Spring 2024 Course Descriptions

CS 203-01 How Systems Fail

D. Lillethun
TRF 12:00-1:15, Room To Be Announced
F+ Block

Failure of computer systems within the larger context of complex systems, including the power grid and aviation. Failures of algorithms and protocols, engineering and implementation, systems and applications, people and culture. Attacks, attack recovery, security, privacy, and attribution. Case studies of failures and attacks, including distributed denial of service, Meltdown, Spectre, and spear-phishing attacks. A recitation and graduate-level assignments are required. Four credit hours.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing in a discipline other than Computer Science, Data Science, Bioinformatics, Cognitive Science, or Human-Robot Interaction.


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