CS 834 - Fundamentals of Computer Systems Security

This course presents the objectives and the fundamentals of computer and network system security: confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, and authorization. Common security concepts are detailed, such as cryptography, symmetric/asymmetric encryption, digital signature, certificate authority, hashing, communication protocol security, and audit. Mathematical foundations and applications of these methods will be explained.

Professor: Habib Louafi

Total Credit Hours: 3

Necessary Requirements of the course

• Assignments
• Project

CS 807 Interactive Hardware and Embedded Computing

This course presents the hardware design for physical and pervasive computing systems.Wired and wireless communication protocols; sensors and actuators; resource constraints; location- and context-awareness. Applications include: wearable computing, wireless sensor networks, robotics and automation, internet of things. Embedded hardware platforms such as ARM (raspberry Pi) and AVR (Arduino)

Professor: Trevor Michael Tomesh

Total Credit Hours: 3

Necessary Requirements of the course

• Assignments
• Project

CS 829 Information Theory and Applications

This course covers the fundamentals of information theory and its application in content distribution over the Internet. Topics covered include: information theory, channel codes, content distribution network, and peer-to-peer network coding.

Note: Prior to registering in this course, students should have a background in Data Com- munications and Network comparable to the senior undergraduate level.

Professor: Trevor Michael Tomesh

Total Credit Hours: 3

Necessary Requirements of the course

• Assignments + Project