GWU CSci 3907/6907.81 Advanced Security Seminar Syllabus

Professor: Matthew Clarkson

http://faculty.cs.gwu.edu/~clarkson/courses/csci6907/2012sp/syllabus.php

Course Description

This is a graduate-level research seminar on computer security. Students will learn about recent and classic work in computer security, gain experience in navigating the literature in this field, think critically and analytically about existing research, and engage in original research. The theme for this semester will be the science of security: What is the scientific basis of cybersecurity? How can we build secure systems? What are security policies, attacks, and defenses? How can we relate them? Can we quantify security? Can we compose two secure systems and get a new secure system? Can we experimentally determine the security of systems? Can we quantify privacy? Can we use logic to reason about security? Or cryptography? Can we reason about trust and trustworthiness? Can we establish mathematical foundations for security? What are the fundamental laws of cybersecurity? This class is most suitable for PhD students and advanced undergraduates. MS students might also find the class suitable if they intend to pursue research (e.g., a PhD) next in their career.

Course Schedule: http://cps-vo.org/node/5605
Course Deliverables: http://cps-vo.org/node/5607