Logistics
When: The course sessions will be held either on Thursdays 10 AM – 1 PM, and on some Mondays 10 AM – 1 PM in January (to compensate for February classes). See the course calendar for specific dates of the classes.
The first class will be at 2 PM on January 8, 2015.
Where: KAIS 4018.
Announcements: All non-urgent announcements for the course are made in the class. Urgent announcements are sent to the e-mail addresses that the students provided to the UBC registration system.
Grading
Grading will be done according to the following scheme:
Module
|
Grade %
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Work throughout the course (46%) | ||
In-class and online contribution to discussions |
8
|
|
Analysis and critique of research papers |
30
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|
Presenting papers in-class |
8
|
|
Research Paper (38%) | ||
Research paper proposal |
4
|
|
Pre-final draft of the research paper |
8
|
|
Feedback to other students on their paper drafts |
3
|
|
Final version of the research paper |
20
|
|
Reviewing research papers of other students |
5
|
|
Mini-conference (16%) | ||
Presentation at the mini-conference |
12
|
|
Helping to organize the mini-conference |
2
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Instructor
Dr. Konstantin Beznosov. Office hours by appointment.
Learning Objectives
On the completion of this course, students are expected to be able to:
- Orient themselves in the area of security and privacy in mobile communications and computing,
- Analyze and critique research published in the field,
- Reason about security design of communication, computer, and information systems in the context of mobility,
- Independently study other selected areas of computer security and privacy,
- Write research papers on the subject related to computer security and privacy,
- Use effectively literature databases, libraries, and other sources available for UBC researchers, for conducting literature studies on computer security and privacy,
- Present their work and comment on others’ work to peers.