Practical Information - CPSC 601.09 / PMAT 629

Lectures

Lecture 1: MWF 13:00 (ICT 638)
Instructor: Mike Jacobson
Office: ICT 612
Email: jacobs@cpsc
Phone: 210-9410
Office hours: Monday 14:00 - 16:00 or by appointment only

Textbook

None required. Recommended references:

Guide to Elliptic Curve Cryptography D. Hankerson, A. Menezes, and S. Vanstone. ISBN 0-387-95273-X, Springer, 2004. Implementation/algorithmic oriented description of elliptic curve fundamentals and related cryptographic protocols.
Elliptic Cruves - Number Theory and Cryptography L.C. Washington. ISBN 1-58488-365-0, Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2003. More mathematical treatment of elliptic curves over various fields.

Grading

Three components, assignments, in-class term test, and research project, are included in the determination of the course grade.

	Component	Weight
	Assignments	40%
	Research Project	10% - proposal 40% - report 10% - in-class presentation

Practical Information for CPSC 601.09 / PMAT 629, Winter 2006