Logistics
When: The course sessions will be held on Mondays 2 PM – 5 PM. See the course calendar for specific dates of the classes.
The first class will be at 2 PM on September 14, 2020.
Where: online.
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 %
|
|
| Work throughout the course (46%) | ||
| In-session contribution to discussions |
8
|
|
| Analysis and critique of research papers |
30
|
|
| Presenting papers in-class |
8
|
|
| Research Paper (40%) | ||
| Research paper proposal |
5
|
|
| Final version of the research paper |
35
|
|
| Mini-conference (14%) | ||
| Presentation at the mini-conference |
14
|
|
Instructor
Dr. Konstantin Beznosov. Office hours: TBD.
Learning Objectives
On the completion of this course, students are expected to be able to:
- Orient themselves in the area of blockchain privacy and security (BPS),
- Analyze and critique BPS research,
- Reason about design of communication, computer, electronics, and information systems in the context of BPS,
- Write research papers on the subject cyber security and privacy,
- Present their work and comment on others’ work to peers.