Cryptography: Boolean functions and related problems
The course invites you to learn more about cryptography; you will learn some important math which stands behind the ciphers, and defines how resistant the particular cipher will be to different types of attacks
36 lessons with assignments
Free schedule
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About the course
The key topics covered in the course:
- how cryptography developed in Russia and in the Soviet Union, including the facts which used to be top secret until very recent times
- Boolean functions and S-boxes, and how the resistance of a cipher depends on cryptographic properties of a Boolean function
- methods of cryptanalysis
- some special and most intriguing types of cryptographic Boolean functions: bent functions and APN-functions (Almost Perfect Nonlinear Functions)
- AI and ML for cryptography
Who is the course for
- University students at Math or IT departments
- Junior cryptography specialists
Course difficulty level: advanced. Background in math is required
What will you learn
- History of cryptography
- Methods of cryptanalysis
- Some special and most intriguing types of cryptographic Boolean functions
AUTHORS
- Tokareva Natalia
PhD, Assistant professor
Department of mechanics and mathematics - Gorodilova AnastasiaPhD, Senior lecturer
Department of mechanics and mathematics - Kutsenko Alexander
Researcher. Department of mechanics and mathematics
- Pintus GeorgeResearcher. Department of mechanics and mathematics
Course program
- What is the course about?
- The beginning of the Russian cryptography
- Soviet and modern Russian cryptography
- From cryptanalysis to cryptographic Boolean functions
- Cryptographic Boolean functions: main properties
- Boolean functions in cryptographic ciphers
- Boolean functions
- S-boxes
- Boolean functions and heuristics
- S-boxes and heuristics
- Artificial intelligence in cryptology
- Machine learning and side-channel attack
- Introduction and history
- Algebraic normal form of a bent function
- Bent rectangles and simple constructions of bent functions
- Automorphisms of the set of bent functions
- Bent functions in small number of variables
- Bent sum decomposition problem
- Generalizations of bent functions
- Cryptographic generalizations
- Introduction. Differential uniformity
- Basic properties of APN functions
- EA- and CCZ-equivalence
- Monomial APN functions
- Polynomial APN functions
- APN permutations
- Differential equivalence of APN functions
- Introduction to quantum information technology
- Mathematical foundations of quantum informatics
- Description of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) protocol BB84
- Intercept and resend attack on BB84 protocol
- Description of QKD protocols B92 and E91
- Basics of PNS attack
- Key distillation
- Examples of using
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36 lessons
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Free schedule
There are no deadlines or due dates for homework assignments. Materials are available immediately, you can start learning through the chatbot at any time and return to the course when you have time
Support
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Cryptography: Boolean functions and related problems
The course invites you to learn more about cryptography; you'll learn some important math which stands behind the ciphers, and defines how resistant the particular cipher will be to different types of attacks.
What will you get
- 36 lessons with assignments in a chatbot
- Author’s presentation: simple, clear and with interest in the subject
- Free schedule: no deadlines and due dates for assignments
- All materials are available immediately, you can start learning at a convenient time
- Professional video and modern graphics
- Quick contact with technical support
- Certificate of Completion
What will you learn
- History of cryptography
- Methods of cryptanalysis
- Some special and most intriguing types of cryptographic Boolean functions
Sign up for the course for free. Learning will start in spring 2024
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