CP5110 - Cryptography

Credit points:	03
Year:	2010
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	School of Business

Available to Computer Science postgraduate and honours students only with the permission of the program co-ordinator.

This subject is an introduction to modern ideas in cryptography and how to employ these ideas. It includes relevant material on number theory, probability, and abstract algebra, in addition to the description of conventional and public-key cryptography, hashing, digital signatures, authentication systems, key-exchange protocols, and secret sharing schemes.

Learning Outcomes

• understand the elements of number theory, algebraic structures in computing, complexity of computing and elements of information theory;
• understand the classical ciphers, modern private-key and public-key cryptosystems;
• understand the concept and properties of hashing and digital signatures;
• understand the concepts of key management and secret sharing schemes.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies.

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 26-Aug-2010
Coord/Lect:	Dr Hossein Ghodosi.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40% - 70%); details of the assessment are handed out to students in class in the first week of the semester in which the subject is offered and posted on the web (10% - 60%); tba (% - 50%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 26-Aug-2010
Coord/Lect:	Dr Hossein Ghodosi.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40% - 70%); details of the assessment are handed out to students in class in the first week of the semester in which the subject is offered and posted on the web (10% - 60%); tba (% - 50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.