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Quiz tomorrow

Written on 14.05.25 by Nico Döttling

Dear Students,

after today's lecture we received a few questions about tomorrow's quiz. In a nutshell: The quiz will now include the math tutorial, but cover material, concerning perfect secrecy, private key encryption and chosen plaintext security.

Quiz reschedule and information

Written on 12.05.25 by Riccardo Zanotto

Dear Students,

We moved some quizzes so that the last one is far away from the exam date. These are the dates, as you can see from the timetable.

Quiz 2, 15.05
Quiz 3, 28.05
Quiz 4, 11.06
Quiz 5, 25.06
Quiz 6, 09.07

Also, notice that all the quizzes will take place at the start of the… Read more

Dear Students,

We moved some quizzes so that the last one is far away from the exam date. These are the dates, as you can see from the timetable.

Quiz 2, 15.05
Quiz 3, 28.05
Quiz 4, 11.06
Quiz 5, 25.06
Quiz 6, 09.07

Also, notice that all the quizzes will take place at the start of the lecture (i.e at 16:00) instead of the end like the first one.

Additional Material for Basics of Theoretical Computer Science

Written on 08.05.25 by Nico Döttling

Dear Students,

Yesterday I was approached by several of you concerning additional material on basic complexity notions such as "polynomial time". A good primer for this area is given in Sections 1 and 2 in the textbook by Arora and Barak. This is not a mandatory read, but if you feel you lack the… Read more

Dear Students,

Yesterday I was approached by several of you concerning additional material on basic complexity notions such as "polynomial time". A good primer for this area is given in Sections 1 and 2 in the textbook by Arora and Barak. This is not a mandatory read, but if you feel you lack the conceptual background in these topics, you may benefit from working through this material.

Inquiries regarding Quizzes, Tutorials and Exercise Sheets

Written on 08.05.25 by Nico Döttling

Dear Students,

A quick reminder, if you have any questions concerning the quizzes, tutorials, or exercise sheets, please reach out to the TAs rather than sending a mail to the lecturer. This will ensure that your requests are looked into in a timely manner. 

Thanks for your understanding!

Today's Cryptography Quiz

Written on 30.04.25 by Eugenio Paracucchi

Dear Students,

Today's quiz will begin at 17:15 and will last 15 minutes. It will be held in the usual lecture hall.
The quiz consists of 10 multiple-choice questions.
Lecture notes and all electronic devices are not permitted.

Tutorial 1 new room

Written on 29.04.25 by Riccardo Zanotto

Dear Students,

Since we noticed that the room for tutorial 1 is too small, we moved it to CISPA lecture hall; it still is every Monday at 10.

Rescheduled tutorials

Written on 28.04.25 by Riccardo Zanotto

Dear Students,

Since May 1st is a holiday, we rescheduled tutorial 3 to Friday 02.05 at 10am, always in CISPA room 0.02.

Rescheduled tutorials

Written on 22.04.25 by Riccardo Zanotto

Dear students,

Tutorial 3 is rescheduled for the whole duration of the lecture to Thursdays at 12:15, in CISPA room 0.02. Please take notice.

For this week only, tutorial 2 is rescheduled to Wednesday 23.04 (tomorrow) at 12, in CISPA lecture hall.

Start of Tutorials

Written on 13.04.25 by Nico Döttling

Dear Students,

As we did not release an exercise sheet yet, the tutorials will start in the week of the 21.04.25

Forum activated

Written on 13.04.25 by Nico Döttling

Dear Students,
we have activated the forum and you will find it in the header bar.

Tutorial Preferences

Written on 11.04.25 by Nico Döttling

Dear Students,

Tutorial preferences should now be open. Please enter your preferences as soon as possible.

Thanks!

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