Practical Privacy and Security

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Alt
Tutorials: Sarah Delgado Rodriguez, Oliver Hein, Marco Gutfleisch, Ismael Prieto Romero,
Hours per week: 4
ECTS credits: 6
Language: English
Module: Module Assignments

• Syllabus
• Registration
• Schedule
• Grading

Syllabus

In this course, we will develop innovative privacy and security concepts. While privacy and security have been important topics for many years, satisfactory solutions are still rare. Due to the lack of good options and the laborious nature of managing privacy and security, users are often reluctant to spend time on these tasks. In this course, students organize into groups. Each group designs, prototypes, and evaluates a novel privacy- or security-enhancing interface concept.

This year's topic is Tangible Privacy and Security Games. Hence, course participants will develop a concept for a tangible interface (i.e., an interface that supports user interaction through physical manipulation) that leverages gamification to help users manage, protect, or understand privacy- or security-related concepts. This course will therefore include lessons on and tasks involving hardware prototyping (i.e., using microcontrollers, sensors, and actuators) and fabrication (e.g., 3D modeling, 3D printing, and laser cutting). It will also involve coding tasks.

Registration

Interested students can apply for this practical course via the central registration process. Details on this will be published via institute's communication channels. Signin up for this course directly is not possible.

Schedule

All dates are mandatory attendance.

Please note that we had to change the course dates to Wednesdays, to avoid an overlap with other classes.

Grading

The grade is based on a presentation and a written paper.

• The presentation must last 10-20 minutes.
• The paper must contain 20,000 - 30,000 characters using the LaTex template

• Paper deadline: 05.03.2027, 23:59