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Spring 2005 Courses
Introduction to Digital Data Hiding
Course: Computer Engineering (Cpr E) 535X/Information Assurance (InfAs) 535X/Mathematics (Math) 535X,
section XC (CD-ROM), section XL (streaming media)
Basic principles of data hiding. Steganography versus watermarking. Algorithms based on spatial domain approaches, transformations of data, statistical approaches. Techniques for images, audio data, software, network packets. Communications models for data hiding. Detection and recovery of hidden data. Military, commercial and e-commerce applications. Known theoretical results. Software packages for data hiding. Social and legal issues, case studies, and business models that affect technological development of steganography and watermarking. Current developments in the area.

Prerequisite:
Cpr E 531/InfAs 531 (Information System Security) or E E 524 (Digital Signal Processing) or Math 533/Cpr E 533/InfAs 533 (Cryptography)
Computer requirements: College of Engineering distance education specifications
Dates: January 10-May 6

Day/Time: live streaming Tuesday and Thursday 9:30-11:00 a.m.
Delivery method: CD-ROM or Streaming Media
Credit: 3 graduate credits
Tuition: $915
Delivery fee: CD-ROM $663, streaming media $495
(If you drop this course, part or all of the delivery fee may be refunded dependent on the date of the drop.)
Computer fee applies--see table

Off-campus program: Master of Science in Computer Engineering
Instructor: Jennifer Davidson, Associate Professor
Registration deadline: December 30
Text:
For more information, visit Engineering Distance Education at www.ede.iastate.edu

Optical Communication Networks
Course: Computer Engineering
(Cpr E) 542,
section XC (CD-ROM), section XL (streaming media)
Optical components and interfaces; optical transmission and reception techniques; wavelength division multiplexing; network architectures and protocol for first generation, single and multihop optical network; routing and wavelength assignment in second generation wavelength routing networks; linear lightwave networks.

Prerequisite:
Cpr E 489 (Computer Networking and Data Communications)
Computer requirements: College of Engineering distance education specifications
Dates: January 10-May 6

Day/Time: live streaming Tuesday and Thursday 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Delivery method: CD-ROM or Streaming Media
Credit: 3 graduate credits
Tuition: $915
Delivery fee: CD-ROM $663, streaming media $495
(If you drop this course, part or all of the delivery fee may be refunded dependent on the date of the drop.)
Computer fee applies--see table

Off-campus program: Master of Science in Computer Engineering
Instructor: Ahmed Kamal, Professor
Registration deadline: December 30
Text:
For more information, visit Engineering Distance Education at www.ede.iastate.edu

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