COMP 547 Cryptography and Data Security

4 credits · Computer Science · Faculty of Science · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

This course presents an in-depth study of modern cryptography and data security. The basic information theoretic and computational properties of classical and modern cryptographic systems are presented, followed by a cryptanalytic examination of several important systems. We will study the applicati…

Prerequisites

COMP 360 or COMP 362, MATH 323.

Prerequisite courses: COMP 360, COMP 362, MATH 323

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COMP 647
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