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MondayTuesday WednesdayThursday Friday
sep 4 sep 5 sep 6
First day of classes		 sep 7
MTG 1 (ms): Introduction
Preparation: Listen to Constitutional Podcast: Privacy (2018)
Assigned: Take control of your data!		 sep 8
sep 11
DUE: Class group signup		 sep 12
MTG 2 (ms): Data Deletion
Preparation: Read DELF (2020) ❓		 sep 13 sep 14
MTG 3 (ms): Privacy Legislation (FAQ)
Preparation: Read GDPR (Articles 3-6(f), 7, 12-22, 25-34, 77-80, 82-83) ❓		 sep 15
DUE: Sign up to present papers
DUE: Take control of your data!
Assigned: GDPR case study
sep 18 sep 19
MTG 4: GDPR Impact
Preparation: Read Liu et al. (2022) ❓		 sep 20 sep 21
MTG 5: GDPR Compliance
Preparation: Read K9db (2023) ❓		 sep 22
DUE: GDPR case study
Assigned: Project proposal
sep 25 sep 26
MTG 6 (all): GDPR Presentations		 sep 27 sep 28
MTG 7: Decentralized Applications
Preparation: Read Solid (2017) ❓		 sep 29
oct 2
DUE: Project proposal		 oct 3
MTG 8 (ms): Information Flow Control (1)
Preparation: Read Jif (sections 1 to 4) (2000) ❓		 oct 4 oct 5
MTG 9: Information Flow Control (2) (FAQ)
Preparation: Read Resin (2009) ❓		 oct 6
Assigned: Final project
oct 9
Indigenous Peoples' Day		 oct 10
MTG 10: Secure Computation
Preparation: Read Ryoan (2016) ❓		 oct 11 oct 12
MTG 11: Policy Enforcement (1) (FAQ)
Preparation: Read Riverbed (2019) ❓		 oct 13
oct 16 oct 17
MTG 12: Policy Enforcement (2)
Preparation: Read PrivGuard (2022) ❓		 oct 18 oct 19
MTG 13: Static Analysis
Preparation: Read RuleKeeper (2023) ❓		 oct 20
Assigned: Mid-term survey
oct 23 oct 24
No class, hack on projects (and do project check-in)		 oct 25 oct 26
No class, hack on projects (and do project check-in)		 oct 27
oct 30 oct 31
MTG 14 (ms): Differential Privacy (1)
Preparation: Watch DP explainer ❓
Assigned: Differential Privacy Exercise		 nov 1 nov 2
MTG 15: Differential Privacy (2)
Preparation: Read PINQ (2009) ❓		 nov 3
DUE: Mid-project report
nov 6 nov 7
MTG 16: Private Machine Learning
Preparation: Read PrivateKube (2021) ❓		 nov 8 nov 9
MTG 17 (kda): Cryptographic Approaches
Preparation: Do homework ➡️ ❓		 nov 10
DUE: Differential Privacy Exercise
nov 13 nov 14
MTG 18: Private Data Analytics
Preparation: Read Orchard (2020) ❓		 nov 15 nov 16
MTG 19: Private Web Search
Preparation: Read Tiptoe (2023) ❓		 nov 17
nov 20 nov 21
MTG 20: Encrypted Databases (FAQ)
Preparation: Read CryptDB (2011) ❓		 nov 22
Thanksgiving Recess		 nov 23
Thanksgiving Recess		 nov 24
Thanksgiving Recess
nov 27 nov 28
MTG 21: Keybase (FAQ)
Preparation: Read Keybase Server ❓		 nov 29 nov 30
MTG 22 (all): Project presentations (1)
DUE: Final project presentation (Group 1)		 dec 1
dec 4 dec 5
MTG 23 (all): Project presentations (2)
DUE: Final project presentation (Group 2)		 dec 6 dec 7 dec 8
dec 11 dec 12
Last day of classes		 dec 13
Final exam period		 dec 14
Final exam period		 dec 15
DUE: Final project writeup and code
Final exam period
dec 18
Final exam period		 dec 19
Final exam period		 dec 20
Final exam period		 dec 21
Final exam period		 dec 22