Schedule | Intro to Usable Sec. and Priv. (Fall 2024)

Course Schedule of Topics and Due Dates

Week Date Topic Reading Assignment
1 Mon, Aug 26 Usable Encryption and Secure Messages Reading 01 HW1
- Due Fri, Sep 13
Mon, Sep 2 No Class -- Labor Day
2 Mon, Sep 9 Methods and Experimental Design Reading 02
3 Mon, Sep 16 Privacy Measurement Reading 03 HW2
- Due Wed, Oct 9
4 Mon, Sept 23 Passwords Reading 04 Project Proposal
- Due Wed, Oct 18
5 Mon, Sep 30 Developers as Users Reading 05 HW3
- Due Fri, Oct 25
6 Mon, Oct 7 Security Warnings and Permissions Reading 06
7 Mon, Oct 14 Phishing and Ethics Reading 07 Project Ethics Report
- Due Mon, Nov 8
8 Mon, Oct 21 Data Breaches and Recovery
Guest Lecture: Florian Schaub (UMich)
Reading 08
9 Mon, Oct 28 Bias in AI Reading 09 Project Bibliography
- Due Mon, Nov 11
10 Mon, Nov 4 Non-Standard and Unique Groups
Guest Lecture: Elissa Redmiles (Georgetown)
Reading 10
11 Mon, Nov 11 Dashboards, Labels, and Privacy Policies
Guest Lecture: David Balash (Richmond)
Reading 11 Project Status Report
- Due Wed, Nov 22
12 Mon, Nov 18 Accessibility
Guest Lecture: Yaxing Yao (VT)
Reading 12
Mon, Nov 25 No Class – Thanksgiving Break
13 Mon, Dec 2 Project Presentations I
14 Mon, Dec 9 Project Presentations II Project Reports
- Due Dec 13