CS 6204
Recent Advances in Cyber Security

Dr. Danfeng Yao

This course is a 3-credit graduate-level seminar. The course will provide participants with a 
broad and in-depth understanding of important research problems and approaches in the areas of 
computer security and privacy by reading and discussing relevant research papers. 
The instructor will give several lectures, and the rest of the classes will consist of student 
presentations. There is no formal prerequisite. However, knowledge of undergraduate-level 
discrete math, operating systems, and networking is expected.

Topics include:
    * Network security
    * Malware detection
    * System integrity
    * Data privacy
    * Application security
    * Applied cryptography
    * System evaluation
    * Human issues in security/privacy