Schedule

Keynote

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

Technical Session 1

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Panel: Future of Blockchain

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Technical Session 2

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Symposium Schedule

Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB), University of Southern California.

The conference proceedings is available online.

Friday, March 9th

8:30 AM

Registration

9:00 AM
9:15 AM

Introductions

Chair: Bhaskar Krishnamachari (USC)

( video)

9:15 AM
10:15 AM

Keynote

Chair: Shahram Ghandeharizadeh (USC)

( video)

  • Charalampos (Babis) Papamanthou, University of Maryland, College Park

10:15 AM
10:45 AM

Coffee Break

10:45 AM
12:15 PM

Technical Session 1

Chair: Li Xiong (Emory)

Each presentation is 25 minutes long + 5 minutes for questions

  • Experiences from the Field: Unify Rewards - A Cryptocurrency Loyalty Program

    Philip Shelper (LoyaltyX), Andrew Lowe (PicoLabs), Salil S. Kanhere (UNSW Sydney)
    (video) (abstract) (paper)

  • Collaboration among Adversaries: Distributed Workflow Execution on a Blockchain

    Mads Frederik Madsen (IT University of Copenhagen), Mikkel Gaub (IT University of Copenhagen), Tróndur Høgnason (IT University of Copenhagen), Malthe Ettrup Kirkbro (IT University of Copenhagen), Tijs Slaats (University of Copenhagen), Søren Debois (IT University of Copenhagen)
    (video) (abstract) (paper)

  • Unchain Your Blockchain

    Tamraparni Dasu (AT&T Labs-Research), Yaron Kanza (AT&T Labs-Research), Divesh Srivastava (AT&T Labs-Research)
    (video) (abstract) (paper)

12:15 PM
1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM
2:30 PM

Panel: Future of Blockchain

Chair: Bhaskar Krishnamachari (USC)

  • Leonard Adleman

    Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, USC Viterbi School of Engineering

  • Steve Beauregard

    Partner and Chief Revenue Officer, Bloq Inc

  • Ninou Sarwono

    Emerging Technology Lead, Capital Group

  • Nick Vyas

    Executive Director, Center for Global Supply Chain Management, USC Marshall School of Business

2:30 PM
2:45 PM

Coffee Break

2:45 PM
3:00 PM

Sponsored Session

Chair: Heidi Pease (LA Blockchain Lab and Proof of Art)

  • Democratizing Real Estate with Blockchain (Demo and Presentation)

    Rahilla Zafar, Managing Director, ConsenSys
    (video) (abstract)

3:00 PM
3:30 PM

Coffee Break

3:30 PM
5:00 PM

Technical Session 2

Chair: Sumita Barahmand (Microsoft)

Each presentation is 25 minutes long + 5 minutes for questions

  • Blockchain Protocols: The Adversary is in the Details

    Rachid Guerraoui (EPFL), Matej Pavlovic (EPFL), Dragos-Adrian Seredinschi (EPFL)
    (video) (abstract) (paper)

  • A Case Study for Grain Quality Assurance Tracking based on a Blockchain Business Network

    Percival Lucena (IBM Research), Alécio P. D. Binotto (IBM Research), Fernanda da Silva Momo (UFRGS), Henry Kim (York University)
    (video) (abstract) (paper)

  • Towards Trusted Social Networks with Blockchain Technology

    Yize Chen (University of Washington), Quanlai Li (University of California, Berkeley), Hao Wang (University of Washington)
    (video) (abstract) (paper)

5:00 PM
5:30 PM

Lightning Round Talks

Chair: Erick Moen (USC CCI)

( video)

  • SENATE: An Open-Access Byzantine Consensus Protocol in Wireless Networks

    Zhiyuan Jiang, Postdoc, Tsinghua University

  • New Kids on the Block(chain): ICO vs IPO

    Victoria Silchenko, Founder, Metropole Capital Group

  • Running IoT Applications on a Blockchain

    Christopher Dro, Co-founder, Async

  • Blockchain in the Cultural Industries

    Michael Zyda, Director, USC GamePipe Laboratory

5:30 PM
7:30 PM

Social hour

6:00 PM
7:30 PM

Poster Session

  • Improving MOOCs using Blockchain

    Martin Martinez (USC)

  • Proof of Homework: An Incentive System for Improving Academic Performance in the Classroom

    Kwame Wright (USC)

  • Towards the Decentralization of Traffic Rules

    Ritika Barakol (USC), Rebecca Lee (USC)

  • Blockchain for health insurance

    Qinjia Huang (USC), Qi Trey Zhong (USC)

  • Reverse Crowdfunding and Intellectual Property Management for Music Producers

    Sarah Clayton (USC), Kien Nguyen (USC)

  • Protocols for Generating Random Values in Distributed P2P

    Hieu Nguyen (USC)

  • Digital Assets Leasing Service Automation with Blockchain Technology

    Yuchen Yan (USC), Zhifeng Lin (USC)

  • Ruling out rogue IoT devices from P2P network

    Sulagna Mukherjee (USC), Basileal Imana (USC)

  • Scaling cryptocurrency by zone leveling

    Eduard Sanou (USC), Borys Gurtovyi (USC)

  • Blockchain Forensics

    Bhavya Gulati (USC), Ritesh Ahuja (USC)

  • Organic Food with Blockchain

    Jun Tang (USC), Hanpeng Liu (USC)

  • Decentralized reward-driven solution to boost engagements in organizations and micro-communities

    Farzad Salimi Jazi (USC), Shuo Wang (USC)