Leaders in business and academia join to host the first Blockchain Research Symposium
Organized by the Susquehanna-backed ByteTrade Lab and the University of Texas Blockchain Initiative
Official speakers include professors from Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California Berkeley, University of Illinois, University of Southern California, University of Texas-Austin, University of Washington, Yale University
The Blockchain Research Symposium will take place on April 26, 2023 in Austin, TX and is an official side event of Coindesk’s Consensus 2023 conference
AUSTIN, Texas, April 20, 2023–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ByteTrade Lab, infrastructure provider for the decentralized and user-controlled web, has partnered with the University of Texas-Austin, Blockchain Initiative to host the first Blockchain Research Symposium on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at the University of Texas -Austin’s Mulva Auditorium.
The day-long academic conference with top researchers in Blockchain technology and Web 3.0 aims to bring together builders, developers and industry leaders driving the creation and adoption of Blockchain.
“Our goal for the Blockchain Research Symposium is to bring together talented Blockchain enthusiasts working on the development of the next era of the Internet,” said ByteTrade Labs CEO Dr. Lucas Lu. “For Bytetrade Lab, it’s about building infrastructure for Web3 and enabling users to control their own data. We are honored to partner with the University of Texas-Austin to host this symposium and hope this is the first of many.”
University of Texas, Austin professor and UT Blockchain Initiative member Prof. Sriram Vishwanath said, “Blockchain Research Symposium brings together some of the greatest minds in the domain of blockchain, crypto and related disciplines, to enable new directions for research, education and entrepreneurship. We truly appreciate the support and partnership of Bytetrade to make this event possible.” “
The symposium will feature a panel discussion on education, research in Blockchain and Web 3.0, and several keynote speeches from professors at various universities, including:
● Sreeram Kannan, Professor – University of Washington
● Salman Avestimehr, Professor – University of Southern California
● Sandeep Chinchali, Professor – University of Texas
● Isil Dillig, professor – University of Texas
● Ben Fisch, Professor – Yale University
● Dawn Song – Professor – University of California, Berkeley
● Pramod Viswanath, Professor – Princeton University
● David Tse, Professor – Stanford University
● Grigore Rosu, professor – University of Illinois
● Cesare Fracassi, Professor/Chief Economist – University of Texas/Coinbase
● Justin Hart, Professor, University of Texas
The entire Blockchain Research Symposium can be viewed below:
● 08.30–09.00 – morning coffee
● 09:00–09:15 – Welcome
● 09:15–09:45 – Prof. Ben Fisch, Yale University
● 9:45–10:15 – Prof. Dawn Song, University of California, Berkeley
● 10:15–10:45 – Prof. Cesare Fracassi, University of Texas
● 10:45–11:15 – Prof. Sandeep Chinchali, University of Texas
● 11:15–11:45 – Prof. Justin Hart, University of Texas
● 11:45–12:15 – Partner introductions
● 12.15–13.00 – Lunch
● 13:00 – 13:45 – Blockchain and Web3 Education and Research Panel, hosted by the Blockchain Acceleration Foundation (BAF)
● 13.45–14.15 – Prof. Isil Dillig, University of Texas
● 14.15–14.45 – Prof. Grigore Rosu, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
● 14.45–15.15 – Prof. Salman Avestimehr, University of Southern California
● 15.15–15.40 – Short coffee break
● 15:40–16:10 – Prof. Sreeram Kannan, University of Washington
● 16.10–16.40 – Prof. Pramod Viswanath, Princeton University
● 16:40–17:10 – Prof. David Tse, Stanford University
● 17:10–17:15 – Closing remarks and acknowledgments
For more information on the Blockchain Research Symposium, please visit brs.utlinc.org. Follow this link to register to attend the event.
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ABOUT BYTETRADE LAB:
ByteTrade Lab invents the infrastructure to decentralize the application and protocol layer of the Internet for developers and users, ushering in a new Internet paradigm that achieves the full Web 3.0 value. ByteTrade’s innovative Web3.0 Operating System-Terminus OS, running on top of a network of decentralized personal servers protected by personal private key, will enable a new decentralized internet to empower users to control their own data and services. The company is backed by Susquehanna International Group’s (SIG) Asia Venture Capital Fund, and leading institutional investors including INCE Capital, BAI Capital, Sky9 Capital, BlueRun and PCG with a funding round of $50 million USD A. For more on ByeTrade Lab’s vision and the way forward , please visit www.bytetradelab.io and follow on Twitter at @BytetradeLab.
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN BLOCKCHAIN INITIATIVE:
The Blockchain Initiative at the University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business supports blockchain research activities across its 40-acre campus. It accepts proposals to support research provided in the fields of Blockchain and Distributed Systems, Cryptocurrency and Digital Payments, and Cryptography as it pertains to the above topic. All faculty and graduate students from across the University of Texas at Austin are invited to submit proposals. Previously, the initiative awarded funding to four teams for a number of research projects. Learn more about the program by visiting
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