International Webinar on “Blockchain Technology & Real Time Applications”

Date : 26-08-2020
Time : 10:30 AM – 12:00 Noon

Resource Person:
Dr. Anand Nayyar
Professor, Researcher & Scientist in Graduate School
Duy Tan University
Da Nang, Vietnam

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering organized an International Webinar on “Blockchain Technology & Real Time Applications” on 26.08.2020. The session was taken forward through online.

Dr. Anand Nayyar, Professor, Researcher & Scientist in Graduate School, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam was the Resource Person for the Session. He interacted and shared his knowledge on the incentive structure in a Blockchain based system among the participants. Participants were briefed about how,

• To understand the structure of a Blockchain and why/when it is better than a simple distributed database.
• To analyze the incentive structure in a Blockchain based system and critically assess its functions, benefits and vulnerabilities.
• To evaluate the setting where a Blockchain based structure may be applied, its potential and its limitations.
• To understand what constitutes a “smart” contract, what its legal implications are and what it can and cannot do, now and in the near future.
• To analyze to what extent smart and self-executing contracts can benefit automation, governance, transparency and the Internet of Things (IOT).
• To attain awareness of the new challenges that exist in monetizing businesses around block chains and smart contracts.
• To describe and understand the differences between the most prominent Blockchain structures and permissioned Blockchain service providers, as well as rising alliances and networks.

The Webinar Talk was well attended by over 145 participants which included Graduates, Postgraduates, Academicians and Industrialists. The feedback received was very commendable in all aspects.