Attention: This course will be taught next time in September-December 2023
The theme for 2023 version of the course: “Security and Privacy of ML.”
Please note that this is a 3-credit course, which graduate students can take up to 3 times during their studies (unlike most courses at UBC). Each time, they will receive full credit (i.e., 3 credits) for the course and the grade will go on their transcript.
CPEN 642 is a seminar-based graduate course taught by Prof. Konstantin (Kosta) Beznosov for those grad students who would like to get oriented in a specific domain of cybersecurity research and learn how to read/analyze/write/present research papers. Each time, the domain of this research seminar is different:
- 2023: security and privacy of ML.
- 2020: security and privacy of cryptocurrencies and their applications.
- 2018: usable privacy and security.
- 2015: mobile security and privacy.
The course is designed for PhD and thesis-based Masters programs. We will be reading, critiquing, presenting, and discussing research papers recently published in top venues. Also, each student (individually or with another student) will write their own term paper on a topic of their choice, get feedback from the course instructor and the fellow students, and present the paper at the course mini-conference.
MEng students are highly recommended to take CPEN 542 instead of this course. CPEN 542 is the course for learning the subject of cybersecurity.