Rules

As always, the CSC Code of Honor applies to this course. Make sure you read it carefully. This page only details the rules specific to this course.

Handing in Written Material

Written submissions not adhering to the following requirements may be ignored without further notice. In particular, any emailed submissions are deleted immediately.

1. You must submit all your written material on enumerated A4-papers (remove any rip-out leftovers) in a single folder without using any paper clips or staples (this is to simplify copying).
2. Your name (first name, family name, personal number) must be clearly visible at the top of the folder without opening the folder (using a transparent plastic folder it could be written on the first page) as well as on the first A4-paper in the folder.
3. The names (first name, family name) of the members of your study group, for the given task, should be listed under your own name and be visible in the same way as your own name.
4. The folder must be placed in the Krypto-compartment at the student office (sv. ``studentexpeditionen'') at the bottom floor of the E-house before the deadline. Folders placed anywhere else are ignored.

Please note that in this course, deadline really means deadline. Zero points are awarded late solution sets. There are of course extreme exceptions, e.g., severe illness or the death of a family member. Lack of time due to work or leisure outside the university or enlisting on many parallel courses are not considered extreme exceptions. Please contact the lecturer, by email at dog@csc.kth.se, as soon as possible in the event that you are unable to submit your work before the deadline.

Homework Submission Requirements

You should write down your own solution in your own words. The same rules apply to programs you write as part of an assignment. Each student is expected to write his or her own program. Any exceptions to these rules will be explicitly stated on your homework sets.

You are allowed to discuss the problems in study groups of up to three students, but still each group member writes down and hands in his or her own solution (not one solution per group and not several copies of the same solution). Only informal discussions between the group members is allowed. In particular, you may not read the solutions of the members of yours study group, e.g., sending or receiving somebody elses draft of a homework by email is considered cheating. You cannot be a member of several study groups on the same homework set, but you may choose a new study group for each homework and/or your research presentation.

Make sure you motivate all your answers, even to those problems where the final answer is simply yes/no or a number. Correct answers without a correct motivation give zero points. In particular, if we ask for a proof we do expect you to try to write a proof and not a handwaving argument. If you fail to do that, then write the most rigorous argument you can for partial credit.

Recommendations

Read and start thinking about the problems directly.

Written Research Presentation Requirements

As a part of the course you may submit a written summary of a research paper in cryptography (see the course description for topics). Presentations not adhering to the following requirements may be awarded zero points.

1. The presentation must be prepared individually.
2. The presentation must have 4 pages.
3. You may discuss and comment on your presentations in study groups of three students, provided that your topics differ. In particular, you are allowed to exchange drafts of your presentations within your study group and comment on each others writings to improve the final versions. You may be involved in a different study group for your presentation than those for the homeworks.

Recommendations

The intended audience for the presentations is at the level of a member of our course. Think about the level of detail to present the research. Try to stress novel and interesting ideas. Include some final comments giving your opinion of the paper. What did you find most interesting?

We strongly recommend that you prepare your presentation at least two weeks in advance, and then revise it the days before the deadline (if not sooner). This will allow you to see your own errors more clearly.

Oral Research Presentation Requirements

As a part of the course you may orally present a research paper in cryptography (see the course description for topics). Presentations not adhering to the following requirements may be interrupted or awarded zero points.

1. The presentation must be prepared and given individually.
2. The presentations will be given in blocks of up to 6 presentations in a 2 hour session. Each student is required to attend the other presentations in the session in which he gives his own presentation.
3. The time allowed for the presentation is 12 minutes. Timing is important and normally a warning is given when 3 minutes of the time remains and when the time is up. Presentations lasting longer than 15 minutes are automatically given zero points.
4. You may discuss your presentations and give practice talks in study groups of three students, provided that the topics differ. You may be involved in a different study group for your presentation than those for the homeworks. The members of the study group should be stated at the beginning of your presentation.

Recommendations

Presentations can be given on the blackboard, using an OH-projector or by slides projected from a computer. It is usually considered that making a presentation as short as 12 minutes on the blackboard is a difficult task and requires very careful planning and hence this must be considered to be the most difficult method.

The intended audience for the presentations is at the level of a member of our course. Think about the level of detail to present the research. Try to stress novel and interesting ideas. Include some final comments giving your opinion of the paper. What did you find most interesting?

We strongly recommend that you give several timed practice presentations on your own and/or in front of your study group before showing up to the session.

Is Something Still Not Clear?

If some part of the above rules is not clear, then please send an email to dog@csc.kth.se, and we will update this page and/or the FAQ section.