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Cryptography
Lecture Period
The first lecture will take place during the week starting on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, and the lectures will end in the week ending on Friday, July 17, 2025.
Course Overview
Instructors: Nico Döttling and Lucjan Hanzlik
This lecture will provide an introduction to the field of cryptography. Modern cryptography is the study of the design and analysis of systems with a guaranteed resilience against adversarial abuse. During the run of the course, we will cover the following topics:
- Basic Concepts of Modern Cryptography
- Basic Cryptanalysis
- Practical Aspects of Cryptography
Lecture Times and Place
The lecture will take place in the GHH and at the following dates:
- Monday 10:15 - 11:45
- Wednesday 16:00 - 17:30
On the 13.07.26 the lecture will take place in HS002
For your convenience, we will make the recordings of previous iterations of lecture available in the materials section. Be aware though that several topics may change this year.
Tutorials
Dates of the tutorials will be announced here.
Midterm
There will be a midterm exam. Precise dates will be announced in due time.
Semesterapparat
You will find online copies of the textbooks this course is based on here. Furthermore, please refer to the Book "Complexity Theory: A modern Approach" by Arora and Barak (available here) for foundations in computational complexity.
Exercise Sheets
There will be weekly exercise sheets which are not graded.
Literature
The course is based on the textbook "Introduction to Modern Cryptography" by Katz and Lindell. You can find complementary literature in the Semesterapparat.
Exams
The exams will be in person and on site. Once the dates and place are set they will be announced here.