#  CS 127: Introduction to Cryptography 

 





 Semester:   Fall 

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 Year offered:  2013 

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 Link: [Course Website](http://people.seas.harvard.edu/~salil/cs127/) 

 

 

 

#### Description:

Algorithms to guarantee privacy and authenticity of data during communication and computation. Proofs of security based on precise definitions and assumptions. Topics may include one-way functions, private-key and public-key encryption, digital signatures, pseudorandom generators, zero-knowledge proofs, fully homomorphic encryption, and the role of cryptography in network and systems security.

Prerequisite: Computer Science 121 or Computer Science 124.

#### Instructor:

[Salil P. Vadhan](http://people.seas.harvard.edu/~salil/)



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Computer Science ](/classes/computer-science)