Blockchain Fundamentals - Technology & Applications (7.5 pts)
Course Offered by SCS Division/EECS School/KTH
Course takes place in Kista Campus
Course Offered by SCS Division/EECS School/KTH
Course takes place in Kista Campus
The first session is scheduled on Wed. Jan, 23 from 14:30 to 16:00. More info about the session planning can be found here.
Course material and session videos could be accessed here.
All sessions will take place in KTH Kista Campus (excat room info will be communicated by email to enrolled participants).
Registration to the course is now closed.
This course offering has officially ended with student presentations on April 4th, 2019. Next offering is not scheduled yet.
This course provides a comprehensive survey of topics relevant to Blockchain technology and to the ecosystem surrounding it, starting from the basics of cryptography to the related economics and game theory premises. A solid understanding of Blockchain fundamentals is established by decomposing one of the most prominent Blockchain based systems - Bitcoin and building it from the bottom up. The course is organized in two parts: 1) a series of lectures to understand the basics; 2) a set of student presentations to critically review related topics in the literature and lead in-depth discussion on research visions to further the technology.
The course also surveys preceding technologies for digital currency and explains the relationship between crypto-currencies and Blockchains in order to build the full picture of the ecosystem surrounding blockchain technology. Participants in the course will be required to reflect on the arrangement of the different techniques, rules, and guidelines that form Blockchain and suggest possible extensions to the technology from their own research domains. Student presentations with in-depth discussions will be organized around specific topics relevant to Blockchains and their application under different domains.
The first course offering will run from January to March 2019. Registration is now closed.
The course is 7.5 pts worth. It is organized in two main parts with lectures and student presentations. All information about the course can be found here.
The course plan includes 6 lectures with a seventh extra (optional) lecture for the first part. The second part is for student presentation sessions. The plan of the course can be found here.
The course lectures, student presentations, assignments, as well as extra reading material can be found here.
The first session is scheduled on Wed. Jan, 23 from 14:30 to 16:00. More info about the session planning can be found here.
All sessions will take place in KTH Kista Campus (excat room info will be communicated by email to enrolled participants).
Registration to the course is now closed.