ST-LE-2024-12

Curriculum: Starter Track

Cryptography basics

Motivation

Cryptography is the key technology to ensure the security and privacy of IT-systems. The understanding of basic principles of cryptographic functions is an indispensable prerequisite for the development of modern IT systems.

Learning contents

This course will provide elementary knowledge in cryptography (in theory and practice). For example: asymmetric vs. symmetric encryption, cryptographic hash functions, digital signatures and public-key infrastructures, post-quantum cryptography.

Learning objectives

Basic knowledge in cryptography, which in particular allows one to assess the strength of cryptographic methods in practice.

Prior knowledge

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Further reading

C.Paar, J.Pelzl: Understanding Cryptography  A.J. Menezes et al: Handbook of Applied Cryptography

When?

May 16, 2024, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Where?

UNICOM 2
Haus 2 (Oxford)
Small seminar room, 4.3250 (3rd floor)

Mary-Somerville-Str. 2
28359 Bremen

and
Online via Zoom

Hutter, Prof. Dr. Dieter

German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Bremen
Vice Director of the Cyber-Physical-System Department

Honorary Professor at the University of Bremen

Email: dieter.hutter@dfki.de

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