EEL5934 IoT Security Jin Fall 2019
EEL5934 IoT Security Jin Fall 2019
EEL 5934
Class Periods: Tuesday/Thursday two sessions
Course Type: 3-credit hours
Location: CSE E118
Academic Term: Fall 2019
Course Hours: T P8-9 (3PM-4:55PM); Th P9 (4:05PM-4:55PM)
Instructor:
• Name: Yier Jin
• Email Address: [email protected]
• Office Phone Number: 352-294-0401
• Office Hours: Tuesday, 1PM-3PM, BEN 325 or by appointment
Course Description
The course will introduce the advanced topics of IoT security and privacy challenges. With IoT being deployed in
various applications, IoT security and privacy issues become major concerns. Upon this request, the course will
systematically analyze IoT security from hardware, communication, and system perspectives.
Course Objectives
This course is designed to have students become acquainted with IoT security. Students will be able to understand
or master IoT security related to hardware, system and networking. The recited topics include introduction to IoT,
IoT Application - smart home, attacks against IoT, building IoT devices with Raspberry Pi, lightweight IoT
communication protocol - Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT), other IoT communication protocols -
HTTP, HTTPS and Websockets, introduction to Amazon AWS IoT, Secure Bootstrapping for secure IoT system, and
IoT System Security and TrustZone.
Recommended Materials
(1) Fundamental papers/texts reviewing prerequisite material in crypto and networking;
(2) Seminal papers in IoT;
(3) Recent papers from IoT conferences.
Evaluation of Grades
Grading Policy
Course Evaluation
Students are expected to provide feedback on the quality of instruction in this course by completing online
evaluations at https://evaluations.ufl.edu/evals. Evaluations are typically open during the last two or three weeks
of the semester, but students will be given specific times when they are open. Summary results of these assessments
are available to students at https://evaluations.ufl.edu/results/.
Campus Resources:
U Matter, We Care:
If you or a friend is in distress, please contact [email protected] or 352-392-1575 so that a team member can
reach out to the student.
Counseling and Wellness Center: http://www.counseling.ufl.edu/cwc, and 392-1575; and the University
Police Department: 392-1111 or 9-1-1 for emergencies.
Academic Resources
Career Resource Center, Reitz Union, 392-1601. Career assistance and counseling. https://www.crc.ufl.edu/.
Library Support, http://cms.uflib.ufl.edu/ask. Various ways to receive assistance with respect to using the
libraries or finding resources.
Teaching Center, Broward Hall, 392-2010 or 392-6420. General study skills and tutoring.
https://teachingcenter.ufl.edu/.
Writing Studio, 302 Tigert Hall, 846-1138. Help brainstorming, formatting, and writing papers.
https://writing.ufl.edu/writing-studio/.