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29 changes: 22 additions & 7 deletions basics/abstract.tex
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The area of Information Theory was founded in 1948 by Claude Shannon.
The area of information theory was founded in 1948 by Claude Shannon.
It concerns information, e.g.\ how much information is contained in certain
data.
Equivalently, it is also a measure of uncertainty in information, and has thus
Equivalently, it can also measure uncertainty in information, and has thus
plenty of application in security and cryptography.
We will cover the basic theory of information theory --- entropy --- and its
possible applications towards privacy.

In particular, after this session you should be able to
\begin{itemize}
\item \emph{understand} which situations are relevant to analyse using
entropy.
\item \emph{analyse} relevant situations using entropy and information gain
to yield insights into security and privacy.
\end{itemize}

The concept of entropy, the main part of information theory, is treated in
a few short texts: \citetitle{Eckersley2010apo}~\cite{Eckersley2010apo} and
applied in \citetitle{Eckersley2010hui}~\cite{Eckersley2010hui}, but also in
a few short texts:
\citetitle{Eckersley2010apo}~\cite{Eckersley2010apo}
and applied in
\citetitle{Eckersley2010hui}~\cite{Eckersley2010hui},
but also in
\citetitle{Ueltschi2013se}~\cite{Ueltschi2013se}.
This is then utilised in the text \citetitle{Bosk2013gl}~\cite{Bosk2013gl} (in
Swedish), and \citetitle{Komanduri2011opa}~\cite{Komanduri2011opa} which treats
passwords.
Other examples of its applications can be found in
\citetitle{Komanduri2011opa}~\cite{Komanduri2011opa},
\citetitle{MeasuringAnonymity}~\cite{MeasuringAnonymity} and
\citetitle{InfoTheoreticMetricForAnonymity}~\cite{InfoTheoreticMetricForAnonymity}
(read either of these two papers).
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institution = {University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory},
number = {UCAM-CL-TR-819}
}


@Inbook{MeasuringAnonymity,
author="D{\'i}az, Claudia
and Seys, Stefaan
and Claessens, Joris
and Preneel, Bart",
editor="Dingledine, Roger
and Syverson, Paul",
title="Towards Measuring Anonymity",
bookTitle="Privacy Enhancing Technologies: Second International Workshop, PET 2002 San Francisco, CA, USA, April 14--15, 2002 Revised Papers",
year="2003",
publisher="Springer Berlin Heidelberg",
address="Berlin, Heidelberg",
pages="54--68",
isbn="978-3-540-36467-2",
doi="10.1007/3-540-36467-6_5",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36467-6_5"
}

@Inbook{InfoTheoreticMetricForAnonymity,
author="Serjantov, Andrei
and Danezis, George",
editor="Dingledine, Roger
and Syverson, Paul",
title="Towards an Information Theoretic Metric for Anonymity",
bookTitle="Privacy Enhancing Technologies: Second International Workshop, PET 2002 San Francisco, CA, USA, April 14--15, 2002 Revised Papers",
year="2003",
publisher="Springer Berlin Heidelberg",
address="Berlin, Heidelberg",
pages="41--53",
isbn="978-3-540-36467-2",
doi="10.1007/3-540-36467-6_4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36467-6_4"
}