University of Minnesota
Security and Privacy in Computing
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Schedule

DateReading topicSlidesOther assignments
Tuesday 1/16Introduction and logistics6-up PDF
Thursday 1/18Hindsight
Tuesday 1/23Blockchains 1
Thursday 1/25Blockchains 2
Tuesday 1/30Passwords 1
Thursday 2/ 1Passwords 2
Tuesday 2/ 6Differential Privacy 1
Thursday 2/ 8Differential Privacy 2
Tuesday 2/13Architectural side channels 1
Thursday 2/15Architectural side channels 2
Tuesday 2/20Web browser privacy 1
Thursday 2/22Web browser privacy 2
Tuesday 2/27ORAMs 1
Thursday 3/ 1ORAMs 2
Friday 3/ 2Project proposals due
Tuesday 3/ 6Vehicles 1
Thursday 3/ 8Vehicles 2
Tuesday 3/13Spring break, no class
Thursday 3/15Spring break, no class
Tuesday 3/20DNS/PKI 1
Thursday 3/22DNS/PKI 2
Tuesday 3/27Smartphone permissions 1
Thursday 3/29Smartphone permissions 2
Friday 3/30Project interim reports due
Tuesday 4/ 3Web application security 1
Thursday 4/ 5Web application security 2
Tuesday 4/10No lecture
Thursday 4/12Guest presenters 1
Tuesday 4/17No lecture
Thursday 4/19Guest presenters 2
Tuesday 4/24Machine learning 1
Thursday 4/26Machine learning 2
Tuesday 5/ 1Guest presenters 3
Thursday 5/ 3Project presentations, last class
Friday 5/ 4Project final reports due

The reading schedule is structured in one-week units, each with two main papers. There will eventually be 14 such topics, mostly chosen from among the following: