IAM733 SPECIAL TOPICS: CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROTOCOLS 
    
       | Course Code: | 9700733 | 
    
       | METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3(0-3) | 
    
       | ECTS Credit: | 8.0 | 
    
       | Department: | Institute Of Applied Mathematics | 
    
       | Language of Instruction: | English | 
    
       | Level of Study: | Graduate | 
    
       | Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. OÐUZ YAYLA | 
    
       | Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. | 
Course Content
The primary focus of this course is to focus on the advanced cryptographic primitives.their use in cryptographic applicatrions;security and privacy weaknesses of the current protocols.Topics include homomorphic encryption.threshold cryptography. commitments. oblivious transfer.zero-knowledge protocols.secure multi-party computation and Yao`s garbled circuit approach.