Course Schedule of Topics and Due Dates

Meeting	Date	Topic	Reading	Assignment
1	Mon, Aug 25	Intro to Security and Usable Encryption	Reading 1	HW1 - Due Fri, Sep 12
	Mon, Sep 1	No Class -- Labor Day
2	Mon, Sep 8	Research Methods in USEC 1		HW2 - Due Fri, Sep 26
	Mon, Sep 15	Research Methods in USEC 2
3	Mon, Sept 22	Intro to Privacy	Reading 2	HW3 - Due Fri, Oct 17
4	Mon, Sep 29	Security Warnings and Permissions	Reading 3	Deep Dive - Topics Due Wed, Oct 8 - Presentations Oct 20 - Nov 3
5	Mon, Oct 6	Passwords and Password Managers	Reading 4
6	Mon, Oct 13	Phishing, Spam and Ethics	Reading 5	Project Proposal - Due Wed, Oct 22
7	Mon, Oct 20	Deep Dive Presentations 1 - 2: Censorship - 9: Anonymous Communication - 17: Social Media and Dark Patterns - 16: Voting - 7: Privacy Policies	Reading 6
8	Mon, Oct 27	Deep Dive Presentations 2 - 8: Secure Messaging and Communication - 10: Trust, safety, privacy of LLM models/AI usage - 5: Children and Teens - 15: Deepfakes - 12: Rideshare Privacy - 18: Phishing: Understanding User Behavior and Countermeasures	Reading 7	Project Protocol and Ethics Report - Due Wed, Nov 12
9	Mon, Nov 3	Deep Dive Presentations 3 - 3: Cryptocurrency Usability and Security - 1: Scams and scam prevention - 19: Data Breaches and Compliance - 6: Developers - 13: Accessibility - 11: IoT	Reading 8
10	Mon, Nov 10	Yoshi Kohno (Georgetown) - Compute Security Trolly Problems	Reading 9
	Mon, Nov 17	Project Update Meetings 1
	Mon, Nov 24	No Class – Thanksgiving Break
11	Mon, Dec 1	Guest Lecture - TBD	Reading 10
	Mon, Dec 8	Project Update Meetings 2		Project Reports and Posters - Due Dec 15
	Mon, Dec 15	Project Report Poster Show Case 12:40pm - 2:40pm Location: TBD		Must submit posters by Dec 10th for printing