MAT 5900, Senior Seminar, Fall 2012

Instructor: Amanda Knecht 

Office: SAC 323

Phone: Ext 96659

E-mail: amanda dot knecht at villanova dot edu

Office Hours:  M 1:30- 3:30, WF 10-11

Syllabus (PDF)

Academic Calendar

Updated Class Schedule

Text Book Webpage



Resources:
   
Homework 1 Ciphered Text
    Shift Register Applet
    Fun Applets
    Frequency Counter (.xlsx)

Paper Topis:
1.1 Enigma - Zach
1.2 Attacks in Network - Jessica Campbell
2.1 Estream- Katie
2.2 GSM - Steph
3.2 Differential Cryptanalysis - Erin
3.3 Lightweight Cryptography - Lauren
6.1 Alternative Public-Key Schemes - Vicky
7.1 Factoring Algorithms- Allie
7.2 RSA Software Implementation - Saria
9.2 Elliptic Curve Cryptography- Jim
11.1 SHA-3: Ellie? and Christina?

Purple Cipher Machine- Jessica Carroll
Coding and RSA- Blaise
Probability of Prime Checkers being incorrect - Cassie

Still To Pick: Oliver