There are two interactive sessions for this part. See the schedule for date and time for the various sessions.

For the first, you should work through the Information Theory Module in ScalableLearning. You’ll find the slides from the videos here:

• Shannon entropy
• Some applications of info theory

The second session covers the Crypto Module in ScalableLearning. You’ll find the slides from the videos here:

• Intro to crypto
• Shared-key crypto
• One-way functions
• Public-key crypto
• Zero-knowledge and multiparty computation
• Side channels

The reading material is covered in Section 3.4 in the study guide.