Seminar Cryptography and Data Security

The seminar in cryptology and data security covers various relevant topics in the area and its contents will change from one semester to another. Typical subjects are cryptographic protocols, secure computation, privacy, distributed trust and blockchains. A seminar will start with an overview of the topic, where some basic principles are introduced. The main content will typically consist of interactive presentations by the participants, on the basis of the existing literature, ranging from classic research papers to recently developed systems. In addition, students as well as members of the cryptology and data security research group will present their own current work.

Detailed information about the topic for each semester is available from https://crypto.unibe.ch/courses/

Details

Code 21600
Type Seminar
ECTS 5
Site Bern
Track(s) T2 – Security
Semester S2025

Teaching

Learning Outcomes

The seminar will start with an overview of the topic, where some of the principles will be introduced. The main content will consist of interactive presentations by the participants, on the basis of the existing literature, ranging from classic research papers to recently developed systems.

Lecturer(s) Christian Cachin
Language english
Course Page

The course page in ILIAS can be found at https://ilias.unibe.ch/goto_ilias3_unibe_crs_3102270.html.

Schedules and Rooms

Period Weekly
Schedule Wednesday, 10:15 - 12:00
Location UniBE

Evaluation

Evaluation type continuous evaluation

Additional information

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First Lecture
The first lecture will be announced later.