DCC 831/030/049 – Quantitative Information Flow (2022/2)

General Information

  • Time and place: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:55 pm - 4:35 pm, in room TBA.

  • Syllabus: Important information about the course, including textbook, grading, and program : [pdf]

  • Calendar of activities: Plan of lectures, due dates for problem sets and exams (last updated on 2022-11-17): [pdf]

  • FAQ: Answers to frequently asked questions about my didactic principles can be found here.

Supporting Material

UnitSlidesProblem sets
00 - Discrete Probability (Supplemental material in Portuguese)[pdf][pdf] (Optional)
01 - Introduction to QIF[pdf][pdf]
02 - Modeling secrets[pdf][pdf]
03 - On g-vulnerability[pdf][Same as previous]
04 - Channels[pdf][pdf]
05 - Posterior vulnerability and leakage[pdf][pdf]
06 - Robustness[pdf][pdf]
07 - Capacity[pdf][Same as previous]
08 - Composition of channels[pdf][pdf]
09 - Refinement[pdf][pdf]
10 - The Dalenius perspective[pdf][Same as previous]
11 - Axiomatics[pdf][pdf]
12 - Applications: The Crowds protocol[pdf][Same as previous]

YouTube playlist, recorded during the pandemic in 2021/2.