Mobile Systems Security
5
Networking and Services
Advanced studies
Students taking this course will get a broad understanding of platform security techniques used in mobile devices today and will be exposed to open problems and research issues in this area. The course consists of six sessions plus an optional lecture. The first lecture will cover the fundamentals and background needed to understand platform security in general. Subsequent lectures will cover hardware and software platform security techniques and usability aspects of mobile platform security in particular and mobile security in general. Students will have weekly written homework exercises. In addition a student can either choose to do programming assignments or write a survey paper on an assigned topic. Evaluation will be based on homework exercises and the programming assignments or survey. Pre-requisite: Cryptography in networking (582749) or equivalent undergraduate course in security and/or cryptography. There will be no exam.
| Year | Semester | Date | Period | Language | In charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | spring | 13.01-31.03. | 3-4 | English | N. Asokan |
Lectures
| Time | Room | Lecturer | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 10-12 | A114 | N. Asokan | 13.01.2015-10.02.2015 |
| Tue 10-12 | A114 | N. Asokan | 24.02.2015-31.03.2015 |
Exercise groups
| Time | Room | Instructor | Date | Observe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 14-16 | B119 | Hien Truong | 15.01.2015—12.02.2015 | |
| Thu 14-16 | B119 | Hien Truong | 26.02.2015—02.04.2015 |
General
This course is conducted jointly with Aalto University. Lectures conducted on Tuesday mornings (10-12) will be streamed using a video conference channel between Otaniemi (Room A 303 in Chemical Technology building) and Kumpula (Room A 114 in Exactum building).
Exercise sessions are conducted separately for each university. The exercise sessions at the University of Helsinki are held on Thursday afternoons (14-16) at Kumpula (Room B 119 in Exactum)
The course wiki will be used as the primary course information source. See the course webpage for further information.
In order to access to Moodle space, students from the University of Helsinki need to create an account first. Here is the link for sign-up. Note that, it is required to open the email that was used for signing-up and confirm the request to activate the account. Once having a Moodle account, students can use a key to enroll in the course. The key will be sent to course participants via mailing-list.