Smart Contracts

Please join us for the fourth of the Orange County ACM Chapter's 2022 bi-monthly evening program series.

"Smart Contracts"

Agenda
6:30 PM Doors Open & Networking
7:00 PM Announcements and Presentation (and webinar session)
8:30 PM Meeting Adjourned
(for online attendance via Zoom, please see the reg link at the end)

Event Details
In the first part of the talk, I will explain the basic workings of Bitcoin and then give a short introduction to smart contracts on Ethereum. In the second part, I will survey some of the developments that are based on this technology and come under headlines such as decentralization of the internet, web3, metaverse, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), Decentralized Applications (dapps), etc.

Speaker Bio
Dr. Alexander Kurz is a Professor of Computer Science in the Fowler School of Engineering at Chapman University

Dr. Kurz has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Department of Computer Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Germany. He studies models of computation using techniques from logic, algebra, topology, category theory, and other areas of mathematics. He is known for his work on modal logic and coalgebras. More recently, he has been pursuing foundations of quantitative logics for the specification and verification of heterogeneous systems as well as relational and compositional techniques supporting scalable solutions for blockchain-based technologies. He is also interested in applications of these mathematical techniques outside of computer science, particularly in economics and the political and social sciences.

Co-sponsors
This event is co-sponsored by the IEEE Orange County Computer Society and the Los Angeles Chapter of the ACM.

Venue & Parking
This meeting will be held at the Knobbe Martens' Irvine offices. Parking validation will be provided to attendees.

This will be a hybrid event supporting live streaming. To attend online, please register with zoom here.