Blockchain & Big Data/Crypto Currencies: APR 2 – JUN 18

Open Enrollment Course

What You Will Learn

This course aims at providing a hands-on introduction to blockchain, distributed ledger and crypto-currencies. The course will address three major topics:

1. Use cases for blockchain technologies in supply chain management and payment systems as well as tokenization of assets.
2. An in-depth look at how blockchain technology is implemented using different programming frameworks (Ethereum and Hyperledger).
3. The design of payment architectures based on blockchain.
   More specifically, the class will focus on the Interledger protocol developed by Ripple as a key element to achieve global inter-operability.

Key Benefits

• Understand the opportunities, but also the limits of blockchain technology
• Expertise in writing simple blockchain applications using the Ethereum platform
• Understand the basic theory on consensus protocols
• Develop basic monitoring tools for other blockchains (Ripple)
• Understand the economic issues and incentives of a decentralized application
• Governance approaches for blockchain based applications
• Advanced topics: Ripple Interledger protocol, Tezos governance model

Course Features

• A practical and pragmatic approach to blockchain based technology.
• Team Project
  Students will be lead to understand the key technology by working in teams on a semester long project (12 weeks). The project will aim at simulating a real-life scenario of a blockchain based start-up. Each team will identify a performance gap or strategic opportunity facing the start-up organization, and then build a comprehensive, technological strategy and implementation plan to address it, and showcase their findings in final pitch presentation. Faculty will be available throughout the course to provide feedback and advice.
• Participants learn to recognize how they can use material in the context of their own organization and apply concepts in their professional environment.
• A diverse set of perspectives across industries, professional experiences, and academic disciplines: students come from a variety of backgrounds and companies, ensuring exposure to a broad range of learning experiences.
• This courses is academically accredited at the graduate level.
• Credits earned may be applied toward the MBA Degree.

Who Should Attend?

• Managers who want to refine their skills in strategic data management and fact-based decision-making
• Individuals building and launching data science teams
• Professionals in marketing, supply chain, information technology, human resources, talent management, product development, operations, and other strategy-related functions

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Open Enrollment Course

Blockchain & Big Data/Crypto Currencies

APR 2 – JUN 18