work? ...
  

This is an individual work. Plagiarism will result in a mark of zero for the assignment.