[Theory-Event] Fwd: winter school on Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technologies in Shanghai, China, Jan 15- 17, 2017

[洪琮眩]

Dear all theory friends,

FYI,

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have proven to be a phenomenal success. The
underlying blockchain techniques hold a huge promise to change the future
of financial transactions, and even our way of computation and
collaboration. Both development community and research community have
recently made significant progresses. But at the same time, we are facing
many challenges.

We are organizing a winter school on Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
Technologies in Shanghai, China, Jan 15- 17, 2017.  This winter school aims
to bring together the communities working on cryptocurrency and blockchain
technologies. The target audience is anyone (students, researchers,
developers, professionals) with an interest in cryptography and security.

The lectures in the school will be given by world leading researchers in
this area. All lectures will be self-contained, and we don’t assume the
participants to have cryptography background.

In this winter school, we will study a comprehensive set of topics about
blockchain technologies, including: Bitcoin basics; Analysis of blockchain
consensus; Ethereum and smart contracts; Alternative approaches to mining
and consensus; Scalability; Anonymity. The winter school will include a
panel — many important problems and hot topics will be discussed by leading
researchers. We will also include a student presentation session, a demo
session and a poster session so that students, developers, and junior
researchers, can share their latest results.

More details can be found at the winter school website
http://blockchain.sjtu.edu.cn

Best,
Tsung-Hsuan Hung
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