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PhD Defence by Daniel Formolo

10-24-19 Time: 9.45 Location: Aula

Using virtual agents for simulation and training of social skills in safety-critical circumstances
Phd Defence by Victor van der Veen

10-24-19 Time: 13.45 Location: Aula

When Memory Serves Not So Well
Distributed Ledger Technology and Smart Contracts

11-01-19 Time: 14.00 Location: WN-P647

With the term DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology) we refer to any distributed, decentralized database architecture where the introduction of a new record is subjected to consensus-based validation protocols and cryptographic signatures. Blockchain, Bitcoin cryptocurrency underlying technology, is the first implementation of a DLT dating to 2008. In the following years, the interest in DLT raised exponentially, encouraging many others implementations to make their debut. Ethereum is one of those who received more attention since it introduced the concept of Smart Contract. A Smart Contract is a transaction protocol written in a Turing-complete language that executes the terms of an agreement. Loading Smart Contracts in Ethereum blockchain, where they are executed in exchange of a small fee, should enhance security and reduce transaction costs related to contracting. It is worth mentioning that Smart Contracts can be also deployed in other DLT platforms different from blockchain. One of them is IOTA, based on a DAG (Distributed Acyclic Graph) implementation of DLT called “Tangle”. The most notable difference between IOTA and blockchains is that IOTA does not need fees at all to attach new transactions. This would reduce the cost of deploying a Smart Contract even more. However, the technology to deploy Smart Contracts on DAGs is still not mature enough to be used extensively nowadays.
Seminar: Distributed Ledger Technology and Smart Contracts

11-01-19 Time: 14.00 Location: WN-P647

With the term DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology) we refer to any distributed, decentralized database architecture where the introduction of a new record is subjected to consensus-based validation protocols and cryptographic signatures. Blockchain, Bitcoin cryptocurrency underlying technology, is the first implementation of a DLT dating to 2008. In the following years, the interest in DLT raised exponentially, encouraging many others implementations to make their debut. Ethereum is one of those who received more attention since it introduced the concept of Smart Contract. A Smart Contract is a transaction protocol written in a Turing-complete language that executes the terms of an agreement. Loading Smart Contracts in Ethereum blockchain, where they are executed in exchange of a small fee, should enhance security and reduce transaction costs related to contracting. It is worth mentioning that Smart Contracts can be also deployed in other DLT platforms different from blockchain. One of them is IOTA, based on a DAG (Distributed Acyclic Graph) implementation of DLT called “Tangle”. The most notable difference between IOTA and blockchains is that IOTA does not need fees at all to attach new transactions. This would reduce the cost of deploying a Smart Contract even more. However, the technology to deploy Smart Contracts on DAGs is still not mature enough to be used extensively nowadays.
PhD defence by Milan Jelisavcic

11-27-19 Time: 9.45 Location: Aula

Alive and Kicking