Course abstract
The widespread popularity of digital cryptocurrencies has led the foundation of Blockchain, which is fundamentally a public digital ledger to share information in a trustworthy and secure way. The concept and applications of Blockchain have now spread from cryptocurrencies to various other domains, including business process management, smart contracts, IoT and so on. This course is a joint venture from academia and industry, where the target is to cover both the conceptual as well as application aspects of Blockchain. This includes the fundamental design and architectural primitives of Blockchain, the system and the security aspects, along with various use cases from different application domains.
Course Instructor
Dr. PRAVEEN JAYACHANDRAN
Dr. Praveen Jayachandran is a research staff member, master inventor and manager of the Blockchain and Smart Contracts team at IBM Research, India. His work spans different aspects of blockchain technology, including developing an enterprise-grade blockchain platform, development of smart contracts, and reimagining industry use cases in a blockchain world. He received his PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a B.Tech-M.Tech dual degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He was selected as a Best of IBM awardee in 2017. He is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology, is an ACM Eminent Speaker and a senior member of IEEE. He has won a couple of best paper awards and has served in the program committees of numerous international conferences and journals.
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Prof. Sandip Chakraborty
Sandip Chakraborty received the Ph.D. and M.Tech. degrees from Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, India. Presently, he is an Assistant Professor with Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. He has around 100 research papers in reputed journals and conference proceedings. His research interests include computer systems, distributed systems and mobile computing.
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Teaching Assistant(s)
Course Duration : Jan-Apr 2019
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Syllabus
Enrollment : 15-Nov-2018 to 28-Jan-2019
Exam registration : 28-Jan-2019 to 19-Apr-2019
Exam Date : 28-Apr-2019
Enrolled
14746
Registered
1679
Certificate Eligible
726
Certified Category Count
Gold
0
Silver
6
Elite
112
Successfully completed
608
Participation
577
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Category : Successfully Completed
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Category : Elite
Silver
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Category : Silver
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Category : Gold
Legend
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed
<40 - No Certificate
Final Score Calculation Logic
- Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
- Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score.
Enrollment Statistics
Total Enrollment: 14746
Registration Statistics
Total Registration : 1679
Assignment Statistics
Exam score
Final score