UZH International Summer Schools

Deep Dive into Blockchain 2022

Linking Economics, Technology and Law (Online Course)

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Key Points

Date:

3 - 22 July 2022

Hosting Institute:

UZH Blockchain Center

Course Director:

Prof. Dr. Claudio J. Tessone

Language of Instruction:

English

Open to:

Advanced Bachelor students and Master students

Credits:

6 ECTS

Grading:

pass or fail

Tuition Fee:

1,500 Swiss Francs (excl. discounts)

Course Description

This online Summer School will give you a complete immersion into the topic of blockchain from world-leading experts and practitioners in the field. Blockchain-based systems, with cryptocurrencies as the most prominent example, have disrupted and reshaped the way we now think about digital finance and other similar applications, such as supply chains. Blockchain and related technologies allow to store sequential, trustful information without enforced consensus by central authorities or trustees.

For a full understanding of Blockchain, with all its implications and potential for application in practice, it is absolutely crucial to look at it from a multidisciplinary perspective. This is exactly what the UZH Blockchain Center offers during the three weeks of this course: you will understand the three key pillars of blockchain systems, namely the technology, the economics and the legal aspects behind it. Building on this, we will then explore other fields of application, such as forensics and data analytics.

The course is taught by different professors and lecturers from UZH and other leading universities worldwide, as well as top practitioners from various fields.

Further, the program is highly interactive, with hands-on practice sessions incorporating the most advanced and promising blockchain-based platforms.

Key Information

Learning Outcomes
Entry Requirements
Technical Requirements
Fees and Discounts
Schedule and Classes
Assessment

In this Summer School, you will:

Get to know how blockchain-based systems work.
Understand the economic incentives as the basis of blockchain-based systems.
Learn to critically assess the decisions taken when designing blockchain technologies.
Learn from experts in academia and industry, and obtain hands-on experience in both established and advancing technologies.

To participate in this online summer school, you should meet the following entry requirements:

Study Level:
Talented Bachelor students, who have completed their first year of study, as well as Master students. Other applicants might be admitted to the program "sur dossier".
Subject Areas:
This course is of particular interest to students from the fields of Economics, Finance, Business, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or Law. Students from other fields of study with a strong interest in the topic and Data Science who have a strong technical and analytical background are also welcome to apply.
Prior/Specific Knowledge:
Basic knowledge of programming is not required, but desirable.
English Language Requirements:
Applicants must possess a sufficient command of English (broadly CEFR B2 or equivalent) to be able to actively contribute to classes. This needs to be visible from your motivation letter, previous studies or work experience.

Please be aware of the following technical requirements before you apply to this online summer school:

Computer and Internet Connection:
To follow this online summer school, you will need regular access to a computer with an internet connection. Due to daily video conferences, we highly recommend high speed broadband access for the optimal learning experience.
Access to Learning Platform:
The course content will be provided via one learning platform (Microsoft Teams). We will invite you to join this platform before the online summer school starts. Some livestreams might be provided over Zoom. Make sure these applications work on your computer / in your region. (Please note that we cannot provide technical support during the online summer schools.)

The regular fee for this summer school is 1,500 Swiss Francs.

The tuition fee includes:
all teaching lessons (incl. live sessions, podcasts, group assignments etc.) and the final assessment; a digital social program that will foster your intercultural competence; a final certificate and a transcript indicating the credits earned in the program
Scholarships:
Generous discounts are available for students from certain partner universities. Once we have received your full application, we will notify you of any potential discounts available to you.

This summer school program offers a mix of daily (Monday – Friday) interactive live classes, pre-recorded sessions and podcasts. Active participation in live sessions is mandatory to successfully pass the program. On weekends, you are most welcome to join our social activities.

We aim at being inclusive of the various time zones of our summer school students. We will create a detailed schedule with exact times once we know where participants are joining us from and which time zones have to be taken into account.

Beside interactive live sessions (approx. 3-4 hours/day) and watching podcasts, you will also work in groups on your final project. The expected workload for this summer school program is approx. 30 hours/week.

Please also take into account that you will have to prepare properly for this online course before the start of the program. Instructions and a reading list will be sent by the end of May to all enrolled students.

