Class: Monday and Wednesday, 2:00-3:30 PM
Location: SWNG-Floor 2-Room 208
Instructor: Nguyen Phong Hoang (nphoang@ubcnet.ca)
Office hours: Monday and Wednesday, 1:00-2:00 PM
Piazza: CPSC 538H (All course announcements, Q&A, and discussion will be on Piazza.)
0. Overview This graduate-level course explores the technical and societal dimensions of network security through a thematic and research-oriented lens. Students will study core vulnerabilities in modern networks, explore state-of-the-art defenses, analyze real-world abuse, and investigate privacy technologies.
Please note: CPSC 417 will NOT be offered in 2025W2 due to a planned teaching relief. I will be taking this time to focus on building up my research group and ramping up my research activities at UBC. The first offering of CPSC 417 was very well received by students, several of whom have since pursued careers in computer networking or continued with research in graduate school. I fully intend to offer the course again in 2026W2.