Spring 2027

Advanced Computer Security and Privacy

Advanced Computer Security and Privacy covers security and privacy issues in software, networks, and hardware, including threat modeling, mitigation strategies, and applied cryptography.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=32 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify contemporary research problems related to the security and privacy of modern computer systems

  • Implement known security attacks to identify weaknesses that led to those attacks and evaluate defense strategies

  • Differentiate among the different dimensions involved in protecting users’ security and privacy as they relate to effectiveness, practicality, and usability

  • Analyze, interpret, and critique research papers from top-tier security conferences by identifying their strengths and weaknesses

  • Propose original research by defining a problem, outlining a plan, performing the original research, and designing, implementing, and evaluating the proposed solution

  • Work effectively in teams to complete a research project

  • Communicate effectively through written reports, oral presentations, and discussion

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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  • Graduate/professional standing

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=32 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Security and privacy in software, networks, and hardware systems.
  • Privacy in user interaction with devices, online systems, and networks.
  • Applied cryptography, security policies, user authentication, and cyber-physical systems.

Skills

  • Threat modeling and mitigation strategies for software, networks, and hardware.
  • Implementing security attacks and evaluating defense strategies.
  • Designing, implementing, and evaluating original security research solutions.

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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