The conference centers on technological advancements within the blockchain ecosystem, uniting researchers and practitioners. Our goal is to encourage collaboration among those engaged in crypto-economics, economic risk analysis, blockchain protocols, cryptography, and distributed systems. We emphasize areas such as crypto economics, decentralized finance, cryptography, distributed protocols, formal methods, and empirical analysis to advance blockchain implementations. 

Speakers

Programmes

Day 1, Friday, Sep. 20, 2024
08:30 am Registration
09:00 am Welcome remarks:  Prof. Yonggang Wen (Professor, Director of CCTF, NTU)
Session 1: DeFi  (Chair: Prof. Te Bao)
09:10 am Prof. Evgeny Lyandres - Tel Aviv University, Israel
Quantitative investments in decentralized finance
09:40 am Prof. Karthik Pattabiraman - University of British Columbia, Canada
Security Challenges and Opportunities in Decentralized Finance
10:10 am Assoc. Prof. Fahad Saleh - University of Florida, USA
An Economic Model of a Decentralized Exchange with Concentrated Liquidity
10:40 am Break (25 mins)
Session 2: Security 1  (Chair: Prof. Tianwei Zhang)
11:05 am Prof. Ghassan Karame - Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Large-scale Nakamoto-Style Blockchains don't Necessarily Offer Better Security
11:35 am Assoc. Prof. Yuzhe Tang - Syracuse University, USA
Understanding Ethereum Mempool Security under Asymmetric DoS by Symbolized Stateful Fuzzing
12:05 pm Lunch time (1hr 35mins)
Session 3: Consensus and Networks (Chair: Prof. Wei Zhang)
01:40 pm Prof. Zhong Shao - Yale University, USA
Refinement-based Safety and Liveness Proofs for Consensus Protocols: LiDO and Beyond
02:10 pm Prof. Wenjing Lou -  Virginia Tech, USA
Role of Blockchain in Spectrum Sharing and Mobile Networks
02:40 pmProf. Muriel Medard -  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
The Data Socket - A Canonical Construct for Web 3 and the Coding to Enable It
03:10 pm Break (25 mins)
Session 4: Smart Contracts (Chair: Prof. Yi Li)
03:35 pm Assoc. Prof. Cyrille Artho - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Defeating Business-Logic Smart Contract Exploits
04:05 pm Asst. Prof. Fan Long -  University of Toronto, Canada
Unique Challenges for Smart Contract Security
04:35 pm

Panel discussion 1:

Blockchain Finance: Economic Opportunities and Risks

Moderator: Prof. Te Bao                                                                                                                                                 

Panelists: Prof. Evgeny Lyandres, Prof. Zhiguo He, Prof. Karthik Pattabiraman, Assoc. Prof. Yizhou Xiao, Assoc. Prof. Fahad Saleh

05:05 pm End of day one

 

Day 2, Saturday, Sep. 21, 2024
08:30 am Registration
Session 5: Cryptography and Privacy (Chair: Prof. Feida Zhu)
09:00 am Prof. Joseph Liu - Monash University, Australia
Quantum-Safe Cryptography for Blockchain
09:30 amProf. AU Man Ho Allen - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Privacy-Enhancing Technologies for Central Bank Digital Currencies: A Technical Perspective
10:00 am Asst. Prof. Jiapeng Zhang - University of Southern California, USA
Efficient Verifiable Fully Homomorphic Encryption via Ring-R1CS
10:30 amBreak (25 mins)
Session 6: Security 2 (Chair: Prof. Dusit Niyato)
10:55 am Prof. Salil Kanhere - The University of New South Wales, Australia
A Verifiable Credential-Based Trust Propagation Protocol for Personal Issuers in Self-Sovereign Identity Platforms
11:25 am Prof. Daniel Xiapu Luo - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Unveiling the Hidden Weaknesses: Safeguarding Blockchain Ecosystems
11:55 pm Lunch (1hr 25mins)
Session 7: Economics (Chair: Prof. Te Bao)
01:20 pm Prof. Zhiguo He - Stanford University, USA
An Economic Model of Consensus on Distributed Ledgers
01:50 pm Assoc. Prof. Yizhou Xiao - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
How Short-Tenor Perpetual Futures Solved Crypto’s Noise Trader Problem
02:20 pm Break (25 mins)
Session 8: Regulation and Application (Chair: Dr Ernie Teo)
 02:45 pm Prof. Nir Kshetri - University of North Carolina-Greensboro, USA
Blockchain in the Luxury Goods Industry: Institutional, Strategic, and Organizational Considerations
 03:15 pm Prof. Raymond Choo - University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Blockchain: An Enabler for Smart Nations
 03:45 pm Keynote Lecture: Mr. Vitalik Buterin (Co-founder of Ethereum, Chair of CCTF advisory committee)
 04:45 pm

