Advanced topics on privacy enhancing technologies

CS-523 / 8 crédits

Enseignant: Vacat .

Langue: Anglais

Remark: This course is a "depth" for Cyber Security master program and Cyber Security minor.

Summary

This advanced course will provide students with the knowledge to tackle the design of privacy-preserving ICT systems. Students will learn about existing technologies to prect privacy, and how to evaluate the protection they provide.

Content

The course will cover the following topics :

- Privacy definitions and concepts

- Privacy-preserving cryptographics solutions : anonymous credentials, zero-knowledge proofs, secure multi-party computation, homomorphic encryption, Private information retrieval (PIR), Oblivious RAM (ORAM)

- Anonymization and data hiding : generalization, differential privacy, etc

- Machine learning and privacy

- Protection of metadata : anonymous communications systems, location privacy, censorpship resistance

- Online tracking and countermeasures

- Privacy engineering : design and evaluation (evaluation metrics and notions)

- Legal aspects of privacy

 

Keywords

Privacy, anonymity, homomorphic encryption, secure multi-paty computation, anonymous credentials, ethics

Learning Prerequisites

Required courses

COM-301 Computer Security and Privacy

COM-402 Information Security and Privacy

Recommended courses

COM-401 Cryptography and Security

Important concepts to start the course

Basic programming skills; basics of probabilities and statistics; basics of cryptography

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

  • Select appropriately privacy mechanisms
  • Develop privacy technologies
  • Assess / Evaluate privacy protection
  • Reason about privacy concerns

Teaching methods

  • Lectures and written exercises to deepen understanding of concepts
  • Programming-oriented assignments to practice use of privacy technologies

 

Expected student activities

  • Participation in the lectures. Active participation is encouraged.
  • Participation in exercise session and complete the exercises regularly
  • Completion of programming assignments

 

Supervision

Assistants Yes

Resources

Moodle Link

Dans les plans d'études

  • Semestre: Printemps
  • Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'été)
  • Matière examinée: Advanced topics on privacy enhancing technologies
  • Cours: 3 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Projet: 2 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Type: obligatoire
  • Semestre: Printemps
  • Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'été)
  • Matière examinée: Advanced topics on privacy enhancing technologies
  • Cours: 3 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Projet: 2 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Type: obligatoire
  • Semestre: Printemps
  • Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'été)
  • Matière examinée: Advanced topics on privacy enhancing technologies
  • Cours: 3 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Projet: 2 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Type: optionnel
  • Semestre: Printemps
  • Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'été)
  • Matière examinée: Advanced topics on privacy enhancing technologies
  • Cours: 3 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Projet: 2 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Type: optionnel
  • Semestre: Printemps
  • Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'été)
  • Matière examinée: Advanced topics on privacy enhancing technologies
  • Cours: 3 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Projet: 2 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Type: obligatoire
  • Semestre: Printemps
  • Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'été)
  • Matière examinée: Advanced topics on privacy enhancing technologies
  • Cours: 3 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Projet: 2 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Type: obligatoire
  • Semestre: Printemps
  • Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'été)
  • Matière examinée: Advanced topics on privacy enhancing technologies
  • Cours: 3 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Projet: 2 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Type: optionnel
  • Semestre: Printemps
  • Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'été)
  • Matière examinée: Advanced topics on privacy enhancing technologies
  • Cours: 3 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Projet: 2 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Type: optionnel
  • Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'été)
  • Matière examinée: Advanced topics on privacy enhancing technologies
  • Cours: 3 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Projet: 2 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Type: optionnel
  • Semestre: Printemps
  • Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'été)
  • Matière examinée: Advanced topics on privacy enhancing technologies
  • Cours: 3 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Projet: 2 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Type: optionnel

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