Undergraduate Course: Quantum Cyber Security (UG) (INFR11227)
Course Outline
| School | School of Informatics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course follows the delivery and assessment of Quantum Cyber Security (INFR11187) exactly. Undergraduate students must register for this course, while MSc students must register for INFR11187 instead. |
| Course description |
This course follows the delivery and assessment of Quantum Cyber Security (INFR11187) exactly. Undergraduate students must register for this course, while MSc students must register for INFR11187 instead.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed
Computer Security (INFR10067)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | Students MUST NOT also be taking
Quantum Cyber Security (INFR11187)
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Other requirements | This course follows the delivery and assessment of Quantum Cyber Security (INFR11187) exactly. Undergraduate students must register for this course, while MSc students must register for INFR11187 instead.
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 8,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
70 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
75 %,
Coursework
25 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Exam 75%
Coursework 25%
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Quantum Cyber Security (UG) (INFR11227) | 00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- demonstrate their understanding of the power and limitations of quantum computation by evaluating the performance of quantum algorithms and be able to use the basic mathematical formalism for quantum information and quantum cryptography
- test whether a classical cryptosystem is secure against a range of quantum attacks
- analyse quantum attacks to classical protocols
- demonstrate their understanding of the security of quantum cryptography by analysing the security proofs including the effects of different physical implementations
- use security notions for quantum information, such as encryption and authentication, in quantum cryptographic protocols and their application to blind quantum computation
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Reading List
The lecture notes as main source and as supplementary reading:
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information by Nielsen and Chuang
Quantum Information by Stephen Barnett
Post-Quantum Cryptography Editors Daniel J. Bernstein, Johannes Buchmann and Erik Dahmen |
Additional Information
| Course URL |
https://opencourse.inf.ed.ac.uk/qcs |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | cyber security,quantum cryptography,quantum computation |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Petros Wallden
Tel: (0131 6)51 5631
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)50 2692
Email: |
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