Panel discussion 2     

Future Trends: What’s Next for Web3 and AI? 

Moderator: Dr Ernie Teo                                                                                                                                         

Panelist: Prof. Zhong Shao, Prof. Wenjing Lou, Ms. Mia Mai, Mr.Fang Kuai, Ms.Doro Unger-Lee

05:15 pmClosing remarks: Prof. Tianwei Zhang (Associate Director of CCTF, NTU)  End of conference


Co-Organizer

 

 

The Academy of Engineering, Singapore (SAEng), established in 2011, serves as the leading institution for engineering excellence in Singapore. As the national academy, SAEng unites the nation's most esteemed engineers across all sectors to champion the highest standards in the engineering practice. Our mission is to enhance Singapore's engineering capabilities and knowledge, thereby supporting the nation's sustained development and global competitiveness.

 

Sponsors

HashKey Capital is a global digital asset and blockchain leader helping institutions, founders and talents advance the blockchain industry. As one of the largest crypto fund managers and the earliest corporate investor in Ethereum, HashKey Capital has managed over US$1 billion in client assets since its inception. Leveraging its unparalleled expertise, HashKey Capital's venture investments team oversees a diversified portfolio of over 600 pioneering projects across institutional services, infrastructure, data, AI, consumer services/ technology and more. On the liquid funds front, HashKey Capital manages a suite of digital asset products, including an actively managed fund and the Bosera HashKey Bitcoin (3008.HK) and Ether (3009.HK) spot ETFs, which are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX). With our deep knowledge across the blockchain ecosystem, HashKey Capital has built a robust network connecting founders, investors, developers, and regulators.

DeBox is a third-generation token exchange platform (Social Trading) that follows the footsteps of CEX and DEX. Users can join relevant community groups based on their on-chain addresses without requiring permission. By aggregating social liquidity, DeBox cultivates a social trading environment featuring community engagement, tools, trading capabilities, and tasks, thereby establishing itself as a prototype of the third-generation social trading platform. Moreover, DeBox functions as a comprehensive web3 community management tool platform.

Established in 2013, Canaan Inc. (NASDAQ: CAN) is a technology company focusing on ASIC high-performance computing chip design, chip research and development, computing equipment production, and software services. Canaan has extensive experience in chip design and streamlined production in the ASIC field. In 2013, under the leadership of Mr. Nangeng Zhang, founder and CEO, Canaan's founding team shipped to its customers the world's first batch of mining machines incorporating ASIC technology in bitcoin's history under the brand name, Avalon. In 2019, Canaan completed its initial public offering on the Nasdaq Global Market. 

Company Vision: Transforming Tomorrow, Smarter Efficiency, Better Lives.


Sight is a FHE computation layer. Applications on any blockchains are able to outsource computations on encrypted data to Sight Network with minimal effort.

Tokka Labs is a proprietary trading firm with a focus on close collaboration, rigorous research, and cutting-edge technology. We are market makers, searchers, and solvers for top protocols on the most popular blockchains in the world. With over $50 million in capital deployed across 40+ chains, we design and implement our own trading systems and strategies to provide superior liquidity in the most diverse and challenging environments of today.

 

SNZ is a crypto-native, research-driven investment company with over 200 portfolios.Active since 2014, the SNZ team has not only focused on investment but also been dedicated to community building and incubation.Notably, as one of the earliest backers of Ethereum in Asia, and the strategic partner for multiple Western projects, such as Chainlink, to expand in Asia, SNZ is an engaging and proactive investor that grows with our portfolios.

A long term, collaborative, non-profit initiative with key partners, aimed at contributing to societal good by using blockchain technology to solve real-world problems.