Introduction to Applied Cryptography

An introductory course in modern, applied cryptography that explores the uses and limitations of cryptography. Students will learn about the main cryptographic algorithms and mechanisms for providing confidentiality, integrity and authentication, and their corresponding formal notions of security. During this study, students will learn how these mechanisms may be used in real-world applications such as establishing secure communication channels (e.g. the TLS protocol), but also encounter several examples of how security may fail when the same mechanisms are not properly employed. The course will also consider some of the more recent and novel applications of cryptography, such as privacy preserving mechanisms and secure computation, as well as cryptographic security in the emerging quantum world.