COURSES

Goals

The main objective of this course is to present advanced technologies for privacy protection and identity, trust and reputation management and security mechanisms for mitigation of the privacy threats. Students should be able to: - Select appropriate models and mechanisms for privacy provision and identity, trust and reputation management, - Evaluate and develop new privacy enchaning technologies, - Evaluate and develop new methods, models and algorithms for trust and reputation management, - Continue research and development in the area of privacy protection and identity, trust and reputation management

Curriculum

Introduction: basic definitions and principles (privacy, personal data, identity, trust, management), threats and risks Advanced privacy-enhancing technologies: - on the user side: identity protectors, anonymous credentials, privacy preference languages - on the service provider side: organisational and monitoring processes, privacy policies - at communication level: anonymous communication systems, remailers, anonymising web proxies Advanced identity management systems Systems for trust management: concepts, models, algorithms, management, usage Systems for reputation management: concepts, models, algorithms, management, usage Selected topics in privacy and identity, trust and reputation management in advanced internet systems and technologies (e.g. in cloud computing, Internet of Things)