Weekly Schedule

The schedule might change as the course progresses, in part based on student interests and feedbacks and also due to the uncertainties caused by the pandemic. If you are particularly interested in some topic not covered here, send an email to any course staff and we will try our best to accommodate.

WeekMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
1 Sep 02 Sep 03 Sep 04
Start of class
Sep 05
Introduction
LEC: course-logistics
LEC: basic-concepts
START: research		 Sep 06
2 Sep 09
Sep 10
Program Security
LEC: flaws-failures		 Sep 11
Sep 12
Program Security
LEC: malicious-code		 Sep 13
START: a1
3 Sep 16
Sep 17
Program Security
LEC: defenses		 Sep 18
Sep 19
Program Security
LEC: defenses-cont		 Sep 20
4 Sep 23
Sep 24
OS Security
LEC: os-protection		 Sep 25
Sep 26
OS Security
LEC: user-auth		 Sep 27
5 Sep 30
Oct 01
OS Security
LEC: sec-policies		 Oct 02
DUE: a1		 Oct 03
OS Security
LEC: sec-policies-cont		 Oct 04
6 Oct 07
Oct 08
Mobile Security
LEC: ecosystem
START: a2		 Oct 09
Oct 10
Mobile Security
LEC: app-sec		 Oct 11
7 Oct 14
Reading Week		 Oct 15
Reading Week		 Oct 16
Reading Week		 Oct 17
Reading Week		 Oct 18
Reading Week
8 Oct 21
Oct 22
Secure Coding
LEC: common-bugs		 Oct 23
Oct 24
Secure Coding
LEC: other-bugs		 Oct 25
DUE: a2
9 Oct 28
Oct 29
Bug Finding
LEC: fuzzing
START: a3		 Oct 30
Oct 31
Bug Finding
LEC: symbolic		 Nov 01
10 Nov 04
Nov 05
Vuln. Defenses
LEC: sanity		 Nov 06
Nov 07
Vuln. Defenses
LEC: entropy		 Nov 08
11 Nov 11
Nov 12
Sec. Design
LEC: sandbox		 Nov 13
Nov 14
Sec. Design
LEC: auth		 Nov 15
DUE: a3
12 Nov 18
Nov 19
Hardware Security
LEC: sec-features
START: a4		 Nov 20
Nov 21
Hardware Security
LEC: side-channel		 Nov 22
13 Nov 25
Nov 26
Non-technical
LEC: ethics-legal
LEC: admin-sec		 Nov 27
Nov 28
Non-technical
LEC: blockchain		 Nov 29
14 Dec 02
Dec 03
No Class
DUE: a4
DUE: research		 Dec 04
Exam Prep		 Dec 05
Exam Prep		 Dec 06
Start of exams
15 Dec 09
Dec 10
Dec 11
Dec 12
Dec 13
16 Dec 16
Dec 17
Dec 18
Dec 19
Dec 20
End of exams