WEBINAR ON “PRIVACY APPLICATIONS OF BLOCKCHAIN”
Date : June 2, 2020
Time : 5 pm to 6.30 pm
Resource person:
Mr. Wilson Bright
Co-founder, Blocksurvey.org
Bangalore
Faculty Coordinators:
1.Dr.J. Shiny Duela, Assoc.Prof.
2.Mrs. R. Prabavathi, Assist.Prof
- Mrs. T.Illakiya, Assist.Prof
- Mr. R. Padmanaban, Assist.Prof
Event Summary
With the consent and constant support of Dr. N. Kannan, HOD, Department of CSE, the webinar on Privacy Applications of Blockchain was conducted for the faculty members and researchers of other institutions. The event began with the note of welcome by Dr.J Shiny Duela followed by the presidential address by the Head of the Department, Dr.N.kannan. He also highlighted more on the privacy aspects of the mysterious technology, Blockchain and introduced the guest speaker to the audience. The session was handled by Mr.Wilson Bright, Co-founder at Blocksurvey.io where he shared his knowledge on the decentralized blockchain system that gives a secured virtual identity for every individual in the digital world.
Outline of the webinar:
Session 1 – Understanding Privacy
Session 2 – Understanding Blockchain
Session 3 – Privacy Applications on Blockchain
The first session began with the Introduction of privacy in digital world followed by security of the information and responsibility for information.
Before summing-up the first session there was question and answer session where members were permitted to post inquiry through the accessible chat box. The speaker responded to all the inquiries in detail.
The subsequent session began with the Introduction of blockchain and continued with the standards and its conventions. Identity of ownership (DID) and information ownership was likewise examined in precise.
The third session started with the discussion of building the applications such as Blocksurvey, Xor Drive, Zinc and so forth., Speaker explained this with blocksurvey and blockstack. Possible research areas on blockchain was examined and resources were shared to the participants. The event had a great ending with second doubt clarification session.
The participants thanked the management and the department of CSE for the meticulous conduct of the event. Participants had given their valuable feedback in the form generated over blocksurvey platform. The event was concluded with a vote of thanks by Mrs.R.Prabavathi.
