Course Name: Introduction to Cryptology

Course abstract

Cryptology is employed to communicate securely, authenticate messages and sign digitally. This four-week course “Introduction to Cryptology” is designed for both computer science and mathematics students, touching upon the most important ideas and techniques of the present day cryptology. All the pre-requisite topics are revised during the lectures making this course self-contained and accessible to a wider audience. It is hoped that this course will prepare interested students for a more extensive course on Information Security.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Sugata Gangopdhyaya

Dr. Sugata Gangopadhyay is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. His research interests are in Cryptology and Discrete Mathematics. Dr. Gangopadhyay has taught Cryptography as an elective course at IIT Roorkee for several years to BTech students. He has guided six PhDs in the area of Cryptographic Boolean functions. Dr. Gangopadhyay has published research paper in leading journals such as IEEE Transaction of Information Theory, Discrete Mathematics, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Information Processing Letters etc. He has also been principal investigator of two international projects on Cryptology.
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Teaching Assistant(s)

BIMAL MANDAL

NISHANT SINHA

 Course Duration : Jul-Sep 2016
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 Enrollment : 23-May-2016 to 18-Jul-2016
 Exam registration : 02-Aug-2016 to 19-Aug-2016
 Exam Date : 18-Sep-2016

Enrolled

6015

Registered

391

Certificate Eligible

179

Certified Category Count

Gold

22

Silver

0

Elite

92

Successfully completed

65

Participation

121

Success

Elite

Gold




Legend

>=90 - Elite + Gold
60-89 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed
<40 - No Certificate

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 3 out of 4 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score.
Introduction to Cryptology - Toppers list
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

SOUMYAJIT SAHA 100%

RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGIES

ANGSHU MUKHERJEE 100%

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SHIBPUR


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

NABANEET ROY 99%

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SHIBPUR

DR V MOHANRAJ 99%

SONA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

SUSHMITA CHOUDHURY 98%

INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT

SURESH DEVANAPALLI 96%

RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGIES BASARA

R SHERINE JENNY 95%

DR MAHALINGAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Y SURESH 95%

SONA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

DR J SENTHILKUMAR 95%

SONA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

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Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.