Seminar Advances in Security and Privacy

(2 SWS, 3 CP)

This seminar will cover selected topics in security and privacy, typically related to the research interests of the SIT Research Group. Each participant will be given a topic and a short list of research papers, and will be asked to do some additional research, and prepare a short paper and presentation. Participants will learn how to dive into a scientific topic, prepare a presentation similar to what is required at a scientific conference and lead a scientific discussion.

Topics (preliminary):

• Privacy and Security in Browsers
• Privacy and Security in HTML5 (e.g. geolocation, web storage)
• Web Single-Sign-On Systems
• Secure Online-Payment Systems
• Differential Privacy Programming Languages and APIs
• (Text-based) CAPTCHAs
• Security and Privacy Risks in Smart Grids

Participants may propose own topics.

This seminar is taught by the members of the SIT Research Group.

Contact:  Lukas Kalabis

Winter 2011/12

Interested students need to apply via Tucan, by November 1st.

Time: Starting November 3rd, 10.00 a.m.

The seminar will be a block seminar which means that all presentations will be held on 1 or 2 days end of the semester. The dates will be discussed in the Kick-Off Meeting on 03.11.2011.

Location: S4 14 (CASED) | 4.3.01

Further details can be found  here