University of Minnesota
Security and Privacy in Computing
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Schedule

DateReading topicSlidesOther assignments
Monday 1/20No class, MLK Jr. Day holiday
Wednesday 1/22Introduction and logistics6-up PDF
Friday 1/24
Monday 1/27Cloud 16-up PDF
Wednesday 1/29Cloud 26-up PDF
Friday 1/31
Monday 2/3Bitcoin 1SMcC 6-up PDF
also Moodle
First day for project discussion meetings
Wednesday 2/5Bitcoin 26-up PDF
Friday 2/7
Monday 2/10Hardening 11-up PDF
Wednesday 2/12Hardening 26-up PDF
Friday 2/14Last day for project discussion meetings
Monday 2/17Smartphones 1
Wednesday 2/19Smartphones 2
Friday 2/21
Monday 2/24Web 1
Wednesday 2/26Web 2
Friday 2/28Project proposals due
Monday 3/3Censorship 1
Wednesday 3/5Censorship 2
Friday 3/7
Monday 3/10Tor 1
Wednesday 3/12Tor 2
Friday 3/14
Monday 3/17No class, spring break
Wednesday 3/19No class, spring break
Friday 3/21
Monday 3/24Bots, malware, spam 1
Wednesday 3/26Bots, malware, spam 2
Friday 3/28
Monday 3/31Bug hunting 1
Wednesday 4/2Bug hunting 2
Friday 4/4Project interim reports due
Monday 4/7Differential privacy 1
Wednesday 4/9Differential privacy 2
Friday 4/11
Monday 4/14Medical and voting 1
Wednesday 4/16Medical and voting 2
Friday 4/18
Monday 4/21Non-traditional attacks 1
Wednesday 4/23Project presentations
Friday 4/25
Monday 4/28Project presentations
Wednesday 4/30Project presentation(s)
Friday 5/2
Monday 5/5No class, work on projects
Wednesday 5/7Non-traditional attacks 2 (last class)
Friday 5/9Project final reports due

The reading schedule is structured in one-week units, each with two main papers. There will eventually be 12 such topics, mostly chosen from among the following:

The list of all the papers we considered this semester is also now available in BibTeX or PDF format.