Blockchain Group Event: How Blockchain Technology Enables Bitcoin

Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/08/2019
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Location
Beacon Place Lower Level Conference Room

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Recently, Blockchain technology has become all the rage, having gained popularity for powering Bitcoin.  What’s the hype all about? Professor Vincenzo Liberatore will provide an overview of Blockchain technology and dig further into the algorithmic details that enable Blockchain.

Professor Vincenzo Liberatore is an Associate Professor in Computer Science at Case Western Reserve University.  He holds a Laurea degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rutgers University.  His previous appointments include a visiting position at Bell Labs, a research associate position at the University of Maryland, College Park, and senior software engineer position at Tokutek.  Professor Liberatore has extensive publications in networking, theoretical computer science and compilers.  His current research intersts are in the area of networked control systems and their applications to Internet robotics and to distributed systems and their applications to Internet robotics and to distributed simulations.  Additionally, Professor Liberatore served on the program committees of the Workshop on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS) and the International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM).

Gather at 5:30 PM, Lecture at 6:00 PM, Q&A until NLT 8:00 PM.

Complimentary refreshments.

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