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Course Information
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Course description
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This course covers security issues relating to cyber-physical systems
(CPS) and the Internet of Things (IoT).
The instructor will introduce various control and IoT systems
(including industrial control systems, autonomous cars, drones, and
smart home devices) and their security.
Students are expected to review and give presentations on papers
approved by the instructor.
While discussing the papers, students will learn to understand hardware
and software components of CPS and IoT systems, attack surfaces of the
systems, cyber and physical attacks that exploit the attack surfaces,
and how to analyze and improve the security of the systems against the
attacks.
A significant part of this course will be a hands-on course
project in CPS/IoT security on which students will work in groups.
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Contact information
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- Instructor: `Chung Hwan Kim `__.
- Office hours: By appointment.
- Feel free to send the instructor an email to make an appointment
(chungkim@utdallas.edu).
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Prerequisites
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- Basic knowledge of system programming.
- Familiar with basic algorithmic design and analysis (CS 5343).
- Knowledge of program analysis and embedded systems is welcomed
but not required.
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Class meetings and modality
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- When: MW 14:30-15:45 (2:30-3:45pm).
- Where: **Remote/Virtual Course** (`MS Teams `__).
- **Students are strongly encouraged to turn on the camera and participate
in the class proactively.**
- Asynchronous Option: Video recordings of the class will be provided (`MS Stream `__).
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Student learning objectives/outcomes
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This course mainly targets graduate students and undergraduate students
who would like to conduct academic research in CPS/IoT security.
Students will learn the most pressing challenges of protecting CPS and
IoT systems and present solutions to an identified problem.
At the end of the course, students should be familiar with the best
practices for securing industrial control systems, autonomous cars,
drones, and smart home devices.
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Grading policy
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- Assignments (20%): A paper review to submit by a day before each
lecture and paper presentations.
- Project (80%): **A final project, including proposal, demo/presentation
and write-up.**
- Proposal presentation (15%).
- Demo & final presentation (25%).
- Write-up and code (40%).
- No midterm or final exams.
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Course & instructor policies
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* Assignments and project will be evaluated on a ten-point scale (0-10).
* Late work will be penalized 1 point per day (24-hour period).
.. important::
**Cheating vs. collaboration**
Collaboration is a very good thing. On the other hand, cheating is
considered a very serious offense and is vigorously prosecuted.
Vigorous prosecution requires that you be advised of
the cheating policy of the course before the offending act.
For this semester, the policy is simple: don't cheat:
- *Never* share code or text on the project.
- *Never* use someone else's code or text in your solutions.
- *Never* consult potential solutions on the Internet.
On the other hand, for this class, you are strongly encouraged to:
- Share ideas.
- Explain your code to someone to see if they know why it doesn't work.
- Help someone else debug if they've run into a wall.
If you obtain help of any kind, always **write the name(s) of your sources**.
(ref. http://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse451/15au/)
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Online resources
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- `Course website `__
- `Blackboard `__
- `MS Teams `__
- `MS Stream `__