CDA6938 Special Topic:

Research in Computer and Network Security (Spring 2007)

CDA6938  Class Number: 19702, Class Name: Special Topic - ST:RES COMP SEC

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Instructor:        Dr. Cliff Zou (Eng3-335),  407-823-5015,   czou @ cs.ucf.edu

Course Time:   Tuesday/Thursday 4:30pm - 5:45pm,   BA 220

Office Hour:    Tuesday/Thursday 2:30pm - 4:30pm

Prerequisite:    Knowledge of computer network, basic knowledge of probability, operating system, and programming language.

Textbook:  No textbook, we will use published research papers and on-line materials.

Outline:

            As our society depends more on computers and the Internet, computer and network security has become one of the primary concerns and requirements for most people and  organizations. In this course, we will introduce and discuss the state-of-the-art research work on computer and network related security issues. We will cover a wide variety of hot topics in this course. After completing this course, students will:

             (1). Obtain the general knowledge and comprehensive understandings of security related issues in computers and networks; understand the frontiers in security research, and then be able to quickly conduct their own security-related research on topics they are interested.

           (2). Obtain common but useful research skills, including:

a). Learn how to present research papers clearly and concisely.

b). Learn how to read papers efficiently and productively ¨D grasping a paper¡¯s central ideas, knowing weakness issues that can be improved, and then conducting corresponding further research.

c). Learn communication and cooperation skills with colleagues through the final group term project.

This special topics course is highly interactive. Besides brief introductory lectures from the instructor, students will participate by presenting papers during class, discussing pros and cons of each paper, discussing how to conduct further research based on presented papers, reviewing selected papers as homework assignments, and having a final research-type group project (term paper).

Grading:

+/- grading system will be used. The tentative weights are as follows:

20%  Student in-class presentation

20%  Participation in class discussion

10%  Homework assignment (read and review of assigned papers)

¡¡50%  Final project (a research group project)