Forthcoming course
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Outline Syllabus

The course is divided into four main areas: Cryptography Fundamentals, Public Key and Blockchain, cyber, AI and Postquantum, and Privacy-aware AI and Future Cryptography. It is free to attend, and you can register your interest in the course by clicking on the red buttons and completing the form.

WorkSHOP 1

Cryptography Fundamentals

Wednesday, 26 March 2025 (starts 10am CET)

This will involve a two-hour lecture and a two-hour practical session with the following content:

  • Basics of key-based encryption.
  • Symmetric Key encryption.
  • Hashing methods.
  • Key Exchange methods.
  • Public Key methods (RSA and ECC).

Guest speaker: Whitfield Diffie – the co-creator of the Diffie-Hellman method.

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WorkSHOP 2

Public Key and Blockchain

Wednesday, 16 April 2025 (starts 10am CET)

This will involve a two-hour lecture and a two-hour practical session with the following content:

  • Digital Certificates (X509).
  • Digital Signing (ECDSA, EdDSA and RSA).
  • Basics of Blockchain.
  • Cryptocurrency.

Guest speaker: TBC

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WorkSHOP 3

Cyber, AI and Post Quantum

Wednesday, 7 May 2025 (starts 10am CET)

This will involve a two-hour lecture and a two-hour practical session with the following content:

  • Basics of AI integrated into Cybersecurity.
  • Digital ID.
  • Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC).

Guest speaker: TBC

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WorkSHOP 4

Private-aware AI and Future Cryptography

Wednesday, 28 May 2025 (starts at 10am CET)

This will involve a two-hour lecture and a two-hour practical session with the following content:

  • Homomorphic Encryption.
  • AI and Private-aware Methods
  • Zero Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs).
  • Secure Enclaves.
  • Cloud Security.

Guest speaker: TBC

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Conference (Online or in Edinburgh or Istanbul)

The Future of Digital Trust Conference (June 2025)

Tuesday, 24 June 2024 (starts 10am CET)

We aim to host a conference in Edinburgh and Istanbul, which is free to attend for those who register for the programme.

  • Outline of the full roll-out of the programme.
  • Award of certificates from the programme.
  • Capture The Flag exercises and prizes.
  • Guest speakers.
  • Opportunities for further study.
  • Online broadcast.

Guest speaker: TBC

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Notes

The practical sessions will focus on the fundamentals and applications of cryptography and use Jupyter notebooks to integrate Python code.