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Probability and Cryptography - NMIB051
Title: Pravděpodobnost a kryptografie
Guaranteed by: Department of Algebra (32-KA)
Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual: from 2018
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 6
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:3/1, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: cancelled
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Guarantor: Ing. František Matúš, CSc.
Classification: Mathematics > Algebra
Interchangeability : NMMB407
Is incompatible with: NMMB407
Is interchangeable with: NMMB407
Annotation -
Last update: T_KA (03.05.2011)
Selected topics of Probability and Statistics, and their applications in Cryptography.
Literature -
Last update: T_KA (03.05.2011)
  • G.Grimmet a D.Stirzaker (2001) Probability and Random Processes. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • J.M. Stoyanov (1987) Couterexamples in Probability. J.Wiley & Sons.
  • D.A. Levin, Y. Peres a E.L. Wilmer (2008) Markov Chains and Mixing Times. AMS.
  • T.M. Cover a J.A. Thomas (1991) Elements of Information Theory. J.Wiley & Sons.
  • V. Shoup (2009) Computational Introduction to Number Theory and Algebra. Cambridge University Press.

Syllabus -
Last update: T_KA (03.05.2011)
  • Conditional stochastic independence and information theoretical quantities.
  • Generating functions and random walk. Bonferroni inequalities. Finite de Finetti theorems.
  • Markov chains, classification of states, mixing times.
  • Efficient parameter estimations in exponential families. Cramér-Rao bound.
  • Introduction to the large deviation theory. Sanov theorem.
  • Information geometry and statistics. Stein lemma. Testing random generators.
  • Probability in authentication and secret sharing. Hash functions and randomness.

 
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