Seminar Verteilte Systeme: Blockchain: From Cryptocurrencies to Smart Contracts
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| Module # | INF-VS-041 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Programmes | Bachelor Informatik, Master Informatik, Bachelor Informations-Systemtechnik, Master Informations-Systemtechnik, Bachelor Wirtschaftsinformatik, Master Wirtschaftsinformatik | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IBR Group | DS (Prof. Kapitza) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Seminar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Credits | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hours | 0+2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time & Place | *Kick-Off Meeting* Wed., 25.10.2017, 3:00 - 4:30 pm, IZ 105 Weekly meeting time: Wed., 3:00 - 4:30 pm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Certificates | Submission of the essay and successful presentation. The grade is determined by the activity in the seminar as well as the quality of essay and presentation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | Seminar Topics
SeminarThe talk and essay can be in either English or German. Each participant will take one or more papers under a specific topic. Participants are responsible for a peer review, including:
NotesPlease submit the essay as well as your presentation slides. The requirements for presentation and essay are listed as follows:
Each participant is supposed to do further research based on the paper. The supervisors are always glad to help in this case. The strength of the university depends on academic and personal integrity. In this seminar, essays must be done in your own words. Plagiarism is an offense against the examination regulations. TemplatesThe LaTeX template for seminar essay can be found here. Additional considerations for the design of the essay can be found on the website of IBR. LaTeX templates for presentation slides can be found here. Additional considerations for the design can be found on the website of IBR. MaterialThe material is only available to registered attendees. In order to register, you need either an IBR POSIX account or a self-activated IBR-y-account. Afterwards you can login to this site. Chapter Slides Exercises 1. Introduction to Blockchain Technology    2. Current Blockchains 3. Architectures of Distributed Ledgers 4. Smart Contracts 5. The DAO 6. Proof-of-Work 7. Proof-of-Stake 8. Byzantine Fault Tolerance 10. Scalability of Blockchains 11. Anonymity in Cryptocurrencies 12. Attacks on Blockchains 14. Trusted Execution on Blockchains 16. Cryptography in Blockchains | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schedule | 25.10.2017, 15:00 Kick-Off Meeting (IZ Raum 105) 01.11.2017, 15:00 Ausfall (IZ Raum 105) 08.11.2017, 15:00 nur Betreuertreffen (IZ Raum 105) 15.11.2017, 15:00 nur Betreuertreffen und erste Ausarbeitungen (IZ Raum 119) 22.11.2017, 15:00 Präsentation Intro und Current Blockchains (IZ Raum 105) 29.11.2017, 15:00 Präsentation Architectures, Smart Contract, Crypto (IZ Raum 105) 06.12.2017, 15:00 Präsentation The DAO, Proof-of-Work (IZ Raum 105) 13.12.2017, 15:00 Ausfall (IZ Raum 105) 20.12.2017, 15:00 Präsentation Proof-of-Stake, BFT (IZ Raum 105) 27.12.2017, 15:00 Ausfall, Uni geschlossen (IZ Raum 105) 03.01.2018, 15:00 Ausfall, Uni geschlossen (IZ Raum 105) 10.01.2018, 15:00 nur Betreuertreffen (IZ Raum 105) 17.01.2018, 15:00 Präsentation Scalability (IZ Raum 105) 24.01.2018, 15:00 Präsentation Anonymity und Attacks (IZ Raum 105) 31.01.2018, 15:00 Präsentation Trusted Execution, Social Impact (IZ Raum 105) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| References | Slides: On World-Wide-Web, there are different ways to enhance your seminar presentations:
For the literature review there links might be helpful: |