Teaching Materials

Cryptography and Embedded Systems Security (CRAESS)

• Week 1: Abstract Algebra and Number Theory [Lecture Slides]
• Week 2: Introduction to Cryptography [Lecture Slides]
• Week 3: Symmetric Block Ciphers and their Implementations [Lecture Slides]
• Week 4: RSA, RSA Signatures, and their Implementations [Lecture Slides]
• Week 5: Probability Theory and Introduction to SCA [Lecture Slides]
• Week 6: SPA and Non-profiled DPA [Lecture Slides]
• Week 7: Profiled DPA [Lecture Slides]
• Week 8: SCA Countermeasures [Lecture Slides]
• Week 9: FA on RSA and Countermeasures [Lecture Slides]
• Week 10: FA on Symmetric Block Ciphers [Lecture Slides]
• Week 11: FA Countermeasures for Symmetric Block Cipher [Lecture Slides]
• Assignments:
  • Assignment 1: Matrices
  • Assignment 2: Symmetric Groups
  • Assignment 3: Bit-sliced Implementation (see sample plaintext and sample ciphertext)
  • Assignment 4: SNR
  • Assignment 5: DPA
  • Assignment 6: Coding Theory
• Past Papers
• Textbook
• A related course, co-instructed by Dr. Jakub Breier and me, is available through the EC-Council. More details can be found here.

For citation: Hou, Xiaolu, and Jakub Breier. "Cryptography and Embedded Systems Security." ISBN: 978-3-031-62205-2, Springer Nature, 2024.

Algebra and Discrete Mathematics (ADM)

• Week 1: Vectors and Matrices [Lecture Slides]
• Week 2: System of linear equations [Lecture Slides]
• Tutorials:
  • Week 2: Vectors and Matrices [Tutorial Questions] [Tutorial Answers]
  • Week 3: Solving linear systems and Gauss–Jordan elimination [Tutorial Questions] [Tutorial Answers]