Schedule
The schedule will change as the course progresses, in part based on student interests. If you are particularly interested in some topic not covered here, send mail to the course staff.
Submit your answers (and questions) for each lecture via email to the course staff, with the email subject format: [CS8803-EMS MM-DD] YOUR_NAME Assignment where MM is the two digit month, and DD is the two digit day. For example, the instructors first homework subject would be: [CS8803-EMS 08-22] Paul Pearce Assignment for the first lecture.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Aug 18 Discussion 1: Course logistics, Topic Introduction Preparation: Enroll. | Aug 19 | Aug 20 Discussion 2: Classics: Denial of Service Preparation: Inferring Internet Denial of Service Activity Writeups begin next week | Aug 21 | Aug 22 |
| Aug 25 Discussion 3: Modern: Denial of Service Preparation: Understanding the Mirai Botnet Questions TBA. |
Aug 26 | Aug 27 Discussion 4: Classics: Traceback Preparation: Practical Network Support for IP Traceback Questions TBA. |
Aug 28 | Aug 29 Last day to add |
| Sep 01 Labor Day |
Sep 02 | Sep 03 Discussion 5: Classics: Inferring Activity Preparation: Timing Analysis of Keystrokes and Timing Attacks on SSH Questions TBA. |
Sep 04 | Sep 05 |
| Sep 08 Discussion 6: Classics: Intrusion Detection Preparation: Bro: A System for Detecting Network Intruders in Real-Time Questions TBA. |
Sep 09 | Sep 10 Discussion 7: Classics: Baserate Preparation: The Base-Rate Fallacy and the Difficulty of Intrusion Detection Questions TBA. |
Sep 11 | Sep 12 |
| Sep 15 Discussion 8: Spam Preparation: Spamalytics: An Empirical Analysis of Spam Marketing Conversion Understanding the Network-Level Behavior of Spammers Questions TBA. |
Sep 16 | Sep 17 Discussion 9: Botnets Preparation: Your Botnet is My Botnet: Analysis of a Botnet Takeover Questions TBA. |
Sep 18 | Sep 19 |
| Sep 22 Discussion 10: Internet Scanning Preparation: ZMap: Fast Internet-Wide Scanning and its Security Applications A Search Engine Backed by Internet-Wide Scanning Questions TBA. |
Sep 23 | Sep 24 Project Pre Proposal Presentations 1 |
Sep 25 | Sep 26 |
| Sep 29 No Class |
Sep 30 | Oct 01 Discussion 11: The Underground Economy Preparation: Click Trajectories: End-to-End Analysis of the Spam Value Chain Questions TBA. |
Oct 02 | Oct 03 |
| Oct 06 Fall Recess |
Oct 07 Fall Recess |
Oct 08 Discussion 12: Unwanted Software Preparation: Framing Dependencies Introduced by Underground Commoditization Investigating Commercial Pay-Per-Install and the Distribution of Unwanted Software Questions TBA. |
Oct 09 | Oct 10 |
| Oct 13 Discussion 13: Ethics and Legality Preparation: Conducting Cybersecurity Research Legally and Ethically Encore: Lightweight Measurement of Web Censorship with Cross-Origin Requests Questions TBA. |
Oct 14 | Oct 15 Project Proposals Day 1 |
Oct 16 | Oct 17 |
| Oct 20 Project Proposals Day 2 |
Oct 21 | Oct 22 Discussion 14: Real World Attacks Preparation: The Spyware Used in Intimate Partner Violence Questions TBA. |
Oct 23 | Oct 24 Last day to withdraw |
| Oct 27 Discussion 15: Censorship Preparation: SoK: Towards Grounding Censorship Circumvention in Empiricism Optional: Augur: Internet-Wide Detection of Connectivity Disruptions Questions TBA. |
Oct 28 | Oct 29 No Class (IMC 2025) |
Oct 30 | Oct 31 |
| Nov 03 Discussion 16: Nation-States Preparation: The Million Dollar Dissident. Questions TBA. |
Nov 04 | Nov 05 Discussion 17: TLS/HTTPS Preparation: Imperfect Forward Secrecy: How Diffie-Hellman Fails in Practice. Questions TBA. |
Nov 06 | Nov 07 |
| Nov 10 Discussion 18: Cyber-Physical / Internet of Things Preparation: Comprehensive Experimental Analyses of Automotive Attack Surfaces. Questions TBA. |
Nov 11 | Nov 12 Discussion 19: Usability Preparation: Alice in Warningland: A Large-Scale Field Study of Browser Security. Questions TBA. |
Nov 13 | Nov 14 |
| Nov 17 Final Presentations Day 1 |
Nov 18 | Nov 19 Final Presentations Day 2 |
Nov 20 | Nov 21 |
| Nov 24 Project Office Hours |
Nov 25 | Nov 26 Thanksgiving |
Nov 27 Thanksgiving |
Nov 28 Thanksgiving |
| Dec 01 Last day of class, Project Office Hours |
Dec 02 | Dec 03 | Dec 04 | Dec 05 |
| Dec 08 | Dec 09 | Dec 10 | Dec 11 Projects due |
Dec 12 |