Cryptography and Cryptanalysis

Catalog description

Student will learn advanced topics in Cryptography and Cryptanalysis including; Classical Encryption Techniques, Block Ciphers and the Data Encryption Standard, Finite Fields, Advanced Encryption Standard, Block Cipher Operation, Random Bit Generation and Stream Ciphers, Public-Key Cryptography and Crytosystems, Cryptographic Hash Functions, Advanced Cryptanalysis techniques and tools. This course includes a research project involves state-of-the art cryptography and cryptanalysis algorithms/tools.