Wireless and Mobile Security

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While wireless communications and mobile applications have made our daily life much easier, they also bring to us various security and privacy threats that did not exist in the wired networks. This course explores the latest research literature in security and privacy of emergent wireless and mobile systems including sensor networks, smartphones, cellular networks, Internet of Things (IoT), drones, autonomous driving, and wearable devices. Students will learn the theoretical framework, analytical skills and research methodology and tools in the this field, and synthesize their knowledge to formulate security models, design security protocols, apply principled security analysis techniques for network and software flaws, and malware detection, evaluate the security and privacy threats of various mobile systems as well as the challenges and design solutions for addressing them. Research papers on these topics in recent computer-science conferences and journals will be included for reading and discussion.