Instructor: Nader Sehatbakhsh, Assistant Professor, UCLA
TAs: Chris Chien (hjchien90190 [at] g [dot] ucla [dot] edu)
Lectures: Kinsey Science Teaching Pavilion 1200B
Office Hours: by appointment*
Textbook: Reading materials will be assigned.
Links: We will use Campuswire and Gradescope in this course. Please use the links posted in Canvas to enroll.
* To schedule an appointment, send a direct message on Campuswire.
Vulnerabilities in cyber-physical and IoT systems
across various layers that reduce user trust in
these systems by subverting their operation,
causing information leakage, etc., particularly in
adversarial settings. Cross-layer methods
necessary to mitigate these vulnerabilities.
The course examines these issues from
software, network, microarchitectural, and
physical layer perspectives. Particular focus on
emerging edge-cloud systems that are often
resource-constrained, employ sensors and
actuators to interact with the physical world, use
modern AI/ML methods for analysis and
control, are wirelessly interconnected, and
operate in untrusted or adversarial
environments.
The first several classes will feature lectures from
the instructor to give proper background. The
body of the course will be readings,
presentations, and discussions of late-breaking
(primarily last several years) papers in the field
and (possibly) guest lectures from the industry.
The course will feature a quarter-long (group or
individual) research and/or survey project. The
course does not have a midterm or final exams,
or any individual assignments.