CyLab to host inaugural CMU Secure Blockchain Summit

Mar 23, 2023

Secure Blockchain Summit

Despite recent advances, many research questions still need answering to ensure blockchain protocols and applications are ready for widespread use. As more consumer applications emerge, such as decentralized finance (DeFi), securing the fundamental research elements of the technology is of the utmost importance.

Blockchain Research: Learn about CyLab's Secure Blockchain Initiative (SBI)

On May 8-9, the CyLab Security and Privacy Institute will host Carnegie Mellon University’s inaugural Secure Blockchain Summit, bringing together experts from academia and industry to discuss the future of blockchain research, technology, and applications. The two-day event will include sessions on a variety of topics, including crypto-economics, applied cryptography, programming languages, security and privacy, policy and usability, ethics, equity, and more.

The Summit’s impressive speaker lineup will feature experts from Carnegie Mellon and around the world, including:
 

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Jonathan Aldrich
Professor
CMU's Computer Science
Department

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Fraser Brown
Assistant Professor
CMU's Software and Societal
Systems Department

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Benedikt Bunz
Assistant Professor
NYU Courant

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Hao Chung
Ph.D. Student
CMU's Electrical and Computer
Engineering Department

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Sauvik Das
Assistant Professor
CMU's Human-Computer
Interaction Institute

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Isil Dillig
Co-founder
Veridise Inc.

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Giulia Fanti
Assistant Professor 
CMU's Electrical and Computer
Engineering Department

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Arthur Gervais
Associate Professor 
University College London

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Hanan Hibshi
Assistant Teaching Professor
CMU's Information Networking Institute

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Jan Hoffmann
Assistant Professor 
CMU's Computer Science
Department

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Tae Wan Kim
Associate Professor 
CMU's Tepper School of Business

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Hugo Krawczyk
Principal Researcher
Algorand Foundation

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Lisa Masserova
Graduate Research Assistant
CMU's Computer Science
Department 

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Andrew Miller
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign

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Andrew Myers
Professor
Cornell University

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Alex Ozdemir
Ph.D. Student 
Stanford University 

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Tal Rabin
Professor
University of Pennsylvania

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Martin Saint
Director of Academics
CMU-Africa

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Robert Townsend
Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Matt Weinberg
Assistant Professor
Princeton University 

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Ke Wu
Ph.D. Student 
CMU's Computer Science Department

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Osman Yagan
Research Professor
CMU's Electrical and Computer
Engineering Department 

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Mingxun Zhou
Ph.D. Student
CMU's Computer Science
Department

The event is invite-only; however, those interested in attending are encouraged to fill out the Summit’s Google form or contact the CyLab partnerships team at partnerships@cylab.cmu.edu.

The CMU Secure Blockchain Summit is made possible by the generous support of our sponsors, the Algorand Foundation and Ripple.

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A limited number of sponsorship opportunities are still available. Companies and organizations seeking to support CyLab’s Secure Blockchain Initiative (SBI) and the CMU Secure Blockchain Summit are asked to contact the CyLab partnerships team for more information.