Teaching

We usually offer courses in the area of theoretical computer science and algorithms, with a clear focus on cryptography. Our portfolio includes different kinds of courses but lectures with exercises are our prefered option. We would like to highlight our interactive course "Research-oriented Cryptography" where students jointly work on a research paper. In terms of undergraduate courses we are mainly involved in "Algorithms and Data Structures" and "Computer System Security".

Current courses

Teaching courses	Event type/ Crediting for	offered in	Link to TUCaN
Algorithms and Data Structures	4L+2E 10CP	SS20, SS19	SS 2020
Introduction to Cryptography	2L+2E 6CP	WS14/15, WS11/12, WS07/08	WS14/15
Cryptoplexity	3L+1E 6CP	WS19/20, SS18, SS17, SS16, SS15, SS14, SS13, SS12, SS11	WS19/20
Real World Crypto	3L+1E 6CP	SS18, SS17	SS18
Public Key Infrastructures (PK I)	2V+2E 6CP	SS20	SS20
Research-oriented Cryptography	4IC 6CP	SS20, WS17/18, WS16/17, WS14/15, WS12/13	SS20
Hacker Contest	4P 6CP	WS20/21, WS19/20	WS20/21
Cryptography Seminar	2S 3CP	WS20/21	WS20/21
Writing and Evaluating Scientific Publications in IT Security	2S 3CP	WS20/21	WS20/21
Cryptography und Complexity Theory (Reading Group)	2O	WS20/21, SS20, WS19/20, SS19, WS18/19, SS18, WS17/18, SS17, WS16/17, SS16, WS15/16, SS15, WS14/15, SS14, WS13/14, SS13, WS12/13, SS12, WS11/12	SS 2020
Classics of Cryptography	1O 0CP	WS20/21, SS20, WS19/20, SS19, WS18/19, SS18, WS17/18	WS20/21

Past courses

Teaching course	Event type/ Crediting for	offered in	Link to TUCaN
Algorithms and Complexity	2L+2E 6CP	SS12	SS12
CAPTCHA Practical Course	4P 6CP	WS11/12, WS10/11, SS10, WS09/10, WS08/09	WS11/12
Computer System Security	2L+1E 5CP	WS18/19, WS16/17	WS18/19
Cryptographic Gems	3L+1E 6CP	WS12/13	WS12/13
Functional and object-oriented Programming Concepts (ex Introduction to Computer Science I)	4L+2E 10CP	WS15/16, WS13/14	WS15/16
Classical Results of Modern Cryptography	2S 3CP	SS12	SS12

Teaching Awards

Marc Fischlin. “Best Lecture” Award of the student body, for Real-World Crypto in the summer term 2017 of the Department of Computer Science at Darmstadt University of Technology.
Jacqueline Brendel. “Best Exercise” Award of the student body, for Cryptoplexity in the summer term 2016 of the Department of Computer Science at Darmstadt University of Technology.
Anja Lehmman, Dominique Schröder, and Erik Tews. “Best Exercise” Award of the student body, for Introduction to Cryptography in the winter term 2007/08 of the Department of Computer Science at Darmstadt University of Technology.