IEMS5710B
Cryptography, Information
Security & Privacy
3rd Trimester, 2025--26
Logistics
Instructor
Sherman S. M. Chow
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Teaching Assistant
Yingyu Pan
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yingyupan [at] link.cuhk
Time
Monday
4:30 pm--7:15 pm
4:30 pm--7:15 pm
Enrollment
MSc(ISTM)
Assessment
5%
Class Participation
via Blackboard
5%
Lab Assignment
Due 28 Mar, 11:59 pm HKT
30%
Written Assignments
Due 2 May, 9 Jun
25%
Mid-term Exam
4 May · LSB LT4
35%
Final Exam
11 Jun · WMY 504
Class Schedule
| # | Date | Topics | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 2 Mar | Overview and Security Foundations | |
| 2 | Mon 9 Mar | Classical Ciphers, One-Time Pad, and Pseudorandomness | |
| 3 | Mon 16 Mar | From Pseudorandom Generators to Pseudorandom Functions (PRFs) | Lab Asgn. released |
| 4 | Mon 23 Mar | Symmetric-Key Encryption: PRFs, Block Ciphers, and Modes of Operation | |
| 5 | Mon 30 Mar | Chosen-Ciphertext Security · Message Authentication Codes | |
| Mon 6 Apr | Public Holiday (The day following the Birthday of the Buddha) | ||
| 6 | Mon 13 Apr | Hash Functions | |
| 7 | Mon 20 Apr | Authenticated Encryption · Privacy-Enhancing Cryptography | Asgn. 1 released |
| 8 | Mon 27 Apr | Public-Key Cryptography: RSA | |
| Mon 4 May | Mid-term Exam | 14:30--19:15 LSB LT4 | |
| 9 | Mon 11 May | Public-Key Cryptography: Diffie-Hellman · Key Distribution and Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI) | |
| 10 | Mon 18 May | Access Control · DNS Security | |
| Mon 25 May | Public Holiday (The day following Ching Ming Festival) | ||
| 12 | Mon 1 Jun | Database Security, Intro. to Web Security | Asgn. 2 released |
| Thu 4 Jun | Revision | 14:30--15:40 WMY 403 | |
| 13 | Mon 8 Jun | Web Security, Privacy, Security Principles | |
| Thu 11 Jun | Final Exam | 14:30--17:15 WMY 504 | |