CSC 533 - Privacy in the Digital Age, Fall 2024


** Lecture topics and readings are subject to change as the semester evolves. Slides will be uploaded right after class.

Date Topic Reading Note
08/20 Introduction and course overview [Slide]
Topic: Database Privacy
08/22 Data De-anonymization [Slide]
08/27 k-anonymity [Slide]
08/29 l-diversity, t-closeness [Slide]
09/03 Differential privacy [Slide] Tutorial on Differential Privacy
09/05 Private Information Retrieval (PIR) [Slide]
Topic: Online Privacy
09/10 Online tracking: stateful [Slide]
09/12 Online tracking: stateless [Slide]
09/17 No Class Wellness Day
09/19 Privacy tools for web browsing [Slide]
09/24 Anonymous communication [Slide]
09/26 Tor network [Slide]
10/01 Midterm Exam Review In class discussion
10/03 Midterm Exam In class exam Topics covered upto 09/26 (inclusive)
Topic: Machine learning and Privacy
10/08 Privacy Attacks on machine learning models (part 1) [Slide]
10/10 Privacy Attacks on machine learning models (part 2) [Slide]
10/15 No Class Fall break
10/17 Privacy perserving machine learning [Slide]
10/22 Fairness and auditing of automated systems [Slide]
Topic: Legal Aspects of Privacy
10/24 Privacy acts and frameworks [Slide]
10/29 Privacy notices [Slide]
10/31 Privacy policy compliance [Slide]
Topic: Perception of Privacy
11/05 Privacy index and Factors influencing privacy attitude [Slide]
11/07 Modeling users' privacy preferences [Slide]
Topic: Inference Attacks
11/12 Bitcoin and privacy [Slide] Video lecture
bitcoin-what-is-it
bitcoin
11/14 Network-level Inference attacks [Slide]
11/19 Acoustic and Motion sensor based Inference attacks [Slide]
11/21 Final Project Presenation In class discussion
11/26 Final Project Presenation In class discussion
11/28 No Class Thanksgiving holiday
12/03 Final Exam Review [Slide] In class discussion Final project report due
12/05 Final Exam In Class (12-2:30pm) Excluding Mid-term Exam Content