CSCI 6454 -- Advanced Algorithms

Announcements

• Welcome to CSCI 6454. You'll find most of what you need here.
• There are only problem sets, no exams.

Office Hours

• John Black - ECOT 627 - Mondays 11am-11:50am; Fridays 1:00-1:50pm (email: jrblack@cs.colorado.edu)

Syllabus, Readings, and General Information

• We'll use a variety of sources. Start with Mitzenmacher and Upfal, Chapters 1 and 2
• The Rijndael spec

Various Resources (no particular order)

• Notes on independence and conditional probability.
• Handbook of Applied Cryptography a wonderful and free resource.

Homework

• Homework #1 - (Out: 1/27/14; Due: 2/10/14)
• Homework #2 - (Out: 2/12/14; Due: 2/24/14)
• Homework #3 - (Out: 2/26/14; Due: 3/10/14)
• Homework #4 - (Out: 3/19/14; Due: 4/14/14)
• Homework #5 - (Out: 4/21/14; Due: 5/05/14)

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