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Unit 8: In the Clouds: Cloud Computing, Security & Encryption
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Learning Objectives
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 * Objective 1.1.1: … use computing tools and techniques to create artifacts.
 * Objective 1.3.1: … use programming as a creative tool.
 * Objective 2.1.1: … describe the combination of abstractions used to represent data.
 * Objective 2.3.1: … use models and simulations to raise and answer questions.

Readings/Lectures
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 * Reading 8.01: [What is Cloud Computing?]({{ site.baseurl}}curriculum/08-cloud-computing/readings/01-what-is-cloud-computing)
 * Worksheet 8.02: [Hand Biometrics]({{ site.baseurl}}curriculum/08-cloud-computing/readings/02-hand-biometrics-worksheet.pdf)
 
External Resources
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 * [The History of Encryption](http://visual.ly/history-encryption)
 * [The Enigma War, 1939-1942](http://www.turing.org.uk/scrapbook/ww2.html)
 * [Who was Alan Turing?](http://www.cs4fn.org/magazine/magazine14.php)
 * [Locking a Dead Man's Chest](http://www.cs4fn.org/binary/lock/)
 * [How to control a computer with a banana](http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/05/tech/innovation/jay-silver-makey/index.html)

Labs/Exercises
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 * Lab 8.01: [Encryption and Decryption]({{ site.baseurl}}curriculum/08-cloud-computing/labs/01-encryption-decryption)
 * Project 8.02: [Encryption Project]({{ site.baseurl}}curriculum/08-cloud-computing/labs/02-encryption-project)