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Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Very interesting talk by Nadim Kobeissi on teaching Cryptography in Post-Crisis Lebanon.
The course syllabus, assignments, and projects are awesome.
For students with zero crypto experience.
Based on Joy of Cryptography (Mike Rosulek) and Serious Cryptography (Jean-Philippe Aumasson).
“Earning Attention, Not Assuming It”
- enfranchise students and earn their attention
“Break the intimidation barrier”
- hard math behind cryptography is “intimidation”
- “intimidation” stemming from “notation”
- “notations” (mathematical formalisms) are scarier than the “ideas” they contain
- “ideas” are intuitive and easy to explain

Links

Cryto on Aashutosh Poudel