For Wed, Sep 6, read sections 1.1-1.2 and 3.1.
For Fri, Sep 8, read sections 3.2-3.3.
For Mon, Sep 11, read sections 2.1-2.2 and 2.4.
For Wed, Sep 13, read section 2.3.
For Fri, Sep 15, read sections 3.8, 2.6-2.8.
For Mon, Sep 18, read sections 2.9-2.11.
For Wed, Sep 20, read sections 4.1-4.2, 4.4.
For Fri, Sep 22, read sections 4.5-4.8. Here is the ECB image and CBC image from class.
For Mon, Sep 25, read section 3.11 up through 3.11.2.
For Wed, Sep 27, read sections 5.1-5.2.
For Fri, Sep 29, read sections 3.4-3.5. You might also look at this interactive AES animation to get a better idea of how AES works.
For Mon, Oct 2, read sections 3.6-3.7.
For Wed, Oct 4, read section 6.1.
For Fri, Oct 6, no new reading. Study for midterm 1 and do the practice problems.
For Mon, Oct 9, read sections 3.12 and 6.2 up through 6.2.2.
For Wed, Oct 11, read sections 3.9-3.10.
For Fri, Oct 13, read section 6.3.
For Mon, Oct 16, read section 6.4.
For Wed, Oct 18, read about the quadratic sieve in section 6.4.1.
For Fri, Oct 20, read sections 7.1 and 7.4.
For Mon, Oct 23, read section 7.5.
For Wed, Oct 25, read section 7.2.
For Fri, Oct 27, read section 8.1.
For Mon, Oct 30, read section 8.4.
For Wed, Nov 1, read sections 9.1 and 9.3.
For Fri, Nov 3, read section 9.2.
For Mon, Nov 6, read section 14.1. There's a good chance we will also talk about things not in section 14.1, like graph coloring. We also might touch briefly on the complexity classes P and NP. Don't worry too much about the fine details, but we will want a "big picture" idea of what graph coloring, P, and NP are about.
For Wed, Nov 8, read section 14.2.
For Fri, Nov 10, read the Wikipedia article on Bitcoin.
For Mon, Nov 13, watch this YouTube video about Bitcoin.
For Fri, Nov 17, read (or skim) the original Bitcoin paper.
For Mon, Nov 20, read sections 12.1-12.2.
For Tues, Nov 21, read sections 19.1-19.2.
For Mon, Nov 27, read sections 6.4.2 and 19.3.2.
For Wed, Nov 29, read section19.3 up to 19.3.1, and section 19.3.3. You might also want to read this non-mathematical explanation of Shor's algorithm.
For Fri, Dec 1, read section 17.4 up to 17.4.1.
For Mon, Dec 4, read section 17.1.
For Wed, Dec 6, read section 17.2 up to 17.2.2.
For Fri, Dec 8, read section 17.4.1.
For Mon, Dec 11, read section 2.12.
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