Syllabus

The course will be divided into several modules, each of which will touch on a different problem area. Loosely defined, these are:

• Censorship-resistance, in the face of hostile nations and Internet filtering
• Challenges in deploying end-to-end encryption
• Law enforcement access and abuse detection in end-to-end encryption

Here is a list of suggested papers.

Tentative schedule for 2021

• Feb 1 Cecylia Bocovich TOR
• Feb 3 Gabrielle Beck Decoy Routing
• Feb 8 DISCUSSION DISCUSSION
• Feb 10 Max Zinkus Warrants, Exceptional Access, and Crypto
• Feb 15 DISCUSSION DISCUSSION
• Feb 17
• Feb 22
• Feb 24
• March 1
• March 3 Zhengzhong Jin Anonymous Communication
• March 8 DISCUSSION DISCUSSION
• March 10 Harry Eldridge CSAM Monitoring
• March 15 DISCUSSION DISCUSSION
• March 17 Stephan Kemper Mesh Networking
• March 22 NO CLASS NO CLASS
• March 24 DISCUSSION DISCUSSION
• March 29
• March 31 Pratyush Tiwari Messaging systems with privacy guarantees
• April 5 DISCUSSION DISCUSSION
• April 7 Neil Fendley TBA
• April 12 DISCUSSION DISCUSSION
• April 14 NO CLASS NO CLASS
• April 19
• April 21
• April 26
• April 28