Followup Seminars

Recommended Prerequisites

     BSc in Informatics Engineering or equivalent.

Teaching Methods

Two complementary activities will be developed:

1 - Seminars (30h) : presentation and discussion of topics related to the curricular dissertation research work.

2 - Preparation of a survey article, peer review, presentation and discussion at a workshop .

 

Evaluation:

- Active participation in seminars and presentation of issues: 10 %

- Quality of reviews of articles: 20 %

- Drafted Article ( overall quality , presentation, discussion): 70 %

It is compulsory to attend 75 % in seminárias (may be by teleconference) .

Learning Outcomes

 

The Internet is evolving with new requirements and applications, creating new challenges in the areas of security and privacy of communications and information.

 

This course aims to exploit fundamental concepts and advanced topics in the scientific area of informatics security, providing a comprehensive view of the state-of-the-art, including relevant open research questions and research projects.

 

These objectives will assist the students in gaining advanced knowledge of their area of research, further developing their competencies in the areas of critical analysis of scientific work, scientific writing, oral presentation and discussion, scientific peer reviewing, which will be key assets for the successful competion of the dissertation and the publication of the  research results.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

They will be explored topics in the following areas :

 

• Research methodologies
• Motivations and challenges for computer security
• Security, privacy and trust fundamentals
• Resilient Architectures, reliable and energy efficiency for the Internet
• Secure software and information systems development
• Security in wireless sensor networks and IoT
• Security  and reliability evaluation
• Security in critical infrastructures
• Security for cloud computing infrastructures
• Other topics related to communications and software security

 

Other topics will be the subject of analysis and discussion within the area of communications and software security, depending on the interest to the achievement of the course objectives.

Head Lecturer(s)

Nuno Manuel dos Santos Antunes

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Other: 30.0%
Synthesis work: 70.0%

Bibliography

Para cada tópico abordado será fornecida aos alunos uma lista de referências.

For each topic to be addressed, a list of references will be provided to the students.