EE720 Course Overview

Saravanan Vijayakumaran

Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay

July 27, 2026

Grading Policy

• 10% Assignments, 20% Quizzes, 30% Midsem, 40% Endsem
• Relative grading
• For AU, final score should be at CC level or above
• DX grade if attendance is below 80%
• Exams will be closed notes with no cribsheets allowed
• Key definitions will be provided in the question paper itself

Reference Books

• Introduction to Modern Cryptography, Jonathan Katz, Yehuda Lindell, CRC Press, 2021 (3rd Edition). Main textbook
• A Computational Introduction to Number Theory and Algebra, Victor Shoup, Cambridge University Press, 2008 (2nd edition).
• Cryptography: Theory and Practice, Douglas R. Stinson, Maura B. Paterson, CRC Press, 2018 (4th Edition)

Prerequisites

• Asymptotic Notation (See Appendix A.2 of Katz & Lindell)
• Basic Probability (See Appendix A.3 of Katz & Lindell)

Course Plan

• Before midsem exam
  • Classical Cryptography
  • Private-Key Cryptography
  • Selected topics from Chapters 1 to 7 of Katz & Lindell
• After midsem exam
  • Public-Key Cryptography
  • Selected topics from Chapters 9 to 15 of Katz & Lindell

Can CSE students register?

• EE720 has significant overlap with CS 409 Introduction to Cryptography
• Consult your faculty advisor before tagging EE720 as a department elective

Course Webpage

www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~sarva/courses/EE720/Autumn2026

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