Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Frontiers of Applied Cryptography
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
INTE1127 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
145H Mathematical & Geospatial Sciences |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2006, Sem 2 2006, Sem 2 2007, Sem 1 2008, Sem 1 2009, Sem 1 2010, Sem 1 2011, Sem 1 2012, Sem 1 2013, Sem 1 2014, Sem 1 2015, Sem 1 2016 |
INTE1127 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
171H School of Science |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2017, Sem 1 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 1 2020, Sem 1 2021, Sem 1 2022, Sem 2 2023, Sem 2 2024, Sem 2 2025 |
INTE2092 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
145H Mathematical & Geospatial Sciences |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2006, Sem 2 2006, Sem 1 2010, Sem 1 2011, Sem 1 2015 |
INTE2092 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
171H School of Science |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 1 2020 |
Course Coordinator: Arathi Arakala
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 2279
Course Coordinator Email: arathi.arakala@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: Building 15
Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment, by email
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
Course Description
This course builds on the content presented in INTE2656 Cryptography for Cybersecurity and introduces a detailed study of contemporary and emerging cryptographic and cryptanalytic techniques and their importance in implementing secure systems. You will study a selection of special topics in cryptography such as: Block ciphers and their cryptanalysis, elliptic curve cryptography, primality testing and factorization, quantum computing and quantum safe cryptography, blockchain and its applications.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
Program Learning Outcomes
This course is an option course and will broadly contribute to the development of your program learning outcomes.
For more information on the program learning outcomes for your program, please see the program guide.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Critically review new theoretical and practical developments in cryptography and their impact on contemporary information systems.
- Recognise and justify the role of cryptanalysis in the design of secure systems.
- Critically analyse technical details of contemporary cryptosystems.
- Critically evaluate technical details of potential future cryptosystems.
- Solve cryptographic problems applying a range of theoretical and simulated practical scenarios.
- Effectively conveying complex technical details using an array of communication methods such as written text, mathematical equations, diagrams, and innovative visualizations.
- Justify the place of ethics in Information Security, critically reflecting on the moral imperatives of the field.
Overview of Learning Activities
You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectorials, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.
A variety of planned student learning experiences will accommodate the learning outcomes envisaged for this course. This includes individual and group activities, including theoretical, computational and social learning experiences.
A presentation format will provide an overview of the specified study area and direct you to foundational, analytical, and evidence-based readings about cryptography and its place in Information Security. Facilitated open discussions will draw on your capacity to solve problems, to think critically and analytically and reflect on your own relevant work and life experiences. Individual and group activities, such as in-semester assessments, will provide you with on-going feedback on your progress. In-semester assessments may take the form of literature review, class tests and/or computer-based project work. Presentation of project work may also form part of the assessment. The assessments will reinforce the material covered in lectures and in your personal study. Your capacity to solve problems and to think critically and analytically will also be addressed through problems presented in lectures and facilitated seminars. In-semester assessments will emphasize the role of ethics in the academic arena. You will be expected to understand the academic integrity policy of RMIT. The assessment tasks will test your comprehension of the subject material, your ability to apply your understanding to real world problems and communicate solutions.
You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course.
Overview of Learning Resources
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course.
Weekly learning resources are set up and available in Canvas.
A list of recommended learning resources will be provided by your lecturer, which may include books, journal articles and web resources. You will also be expected to seek further resources relevant to the focus of your own learning.
There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment Tasks
Assessment Task 1:Report
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1-7
Assessment Task 2:In-class discipline based practical assessments
Weighting 50%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1-5
Assessment Task 3:Discipline based practical assignments
Weighting 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1-7
If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.