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67162-01 - Seminar: Reproducibility and Performance of Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (6 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2026 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers |
Florina M. Ciorba (florina.ciorba@unibas.ch)
Isabel Wagner (isabel.wagner@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Protecting sensitive information and personal data is fundamentally important for our society. In this seminar, we study technical solutions to protect privacy, so-called privacy-enhancing technologies or PETs. Each participant gives a presentation and writes a report discussing a privacy-enhancing technology for a particular application area, based on a recent research paper. The participants also explore the practical application of privacy-enhancing technologies in a programming project which focuses on reproducibly evaluating the performance of PETs, particularly in the context of high-performance computing. |
| Learning objectives | - reading and understanding scientific literature - independent solution of programming projects - preparing and presenting scientific talks - conducting scientific discussions with peers - writing and discussing scientific reports |
| Bibliography | Will be provided during the seminar. |
| Comments | Due to the seminar's format and organization, we can only accept a limited number of 12 students. We will admit students in a First Come First Serve order in terms of registration date (on services), giving priority to those that need the seminar credits in this semester. |
| Admission requirements | Programming skills are required for the project component of the course. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Friday | 12.15-14.00 | Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003 |
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Friday 18.09.2026 | 12.15-14.00 | Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003 |
| Friday 25.09.2026 | 12.15-14.00 | Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003 |
| Friday 02.10.2026 | 12.15-14.00 | Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003 |
| Friday 09.10.2026 | 12.15-14.00 | Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003 |
| Friday 16.10.2026 | 12.15-14.00 | Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003 |
| Friday 23.10.2026 | 12.15-14.00 | Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003 |
| Friday 30.10.2026 | 12.15-14.00 | Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003 |
| Friday 06.11.2026 | 12.15-14.00 | Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003 |
| Friday 13.11.2026 | 12.15-14.00 | Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003 |
| Friday 20.11.2026 | 12.15-14.00 | Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003 |
| Friday 27.11.2026 | 12.15-14.00 | Dies Academicus |
| Friday 04.12.2026 | 12.15-14.00 | Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003 |
| Friday 11.12.2026 | 12.15-14.00 | Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003 |
| Friday 18.12.2026 | 12.15-14.00 | Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003 |
| Modules |
Modul: Vertiefung Informatik (Bachelor's Studies: Computational Sciences) Modul: Vertiefung Informatik (Bachelor's Studies: Computational Sciences) Modul: Vertiefung Informatik (Bachelor's Studies: Computational Sciences) Modul: Vertiefung Informatik (Bachelor's Studies: Computational Sciences) Modul: Vertiefung Informatik (Bachelor's Studies: Computational Sciences) Module: Applications and Related Topics (Bachelor's Studies: Computer Science (Start of studies before 01.08.2026)) Module: Applications and Related Topics (Bachelor's degree subject: Computer Science (Start of studies before 01.08.2026)) Module: Interdisciplinary and Transfer of Knowledge (Master's Studies: Actuarial Science) Module: Specialisation Informatics (Bachelor's Studies: Computational Sciences (Start of studies before 01.08.2023)) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Regular attendance of the seminar sessions is required to obtain credit points for the course. Seminar participants must - write a written report on their seminar topic (25%) - give a presentation on their topic (25%) - give written feedback (peer review) on another participant's report (15%) - submit the implementation of their programming project (25%) - give a short presentation on their programming project (10%) All aspects are individually graded on a scale of 1.0-6.0. The overall seminar grade is the weighted average of these individual grades, using the weighting shown in parentheses. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration, dereg: cancel course registration |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | 1-6 0,5 |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Science, studiendekanat-philnat@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Informatik |