Welcome to COL759 / COL7159 - Cryptography

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Instructor	TA
Venkata Koppula (kvenkata at cse)	Rupanshu Shah (csz258228 at cse)

Course Logistics

Lectures : TWF 9-10am (D slot)

Course Components and Grading Policy

• 2 Quizzes (10x2 = 20)
• 4 Assignments (5x4 = 20)
• Midterm (24)
• Major (30)
• Attendance (6)

Audit Policy

• 60% or higher for audit pass

Attendance Policy

• 40 lectures; 0.2 marks for each lecture (subject to a max of 6 marks).

Retests

• No retests for quizzes and minor. Any missed quiz/minor will be scaled from the remaining components (subject to submission of IITD medical certificate).

Academic Integrity Policy

• Proctored exams and quizzes: F grade.
• Assignments (to be done in groups of size 2): If two or more groups have very similar assignment submissions, then one grade penalty (for first offense) for all parties involved, F grade if multiple cases of plagiarism.

References

Primary reference
[BS23] D. Boneh and V. Shoup. A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography

Probability handout

Number theory handout

Lecture recordings will be available here.

Announcements

23 July 2026 : Course website uploaded. If you would like to credit this course, and are unable to register due to the course cap, please send me an email and raise a General Request on ERP.

26 July 2026 : Please fill this Google form if you are interested in crediting the course.

28 July 2026: Based on student preferences, we are finalising the D slot (Tue, Wed, Fri 9-10am). There is a minor update to the course grading and attendance policy.

Course Calendar

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