Selected Topics on Multimedia and Security Issues

Fall 1997

Instructor: Klara Nahrstedt

3111 DCL, 4-6624, klara@cs.uiuc.edu

Description:

The seminar will cover papers with selected topics in the area of multimedia and security. The first half of the semester will be devoted to general security papers discussing issues such as RSA, DES, various security algorithms and protocols such as key distribution protocols, authentication, digital signatures, and their implementations. The second half of the semester will cover security issues in multimedia systems, encryption algorithms of audio and video information as well as copyright and watermarking algorithms applied to multimedia information.

Evaluation:

Each student must present several papers. The grade will be based on paper presentations (50 %) and participation in discussions (50%).

Readings:

Papers

The papers are on reserve in Grainger library.

Registration:

Register for CS 491kn

Credit:

1/4 unit

Course Time:

Thursday, 3:00-4:00pm

Place:

Conference room 3211, DCL

Copyright, All Rights Reserved, 1997 Klara Nahrstedt