192.066 Seminar in Theoretical Computer Science - Foundations of Blockchain Technologies
This course is in all assigned curricula part of the STEOP.
This course is in at least 1 assigned curriculum part of the STEOP.

2018W, SE, 2.0h, 3.0EC

Properties

  • Semester hours: 2.0
  • Credits: 3.0
  • Type: SE Seminar

Aim of course

The seminar aims at providing students with a comprehensive background on the theoretical foundations of blockchain technologies, covering a variety of topics such as consensus algorithms, cryptographic protocols, semantics of smart contracts, and more.

This seminar is particularly suitable for students willing to write a master thesis or pursue a PhD in this area.  

Subject of course

Recent research papers on blockchain technologies. 

Additional information

Please consider the plagiarism guidelines of TU Wien when writing your seminar paper: Directive concerning the handling of plagiarism (PDF)

Lecturers

Institute

Course dates

DayTimeDateLocationDescription
Wed13:00 - 14:0024.10.2018Seminarraum FAV EG C (Seminarraum Gödel) First meeting

Examination modalities

Presentation and critical analysis of research papers in the field. 

Course registration

Begin End Deregistration end
01.09.2018 23:59 07.10.2018 23:59 07.10.2018 23:59

Registration modalities

Students actively enrolled in the Formal Method for Security and Privacy course who did not yet get a certificate can contact us for manual registration.

Precondition

The student must have at least 1 of the course(s) completed listed below:

Curricula

Study CodeObligationSemesterPrecon.Info
066 931 Logic and Computation Mandatory elective
066 936 Medical Informatics Mandatory elective
066 937 Software Engineering & Internet Computing Mandatory elective

Literature

No lecture notes are available.

Previous knowledge

A background in cryptography and/or security and/or cryptocurrencies is desirable. 

Language

English