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.
| Week | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| 1 | Jan 03 | Jan 04 | Jan 05 Start of class Introduction LEC: course-logistics LEC: basic-concepts START: quiz1 START: blog START: survey | Jan 06 | Jan 07 |
| 2 | Jan 10 Program Security LEC: flaws-failures START: quiz2 | Jan 11 | Jan 12 Program Security LEC: malicious-code | Jan 13 | Jan 14 DUE: quiz1 |
| 3 | Jan 17 Program Security LEC: defenses | Jan 18 | Jan 19 Program Security INT: TBD START: hw1 | Jan 20 | Jan 21 DUE: quiz2 |
| 4 | Jan 24 OS Security LEC: os-protection START: quiz3 | Jan 25 | Jan 26 OS Security LEC: user-auth | Jan 27 | Jan 28 DUE: hw1-m |
| 5 | Jan 31 OS Security LEC: sec-policies | Feb 01 | Feb 02 OS Security INT: TBD | Feb 03 | Feb 04 DUE: quiz3 DUE: hw1 |
| 6 | Feb 07 Network Security LEC: network-basis START: quiz4 | Feb 08 | Feb 09 Network Security LEC: attacks-1 START: hw2 | Feb 10 | Feb 11 |
| 7 | Feb 14 Network Security LEC: attacks-2 | Feb 15 | Feb 16 Network Security INT: TBD | Feb 17 | Feb 18 DUE: hw2-m DUE: survey-m DUE: quiz4 |
| 8 | Feb 21 Reading Week | Feb 22 Reading Week | Feb 23 Reading Week | Feb 24 Reading Week | Feb 25 Reading Week |
| 9 | Feb 28 Internet Security LEC: crypto-basis START: quiz5 | Mar 01 | Mar 02 Internet Security LEC: link-layer LEC: network-layer LEC: transport-layer | Mar 03 | Mar 04 DUE: hw2 |
| 10 | Mar 07 Internet Security LEC: app-layer LEC: iot LEC: blockchain | Mar 08 | Mar 09 Internet Security INT: TBD START: hw3 | Mar 10 | Mar 11 DUE: quiz5 |
| 11 | Mar 14 Data Security LEC: db-sec LEC: mls-db START: quiz6 | Mar 15 | Mar 16 Data Security LEC: data-mining LEC: k-anonymity LEC: diff-privacy | Mar 17 | Mar 18 DUE: hw3-m |
| 12 | Mar 21 Data Security LEC: adversarial LEC: unlearning | Mar 22 | Mar 23 Data Security INT: TBD | Mar 24 | Mar 25 DUE: quiz6 DUE: hw3 |
| 13 | Mar 28 Non-tech Aspects LEC: ethics LEC: admin START: quiz7 | Mar 29 | Mar 30 Non-tech Aspects LEC: legal LEC: emerging | Mar 31 | Apr 01 DUE: quiz7 DUE: blog DUE: survey |
| 14 | Apr 04 Course Review INT: review | Apr 05 End of class | Apr 06 Exam Prep | Apr 07 Exam Prep | Apr 08 Exam Prep |
| 15 | Apr 11 Start of exams START: final | Apr 12 DUE: final | Apr 13 | Apr 14 | Apr 15 Good Friday |
| 16 | Apr 18 | Apr 19 | Apr 20 | Apr 21 | Apr 22 |
| 17 | Apr 25 | Apr 26 End of exams | Apr 27 | Apr 28 | Apr 29 |