FYSE 1280 Syllabus (tentative)

• Week 0 (9/7)
  • Wed: Intro to Course (2 hours)
    
  • Thurs: 1-5 Advisor Meetings I
    
  • Fri: 9 - 11:30 Advisor Meetings II, 1-5 Registration (Kenyon)
    


• Week 1 (9/7)
  • Mon: ***
    
  • Mon Eve:  Breaking the Code (video)
    
  • Wed: ***
    
  • Fri: ***
    


• Week 2 (9/14)
  • Mon: ***
  • Mon Eve: Rise of Enigma & Triumph of the Codebreakers (2 videos)
    
  • Wed: ***
    
  • Fri: ***


• Week 3 (9/21)
  • Mon: ***
  • Mon Eve: Decoding Nazi Secrets (Nova Video)
    
  • Wed: ***
    
  • Fri:  ***
    


• Week 4 (9/28)
  • Mon: ***
  • Mon Eve:   Yom Kippur
    
  • Wed: Exam I  ?? (evening)
  • Fri: ***


• Week 5 (10/5)
  • Mon: 
  • Mon Eve:  David Leavitt Visit
    
  • Wed: 
    
  • Fri:
    


• Week 6 (10/12)
  • Mon:
    
  • Mon Eve: Enigma Secret (Video)
    
  • Wed: 
  • Fri:
    


• Week 7 (10/19)      
  • Mon:
    
  • Mon Eve: Turing Test (opera)
    
  • Wed:
    
  • Fri: No Class - Midterm Recess???


• Week 8 (10/26)
  • Mon: How "Smart" are Computers?  Can Computers "Think"?  The Turing Test
  • Mon Eve: 
  • Wed:     *** these topics earlier ***
    
  • Fri: Introduction to Cryptology,  the Caesar Cipher,  Breaking Caesar
  • General Mono, Playfair, NBS Movie
    


• Week 9 (11/2)
  • Mon: Some Number Theory
  • Mon Eve:
    
  • Wed:
    
  • Fri: The Vigenere Cipher (Le Chiffre Indechiffrable!)


• Week 10 (11/9)
  • Mon: The Vernam One-Time Pad, Cryptology during the Civil War
  • Mon Eve: Exam II  ???
    
  • Wed:
    
  • Fri: 


• Week 11 (11/16)
  • Mon: WWI,  WWII, and the Enigma Cipher Machine
  • Mon Eve:
    
  • Wed:
    
  • Fri: Public Key Cryptology & Digital Signatures


• Thanksgiving Week (11/23)
  • Mon: More Number Theory,  the RSA Cryptosystem
  • Mon Eve:
    
  • Wed: No Class
  • Fri: No Class


• Week 12 (11/30)
  • Mon: Security of RSA
  • Mon Eve: Student Presentations
    
  • Wed:
    
  • Fri: Primality Testing and Factoring, Conclusion
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  • Authentication and Computer Security
    The Human Brain versus the Computer, Course Conclusion - the need for "Literacy"
    


• Final Exam - ***day May xx from 9am to noon in MBH 505