{"id":4103,"date":"2010-11-08t07:00:22","date_gmt":"2010-11-08t12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=4103"},"modified":"2010-11-08t15:41:52","modified_gmt":"2010-11-08t20:41:52","slug":"cryptography-nby-bcmnils-uhx-gunb-iz-wixym-uhx-wcjbylm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2010\/11\/cryptography-nby-bcmnils-uhx-gunb-iz-wixym-uhx-wcjbylm\/","title":{"rendered":"cryptography: nby bcmnils uhx gunb iz wixym uhx wcjbylm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/reefflop\/151590783\/\"><img data-attachment-id=\"4104\" data-permalink=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2010\/11\/cryptography-nby-bcmnils-uhx-gunb-iz-wixym-uhx-wcjbylm\/151590783_836e36fc62_b\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09153547\/151590783_836e36fc62_b.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,682\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kryptos\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09153547\/151590783_836e36fc62_b-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09153547\/151590783_836e36fc62_b-650x433.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4104\" title=\"kryptos\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09153547\/151590783_836e36fc62_b-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09153547\/151590783_836e36fc62_b-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09153547\/151590783_836e36fc62_b-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09153547\/151590783_836e36fc62_b-650x432.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09153547\/151590783_836e36fc62_b.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>cft assistant director derek bruff is teaching a new first-year  writing seminar this fall.\u00a0 the course is titled \u201c<strong>cryptography: the  history and mathematics of codes and code-breaking<\/strong>.\u201d\u00a0 topics include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>military cryptography, like the efforts of british  cryptographers at bletchley park during world war ii to figure out the  german enigma machine codes;<\/li>\n<li>cryptography in popular culture, including ciphers found in movies like <em>the da vinci code<\/em> and in the works of edgar allen poe and sir arthur conan doyle; and<\/li>\n<li>the role of encryption in national security, such as the recent  efforts by saudi arabia and india to gain access to encrypted  communications sent via blackberry devices on those countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>this course is designed to provide an understanding and appreciation  of the ways in which codes and code breaking have impacted history,  technology, and culture.\u00a0 students are learning a few concepts and  techniques from abstract mathematics used in cryptography and are  developing some real proficiency in breaking classic ciphers.<\/p>\n<p>social media is an important component of the course.\u00a0 see <a href=\"http:\/\/derekbruff.com\/site\/fywscrypto\/\" target=\"_blank\">the course blog<\/a> for the latest course news and student thoughts on the reading assignments, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/tag\/fywscrypto\" target=\"_blank\">the course delicious feed<\/a> for the latest websites bookmarked by the students, and <a href=\"http:\/\/derekbruff.com\/teaching\/cryptotimeline.htm\" target=\"_blank\">a timeline of the history of cryptography<\/a> the students are building collaboratively during the semester.\u00a0 derek has also blogged about how he\u2019s using classroom response systems (\u201cclickers\u201d) to teach about <a href=\"http:\/\/derekbruff.com\/teachingwithcrs\/?p=799\">academic integrity<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/derekbruff.com\/teachingwithcrs\/?p=805\">plagiarism <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/using-clickers-to-facilitate-peer-review-in-a-writing-seminar\/27846\">to facilitate peer review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>image: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/reefflop\/151590783\/\">kryptos<\/a>&#8221; 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