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Secure and Distributed Computing

Over Wireless Networks

The information-theoretic foundations of secure and distributed computing: coded computing, secure aggregation, private information retrieval, and over-the-air computation for federated learning.

18 chapters145 sections61+ hours of content
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Foundations of Distributed ComputingCoded ComputingSecure Aggregation and Federated LearningPrivate Information RetrievalWireless Distributed Computing and FrontiersFuture topics

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Part 1: Foundations of Distributed Computing

Chapter 1

The Distributed Computing Problem

~150 minFoundational
Chapter 2

Information-Theoretic Formulation

~180 minIntermediate
Chapter 3

Secret Sharing

~210 minIntermediate
Chapter 4

Interference Alignment for Distributed Systems

~200 minIntermediate

Part 2: Coded Computing

Chapter 5

Coded Matrix Multiplication

~220 minAdvanced
Chapter 6

Coded Gradient Computation

~200 minAdvanced
Chapter 7

Coded Data Shuffling

~200 minAdvanced
Chapter 8

Coded Convolution and Tensor Operations

~210 minAdvanced

Part 3: Secure Aggregation and Federated Learning

Chapter 9

Federated Learning Overview

~190 minIntermediate
Chapter 10

Secure Aggregation

~210 minAdvanced
Chapter 11

ByzSecAgg — Byzantine-Resilient Secure Aggregation

~230 minAdvanced
Chapter 12

CCESA — Communication-Efficient Secure Aggregation

~200 minAdvanced

Part 4: Private Information Retrieval

Chapter 13

Classical Private Information Retrieval

~200 minAdvanced
Chapter 14

PIR with Coded Storage and Colluding Databases

~220 minAdvanced
Chapter 15

PIR with Side Information and Cache-Aided PIR

~220 minAdvanced

Part 5: Wireless Distributed Computing and Frontiers

Chapter 16

Over-the-Air Computation (AirComp)

~210 minAdvanced
Chapter 17

Federated Learning over Wireless Channels

~230 minAdvanced
Chapter 18

Open Problems and Frontiers

~200 minAdvanced