Grading policy
Research work: 70%
Project proposal (only presentation): 15%*
Progress update (only presentation): 20%*
Final outcome (presentation with report): 35%*
Term-final exam: 20%*
Paper presentation: 10%*
[* Can be slightly adjusted later]
Deliverable of the project work:
In the course project, you need to do a research work (worth of doing within a semester). There will be four checkpoints for this work -
Project proposal [5-10 minutes ppt presentation]: Due within 3rd week
Progress update [5-10 minutes ppt presentation]: Due just after mid-term
Final presentation [15-20 minutes ppt presentation]: Due within the penultimate week
Project report [A paper-style report on the project work in Latex following IEEE paper format]
Evaluation will be made based on the above deliverable. For instructions on preparing the deliverable, please visit Guidelines.
** All presentations MUST be in English.
Possible topics for paper presentations:
Survey on different aspects of network attacks, defense mechanisms, security analysis, secured system development, security testing, etc.
Recent (NOT earlier than two years back) advancements in network security.
Sources: Either a top-tier conference such as ACM CCS, NDSS, USENIX Security, Infocom, Sigcom, etc., or a top-ranked journal such as IEEE TDSC.