[Solved] Computer Science Week 2 – Assignment: Project Paper Topic

Assignment Prompt & Instructions

### **Instructions**

## **Assignment Directions**

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For this Assignment, you will submit the topic for the Week 8 Project Paper Final Product. The following topics are acceptable unless the instructor has already approved one that is not on the list. Ensure that your chosen topic is relevant to published literature from the past five years.

### **Acceptable Paper Topics:**

– Cryptography
– Encryption
– Stream Ciphers
– Block Ciphers
– Public-Key Cryptography
– RSA Cryptosystem
– Digital Signatures
– Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems
– Hash Functions
– Message Authentication Codes
– Key Establishment

### **Submission Instructions:**

– A Word document with the title page that contains the chosen paper topic
– Follow APA guidelines for citing and referencing sources

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