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Re:Ask YC: What are the best computer science universities i... by cperciva on Wednesday November 07, 2007 @09:10PM (#77275)
Can you be a bit more specific than "security"? Are you interested in cryptography? Protocol analysis? Formal security proofs? Automatic analysis of source code to detect bugs (think Coverity)? Also, from a general point of view, do you consider Computer Science to be a branch of mathematics, or a field of engineering?

If you like Vancouver, I'd certainly recommend considering SFU -- as a whole, SFU is smaller than UBC, but the CS departments are almost exactly the same size.

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Re:Ask YC: What are the best computer science universities i... by buss on Wednesday November 07, 2007 @09:45PM (#77290)
By security, I mean cryptography, intrusion detection systems, firewalls, and web-based attacks (like SQL injection, XSS, and the like). I consider computer security to be equal parts mathematics and engineering (even the best cryptosystems can be engineered poorly and introduce weak points).

I'm taking a course (in the mathematics department) on elliptic curve cryptography, and I am a new member on UF's infosec team. I'll be competing in this year's iCTF, so that should help give you an idea of what I mean by security and what I'm interested in researching.

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