MAT5323

MAT 5323 Cryptography II (post-quantum cryptography).

Sample textbook:

[1] Daniel Bernstein, Johannes Buchmann, Erik Dahmen, Post-Quantum Cryptography, Springer, 2010.

Catalog entry

Prerequisite: Algebra and Number Systems (MAT 1313), or Discrete Mathematical Structures (CS 2233/2231), or instructor consent.

Contents: (1) Introduction to post-quantum cryptography. (2) Quantum computing. (3) Hash-based Digital Signature Schemes. (4) Code-based cryptography. (5) Lattice-based Cryptography (6) Multivariate Public Key Cryptography. (7) Homomorphic encryption.

Topics List

Week	Topic	Chapter 1 from the Bernstein-Johannes Buchmann-Dahmen book	MAT1313, or CS2233/2231, or instructor consent.
1-3	Introduction to post-quantum cryptography	1	MAT1313 or CS2233/2231, or equivalent.
2-4	Quantum computing	2
5-6	Hash-based Digital Signature Schemes	3
7-8	Code-based cryptography	4
9-10	Lattice-based Cryptography	5
11-12	Multivariate Public Key Cryptography	6
13-end	Homomorphic encryption