IOST Blockchain Education- Progress Updates with University of Zurich Blockchain Center

IOST will once again be sponsoring the International Summer School Program 2021 “Deep Dive into Blockchain”, which will be held by the Blockchain Center of the University of Zurich (UZH) in Switzerland for three weeks starting July 4, 2021.

The 2021 summer school program will be taught by industry blockchain experts such as Tezos, IOTA, IBM Hyperledger, and CARDANO, as well as professors from various disciplines from several universities, who will engage in interactive classes with students from around the world.

This is a continuation of last year’s blockchain education program with UZH. IOST’s relationship with the UZH Blockchain Center began with a visit by the co-founder Terrance Wang to the University of Zurich Blockchain Center in January 2020. Professor Tessone, Chairman and Academic Director of the Center, and IOST cofounder Terrance Wang signed an MOU for industry-university cooperation in the blockchain space.

During the three-week blockchain education program, students from around the world attend classes by leading blockchain industry experts, university professors, and participate in group work to learn to understand the technology, economics, and legal aspects behind blockchain from an academic perspective, including the potential for social implementation of blockchain technology mechanisms and applications.

IOST Foundation has granted two students for the 2020 University of Zurich (UZH) Summer School Program. Mr. GUNHEE CHO and Mr. KANG MINHYUNG will participate in “Deep Dive into Blockchain” organized by the University of Zurich (UZH) Blockchain Center.

Mr. GUNHEE CHO — Tokyo Institute of Technology

What do you expect to learn at the UZH BCC summer school?
This summer school will allow me to receive lectures and project advice not only from blockchain specialists but also from various blockchain companies, so I hope to acquire a thorough understanding of blockchain from theory to practice.

How do you apply what you have learned after the summer school?
In the past, data management was usually done in a central data center or cloud, but due to the increasing importance of security and the problem of traffic concentration, I thought that data exchange and management would be done on a peer-to-peer basis in the future. I am also interested in building a distributed network using 5G communication, and I would like to utilize blockchain technology in my future research.

Mr. KANG MINHYUNG — Tokyo Institute of Technology

What do you expect to learn at the UZH BCC summer school?
I would like to know what kind of character crypto assets can have as assets, and what kind of economic impact they can have.

How do you apply what you have learned after the summer school?
Since I have a deep interest in portfolio theory, I would like to construct a portfolio that includes crypto assets.

About Tokyo Institute of Technology

Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) is a national university with a history of more than 130 years and is Japan’s top science and engineering university. Tokyo Tech aims to contribute to society by producing human resources who can play an active role in the field of science and technology on the world stage and by producing research results that solve global issues as well as to achieve its long-term goal of becoming “the world’s top science and engineering university.

Many famous people have studied at this university. One of the most famous in the crypto world is the founder of one of the largest digital asset exchanges in Japan. He and a friend started the company that became the forerunner of the exchange while studying at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

IOST and the UZH Blockchain Center

The relationship between IOST and the UZH Blockchain Center began in January 2020 with a visit by the co-founder CTO to the University of Zurich Blockchain Center. Professor Tessone, Chairman and Academic Director of the Center, and Terry signed an MOU for industry-university cooperation in the blockchain space.

University of Zurich (UZH) Blockchain Center

The UZH Blockchain Center consists of 22 faculty members from two departments, including Informatics, Business, Economics, Finance, Regulation, Law, and Complexity Science. The University of Zurich has 40 members. It also hosts more than 40 researchers and top-level scholars from the University of Zurich.

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