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| Homework |
Short writing assignments | Course description |
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| 10/27 |
Midterm grades, J-term, using
excel |
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| 10/28 |
Barr, 2.7 |
Friedman, Kasiski tests |
Section 2.5,#6 explanation |
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| 10/31 |
Barr, 2.5, 2.7 |
Cryptanalysis of Vignere Cipher |
2.5 & 2.6 homework |
| 11/1 |
cont. |
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| 11/3 |
Flannery, chapters 10 & 11 Graduation requirements |
Graduation requirements, registration | |
| 11/4 |
Career Center tour |
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| 11/7 |
Functions, computational complexity | Project proposals due | |
| 11/8 |
Barr, skim 3.1-3.3 Flannery, chapter 5, 8 |
Public- key cryptography | |
| 11/10 |
Registration appointments |
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| 11/12 |
Registration appointments | ||
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| 11/14 |
Flannery, chapter 9 |
RSA |
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| 11/15 |
cont. |
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| 11/17 |
Writing center |
Bring proposal, rough draft of
project |
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| 11/18 |
student work day, no class |
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| 11/21 |
Citing sources |
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| 11/22 |
Barr, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4 | RSA, cont. |
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| 11/28 |
Fast exponentiation and RSA |
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| 11/29 |
Euclidean algorithm and RSA |
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| 12/1 |
end of RSA |
Project first drafts due | |
| 12/2 |
Project peer reviews | ||
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| 12/5 |
Barr, 5.2, Reserve materials
from Simon Singh's book |
PGP |
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| 12/12 |
Poster day |
Projects due | |
| 12/13 |
summary |