Course

COM-622: Topics in information-theoretic cryptography

Summary

Information-theoretic methods and their application to secrecy & privacy. Perfect information-theoretic secrecy. Randomness extraction & privacy amplification. Secret key generation from common randomness. Measures of information leakage incl. differential privacy, perfect privacy, & mutual info.

Lectures

Instructor

Yanina Yurina Shkel

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Summary

Lectures

Instructor

Yanina Yurina Shkel

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/topics-in-information-theoretic-cryptography-COM-622

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/COM-622

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Lectures in this course (18)

Information Theoretic Cryptography

Explores information-theoretic cryptography, focusing on secret communication and key generation.

Information Theory: Review and Mutual Information

Reviews information measures like entropy and introduces mutual information as a measure of information between random variables.

Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems

Explores C. E. Shannon's theory of secrecy systems, covering various ciphers and the concept of perfect secrecy in communication systems.

Secret Key Agreement

Explains secret key agreement systems, perfect secrecy, and the criteria for secure communication.

Cryptography: Key Generation and Security

Explores key generation, cryptography limitations, public key systems, and Diffie-Hellman exchange.

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