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5852. Modern Cryptography: Foundations

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Open to graduate students in the CSE program, others with consent. Recommended preparation: MATH 3160, CSE 3500, and CSE 3502 or the equivalent.

Grading Basis: Graded

The foundations of modern cryptography introducing basic topics such as one-way functions, pseudorandom generators, and computational hardness assumptions based on number theory. Fundamental cryptographic constructions such as hard-core predicates, secure symmetric encryption and message-authentication codes, and public-key cryptography.


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Term Class Number Campus Instruction Mode Instructor Section Session Schedule Enrollment Location Credits Grading Basis Notes
Fall 2024 4742 Storrs In Person Fuller, Benjamin 001 Reg TuTh 2:00pm‑3:15pm
4/15 ITE 336 3.00 Graded