You will receive a Certificate of Completion and a Transcript of Records (stating your grade with “pass” or “fail”) at the end of the summer school. In order to get the 6 ECTS credits for this summer school, you will have to:

Prepare properly before the start of the program (estimated workload: max. 20 hours). Instructions and a reading list will be sent to you by the end of May.
Participate actively in the daily interactive live sessions (hands-on sessions / Q&A / mentoring and wrap-up sesssions).
Watch all podcast sessions in accordance with the schedule.
Engage actively in your study group.
Hand in your final project in time.

Course Organizers

The lecturers and guest speakers, business partners and sponsors for the 2022 program of Deep Dive into Blockchain will be announced soon. Check this space for regular updates!

Dr Sheng-Nan Li

Instructor
Member of UZH Blockchain Center
Postdoc of Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Technologies at Department of Informatics
University of Zurich

Prof. Claudio J. Tessone

Course Director

Chairman of UZH Blockchain Center
Professor of Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Technologies at Department of Informatics
University of Zurich

Dr. Sina Rafati Niya

Instructor

Senior Research Associate
Department of Business Administration
University of Zurich

Lecturers and Guest Speakers

Find out about the lecturers and guest speakers of our 2022 program. These are the platforms represented at this year’s “Deep Dive into Blockchain”:

– Swiss National Bank
– Cardano
– BNB Chain
– Polkadot
– Concordium
– Ethereum
– Stellar
– Solana
– Partisia
– Lisk
– Hyperledger
– Wolfram Blockchain Labs
– Imperium

Prof. Thorsten Hens

Lecturer on Financial Markets

Professor of Financial Economics, University of Zurich

Gerd Schwabe

Gerhard Schwabe

Lecturer on Business Models

Professor of Informatics, University of Zurich

Prof. Marco Dell’Erba

Lecturer on Regulations

Assistant Professor of Corporate & Financial Law, University of Zurich

Burkhard Stiller

Prof. Burkhard Stiller

Lecturer on Blockchain Technology

Professor of Informatics, University of Zurich

Dr. Matija Piškorec

Senior Research Associate

Department of Informatics

University of Zurich

 

Dr. Sina Rafati Niya

Instructor

Senior Research Associate
Department of Business Administration
University of Zurich

Dr. Carlo Campajola

Senior Research Associate

Department of Informatics

University of Zurich

Dr. Nicolò Vallarano

Senior Research Associate

Department of Informatics

University of Zurich

Kiril Mitrov

Researcher

UZH Blockchain Center

University of Zurich

Prof. Gianluca Miscione

Lecturer/Assistant Professor
School of Business
University College Dublin

Prof. Salil Kanhere

Professor and Postgraduate Research Coordinator
School of Computer Science and Engineering

University of New South Wales

Dr. Jörn Erbguth

Head of Technology Insights, Geneva Macro Labs
Lecturer, Université de Genève

Dr Jiahua Xu

Guest Speaker

Research Affiliate, UCL Center for Blockchain Technologies (CBT)

Mark Ballandies

PhD student Computational Social Science

ETH Zurich

Hongyang Wang

Doctorate at D-​BAUG

ETH Zürich

Programme Supporters

Learn more about our programme supporters involved in the summer school.

Cardano

Cardano is a public blockchain platforms that aims to run smart contracts. Its is open source and decentralized, and can facilitate peer-to-peer transactions with its internal cryptocurrency Ada.

BNB Chain

Following in the footsteps of many other community-supported projects, BNB has been on its own evolutionary journey towards greater innovation and decentralization, and BNB has transcended Binance in terms of its use cases.

Student Supporters

We are grateful to the following student supporters for “Deep Dive into Blockchain” in 2022:

Concordium

Concordium

Concordium is a privacy-focused, public and permissionless blockchain architecture. The Concordium Platform is designed to be fast, secure and cost-effective.

Hedera Hashgraph

Hedera is the most used enterprise-grade public network for you to make your digital world exactly as it should be – yours. HBAR is the native, energy-efficient cryptocurrency of Hedera that powers the decentralized economy. Whether you’re a startup or enterprise, a creator or consumer, Hedera goes beyond blockchain for developers to create the next era of fast, fair, and secure applications.

Partisia Blockchain

Our Mission

Our mission is to establish a WEB 3.0 infrastructure with no single point of trust for generic coordination of public and private information to be used by all applications across all platforms.

The Partisia Blockchain Foundation is an independent non-profit foundation with the sole purpose of supporting the public blockchain Partisia Blockchain. The foundation is located in Zug, Switzerland and regulated by the Swiss regulators.

Student Testimonials