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This is a two-part 4-hour intensive class that will give you an explanatory tour of the blockchain organism. Created and led by Ivy League professors and industry experts, this course is geared toward non-IT professionals working in consulting, finance and business, as well as engineering professionals interested in developing and researching blockchain-based products. No prior exposure to blockchain or technical knowledge is required.

Please complete RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mastering-blockchain-an-introduction-tickets-110294056492?aff=mu

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand what blockchain is, how it works, and why it is revolutionary.
  • Gain insights into key concepts of blockchain technology such as mining, hashing, proof-of-work, and the double-spend problem.
  • Comprehend design principles and challenges for blockchain technology.

Schedule:

PART I: July 8
2:00pm – 3:30pm | 2-hour Interactive Online Lecture
3:30pm – 4:00pm | Q&A Open Discussion

PART II: July 15
2:00pm – 3:30pm | 2-hour Interactive Online Lecture
3:30pm – 4:00pm | Q&A Open Discussion

Syllabus:

  • Blockchain Jargon Explained
  • A deeper dive into the Bitcoin and Ethereum
  • Structural technologies behind a Blockchain Network (consensus, PoW, PoS, etc)
  • Enterprise Blockchain (IBM Hyperledger, etc)
  • Overview of Blockchain Applications (ICO, STO, Facebook Libra, JPM coin, IoT, smart grid, supply chain, etc)

About the Instructor:

Chong Li, Ph.D. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chongli727/).

Dr. Li is an expert in the field of AI and blockchain technology. He is a co-founder of NTLabs, a blockchain and AI-focused research lab, and also an adjunct professor at Columbia University, teaching graduate-level courses such as blockchain, reinforcement learning and convex optimization. Dr. Li holds more than 200 patents. He’s also the author of the book “Reinforcement Learning for Cyber-physical Systems” (Taylor & Francis CRC press).

In addition to publishing papers on top-ranking academic journals, including Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, IEEE Communications Magazine, Automatica, etc., he serves as a reviewer and technical program committee for most prestigious journals and conferences in communications and control societies as well. Dr. Li is a grant reviewer for Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. He is an IEEE senior member.

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