Weekly assignments and projects for CYB-4203/6203
Assigned: Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Due: Monday, January 26, 2026, 12:29 PM
This questionnaire helps me understand your background, interests, learning preferences, and goals for this course.
Assigned: Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Due: Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 12:29 PM
Analyze a real-world AI incident using risk assessment frameworks. Develop skills in identifying, categorizing, and evaluating AI-related risks through structured case study analysis.
Assigned: Wednesday, February 5, 2026
Due: Thursday, February 12, 2026, 12:29 PM
Conduct a deep-dive analysis of a specific AI/ML topic through the lens of core values such as fairness, transparency, accountability, privacy, and safety.
Assigned: Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Due: Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 12:29 PM
Identify and repair security vulnerabilities in a chatbot API. Apply secure coding practices to fix authentication, input validation, and data protection issues in a real codebase.
Assigned: Thursday, February 26, 2026
Due: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 11:59 PM
Select a topic from Presentation 9 and analyze it in depth: what it is, how it relates to biology/neuroscience/psychology and AI, how it fits into the AI/ML system lifecycle, and what security implications it raises. Your topic choice carries forward into Assignment 6 and the Midterm Project.
Assigned: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Due: Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 11:59 PM
Continue from your Assignment 5 topic to analyze attack vectors and apply at least one threat-modeling framework (OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, MITRE ATLAS, CSA MAESTRO, STRIDE-for-AI, etc.) to the AI/ML system or capability you've been studying. This work carries forward into the Midterm Project and the individualized section of the Final Exam.
Assigned: Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Due: Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 11:59 PM
Solo project synthesizing your Assignment 5 and Assignment 6 work into a comprehensive analysis of your chosen AI/ML topic — including attack-vector mapping, threat model, and proposed mitigations. This artifact is one of the two sources for the individualized section of the Final Exam.
All weekly assignments and the Midterm Project have been released and their due dates have passed. The remaining graded work this semester is the Final Exam.