CS904 - St: Financial Cryptography: Privacy, Anonymity, Secrecy and Hiding in Cyberspace

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CS904 - St: Financial Cryptography: Privacy, Anonymity, Secrecy and Hiding in Cyberspace

Prof. Cahill Thomas
Spring 2004
Monday: 6-8:15PM (Section 1)
Wednesday: 6-8:15PM (Section 2)
This Computer Science course will be an interdisciplinary learning experience for Seniors and Graduate Students in the areas of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Management.
Financial Cryptography came into existence in the early '80s with David Chaum's invention of ANONYMOUS Digital Cash. We will use the concept of “Financial Cryptography” as an exploratory paradigm for the analysis of state of the art technology in the areas of Anonymity Services, eCash, eVote, etc. The concepts of Privacy, Anonymity, Secrecy and Hiding will be analyzed from both a pre-911 and post-911 perspective.

Co- or Pre- Requisite: MA2312 Discrete Mathematics or MA600 Elements of Discrete Mathematics. You will need to access either the 4th or 5th Edition of Rosen's "Discrete Mathematics" textbook during the course.

Grading: Mid Term 40%; Class Participation and Homework 20%; Presentation/Paper 40%. Presentation/Paper Deliverable: each person must choose a technical paper in Financial Cryptography and Steganography from a list to be provided. The student will present the technical paper to the class and produce a six to eight page written analysis. (Plagiarism is strictly forbidden).