Essential Crypto Mechanics and Decentralized Finance for Computer Science Engineers
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The media’s explanations of blockchain/crypto and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) are overly simplistic and often inaccurate. This talk will help Computer Science Engineering students understand the engineering behind these technologies. Dr. Ramalho, IEEE Florida West Coast Section Blockchain Community Chair and formerly of Cisco Systems and Bell Labs, will describe the building blocks behind crypto and DeFi: consensus algorithms, random number generators, cryptographic signatures and hash functions, smart contracts and more. You will leave with a superior understanding of crypto, Web3 and DeFi!
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- 4220 E Fowler Ave
- Tampa, Florida
- United States 33620
- Building: ENB - Engineering Building II
- Room Number: ENB 118
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- Co-sponsored by IEEE Florida West Coast Section Computer Society Student Branch Chapter
- Starts 27 February 2023 08:00 PM UTC
- Ends 03 March 2023 11:00 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge
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Dr. Michael A Ramalho of IEEE FWCS Blockchain Community Chair and FWCS SP/COMM Chair
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Michael A. Ramalho, Ph.D. is an IEEE Life Senior Member, the chair of IEEE Florida West Coast Section Blockchain Community, and the recipient of the 2021 IEEE Florida Council Outstanding Engineer Award. Dr. Ramalho has extensive experience as a director, lead/chief architect, and principal investigator in networking, media signal processing, unified communications, packet-based error correction, and acoustic spread-spectrum communication technologies.
Dr. Ramalho was especially active in Internet Telephony in the Web1 era, during which time he ran an Internet Telephony research program at Telcordia Technologies, was co-chair of the Voice Over IP Forum, and was Chief Telephony Technologist at Voxware, Inc. during its IPO. He was the first to introduce lossless codec technology to Internet Telephony, resulting in ITU-T Standard G.711.0.
He has also worked for Bell Telephone Laboratories. He holds a Ph.D. from Rutgers University and a M.Eng.E.E. from Cornell University. He holds over 55 patents and has authored many refereed journal papers. He has also authored many foundational standards in the ITU-T, IETF, and IMTC.
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This talk provides an introduction to important Web3 technologies such as Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), blockchains, cryptocurrencies, and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and has special focus on blockchain and crypto mechanics. Consensus algorithms, random number generators, and use of cryptographic signatures and hash functions will be discussed as well as “proof-of-work” and “proof-of-stake” consensus techniques employed by most common cryptocurrencies. Smart contracts – essential to DeFi – will be illustrated via code.
The goal of this talk is to provide Computer Science Engineering students with a deeper understanding of these technologies than that provided by the media’s overly simplistic and often inaccurate blockchain/crypto and DeFi explanations
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