IMC: Schedule | Open Course Materials

Lecture	Commencing	Key Topics	Lectures	References
1	13/01/2026	Lecture 1 Introduction and shift chiper	admin.pdf introduction.pdf shift-cipher.pdf	See the end of the slides
2	16/01/2026	Lecture 2 Historical ciphers Secure encryption Perfect secrecy	vigenere-cipher.pdf secure-encryption.pdf perfect-secrecy.pdf	See the end of the slides
3		Lecture 3 Perfect secrecy (cont.) One time pad	perfect-secrecy.pdf onetimepad.pdf	See the end of the slides
4		Lecture 4 One time pad (cont.) Perfect/computational indistinguishability	perfect-indistinguishability.pdf	See the end of the slides
5		Lecture 5 Computational Indistinguishability (cont.) Pseudorandomness and PRGs	computational-secrecy.pdf pseudorandomness-prg.pdf	See the end of the slides
6		Lecture 6 Pseudo one-time-pad	pseudo-otp.pdf	See the end of the slides
7		Lecture 7 CPA security PRFs and PRPs	cpa-security.pdf pseudorandom-functions-prf-prp.pdf	See the end of the slides
8		Lecture 8 CPA secure encryption	cpa-secure-encryption.pdf	See the end of the slides
9		Lecture 9 Block ciphers CCA security	block-ciphers-mo.pdf cca.pdf	See the end of the slides
10		Lecture 10 Message integrity MAC	message-integrity.pdf message-authentication-code.pdf	See the end of the slides
11		Lecture 11 Security reduction recap	message-authentication-code.pdf	See the end of the slides
12		Lecture 12 Message authentication (cont.) Hash functions	message-authentication-code.pdf hash-functions.pdf	See the end of the slides
13		Lecture 13 Authenticated encryption	authenticated-encryption.pdf	See the end of the slides
14		Lecture 14 Group assumptions Diffie-Hellman key exchange	groups-assumptions.pdf diffie-hellman.pdf	See the end of the slides
15		Lecture 15 Public-key encryption RO and Digital Signatures (until the description of the signature scheme)	public-key-encryption.pdf digital-signatures.pdf	See the end of the slides
16		Lecture 16 Digital Signatures: (Security proof)	digital-signatures.pdf	See the end of the slides
17		Lecture 17 Digital Signatures (Security proof)	digital-signatures.pdf	See the end of the slides
18		Zero-Knowledge	zeroknowledge.pdf	See the end of the slides
19		Extra tutorial from the Lecturer. We will discuss the solutions of the past year exam	Exam_2023 Solutions	The exam for 2024/2025 will have a a different structure but the type of questions will be similar. More information will be provided during the lectures

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