Hyperledger Performance Improvements (Presentation, Demo and Discussion)

The blockchain research group at Xilinx, the leading FPGA vendor, has been studying different methods to improve the performance of Hyperledger Fabric, and other blockchains. Historically, FPGA chips have been used to accelerate PoW mining for Bitcoin and Ethereum in the early days of the cryptocurrencies. They are also being used for several alt-coins.

In this event, Blockchain researcher Dr. Haris Javaid from Xilinx will share his current focus on identifying specific areas of HLF that can benefit from hardware acceleration, and showcase work identifying these bottlenecks. Dr. Haris Javaid will describe how Xilinx have improved the performance for block validation in HLF by an order of magnitude. A short demo of proof-of-concept work will be followed by discussion.

Agenda:

• 7.00pm: Welcome (by Cliff Huang)
• 7.05pm: Presentation (by Dr. Haris Javaid)
• 7.35pm: Demo
• 7.40pm: Discussion
• 8.00pm: Meetup Close

Organizer:

Cliff HUANG is Financial Technology Advisor.
Cliff's LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/cliff-d-h/

Presenter:

Dr. Haris JAVAID is a Senior Staff Research Engineer at Xilinx, and is currently leading the blockchain research efforts at the Singapore office, especially on performance improvements for permissioned blockchains.
Haris holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia, where he also worked as a Research Associate. Before joining Xilinx, he worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Google, USA.
Haris' LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/haris-javaid-30799121/

How to join:
This is online meetup on Zoom.

We encourage people use internet(computer or smart phone) to join instead of phone call.

Notes:
Recording/photos are usually taken during Hyperledger Sydney meetup for social purposes and eventually put online. Attendance is taken as consent.