Dear quanta,
For those of you interested in computer science, here are two possibly
relevant courses being offered this term:
1) 18.408: An Algorithmist's Toolkit. Taught by Jon Kelner. TR2.30-4 (4-237)
Topics to include "spectral graph theory, convex geometry, iterative
methods for optimization and linear algebra, graphs, linear systems, and
electrical networks, graph decomposition, approximation, and embedding, and
lattices and basis reduction."
2) 6.875/18.425: Cryptography & Cryptanalysis. Taught by Shafi Goldwasser.
MW9.30-11 (4-370)
"A rigorous introduction to modern cryptography. Emphasis on the
fundamental cryptographic primitives of public-key encryption, digital
signatures, pseudo-random number generation, and basic protocols and their
computational complexity requirements. "
-Anand
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